Once Haunted, Twice Shy (The Peyton Clark Series Book 2) by H. P. Mallory

Author:H. P. Mallory [Mallory, H. P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781477824061
Amazon: 1477824065
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2014-09-16T00:00:00+00:00

I blinked a few times and blinked again, but still had no clue where I was, or how I’d gotten there. The sterility of the white ceiling glared back at me. I rolled my head to the side before I recognized my chest of drawers and my lamp on top of it. Looking down, I found I was in my pajamas, in my bed and in my bedroom. The sound coming from the television comforted me with its monotone—but comforting or not, it still didn’t explain how I’d gotten home. The last thing I remembered, I was leaving Guarda’s house . . .

“You slept like the dead,” Ryan’s voice accosted my confused ears. I glanced up to find him in the doorway, holding two brown paper bags of what looked like takeout. He was smiling his devilishly charming, boyish smile, the one that never failed to make my insides melt like butter. He held the bags up, drawing my attention to them. “I picked us up some lunch.”

“It’s lunchtime?” I asked in a rough voice, sitting up and rubbing the back of my neck, wondering why I felt so exhausted after so much sleep: all night, all morning, and, now, into the afternoon.

Ryan chuckled. “It’s one in the afternoon, Sleepin’ Beauty.”

“Oh God,” I groaned, not at all happy over the passing of so much time. “What day is it?” I grumbled, imagining this was probably what the recovery from a lobotomy would feel like.

He chuckled again. “Sunday.”

I felt panic riding up into my stomach. “Sunday!” I repeated as I shook my head, almost annoyed that he let me sleep for so long. Then I spotted the bags of food and further shook my head. “I don’t have time to eat! Tuesday is nearly here!”

“Calm down, Pey,” Ryan started. “I already talked to Lovie an’ she’s comin’ over shortly. In the meantime, you need to eat somethin’ so you have some energy.” His expression told me he wouldn’t be swayed.

“Lovie’s coming over?” I repeated, my tone suspicious as I studied him from narrowed eyes.

“Yes,” he repeated with finality, even nodding. “Once she gets here, we’ll figure out our next steps. For now, though, I just want you to focus on eatin’ so you’ll be able to get through the rest of the day. I got a feelin’ it’s gonna be a long an’ busy one.”

I took a deep breath, relieved that Ryan had already asked Lovie to come over. Maybe we weren’t in as bad shape as I’d previously supposed. I smiled at Ryan when he placed the two bags of takeout on my bedside table and leaned against the doorjamb, crossing his arms against his broad chest and regarding me playfully. “You are one tryin’ woman, Peyton Clark.”

I wasn’t sure if that was a compliment, so decided to ignore it. I didn’t know how to respond to Ryan in general because I still didn’t know where we stood relationship-wise. But that was a conversation we’d have to ease into. “Have you been here since last night?” I asked.

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