Perilous Seas by Lily Harper Hart

Author:Lily Harper Hart [Hart, Lily Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperHart Publications
Published: 2019-04-02T05:00:00+00:00

11

Eleven

“I’m hungry.”

Rowan barely managed to hang on until they got back to the house. Once they were reasonably assured they escaped without anyone noticing their spying excursion, she turned to more important business.

Quinn smirked. “What do you want? Maybe we can have something delivered.”

She shrugged as she strolled into the living room and joined Nick, who was busy reading files as he waited for his brother and niece to return. “I don’t know. I can eat anything. You must be hungry. You had even less to eat at breakfast than me.”

“Oh, well ... .” Quinn shifted from one foot to the other, suddenly uncomfortable.

Rowan was instantly suspicious. “You already ate. How is that possible? It’s only one. It was too early for you to eat lunch before you found us.”

“This should go over well,” Fred lamented as he slid into a chair and fixed Nick with a bright smile. “I’m Fred Delmore. I used to serve overseas with Quinn. I’m helping with the Phoenix Society and the Sterlings, although I’m not nearly as excited about the latter as I am the former.”

Nick smirked. “That’s good to know. Did you find anything good while spying? Oh, and how did you all end up together?”

“Apparently great minds think alike,” Quinn teased, poking Rowan’s side. “Fred and I weren’t getting anywhere with the financial information we managed to get our hands on so we decided to be proactive and spy on the Sterlings. It turns out we weren’t the only ones with that idea.”

“I thought you were just walking on the beach.” Nick’s tone was accusatory as he focused on Paul. “I don’t think risking getting caught by the media — or the police, for that matter — just because you want to spy on the neighbors is a good idea.”

Rowan’s face fell. “I didn’t even consider that. Don’t blame him. It was my fault.”

“Stop saying that.” Paul wagged a finger. “I could’ve put my foot down. I didn’t. It’s my fault.”

“It’s not your fault,” Quinn countered. “You’re so happy being able to spend time with Rowan you’re willing to do whatever she suggests. I get it. You’re still trying to make amends. That doesn’t mean you should give in to her every whim.”

“That’s rich coming from the guy who sits on the beach for hours when she gets a hankering to make sandcastles,” Fred pointed out.

“Stuff it,” Quinn warned. “I might be a little ... soft ... when it comes to her wishes. That doesn’t change the fact that hiking down there to spy on them was a bad idea. Thankfully, we stumbled across each other and it all worked out in the end. I don’t see the point of dwelling on it.”

“Of course you don’t,” Rowan muttered, shaking her head. “You think everything is hunky-dory because you’re a man and it’s perfectly fine for you to spy on potential murderers whenever you want, thanks to your magic penis.”

She was deadly serious, but Quinn had to fight the mad urge to laugh. “Thank you for the magic penis compliment.

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