RYDER: A Standalone Military Romance (Blake Security Book 1) by Celina McKane

Author:Celina McKane [McKane, Celina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-08-30T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

RYDER

I drove Alicia to the address she’d given me. It was a small hotel in Lafayette—and not in the best neighborhood. I parked the car and turned off the ignition. As she reached for her door handle, I said, “Alicia, I have an apartment in the city with two bedrooms. Why don’t you just stay with me until you figure out what your plan is?”

She shook her head. “Thank you, Ryder. I’ve taken up enough of your time.”

“I’m not leaving. If you stay here, I stay here.”

“Why?” she asked, obviously frustrated.

“Because you admitted to me that there are people out there who want something you have, and since I’ve seen their handiwork first hand, I know they’re not willing to stop—even at murder—to get it. I’m not leaving you alone.”

“I’m not your responsibility, and I really don’t need someone following me around, watching me.”

“This started out as a responsibility, Alicia, a job. But it’s become more than that. I like you, and even though I’m pretty sure you’re keeping a lot of things from me, I don’t want anything to happen to you.”

“You don’t understand, Ryder. If they see you with me, then you’ll be in more danger than me. They have reason to keep me alive. You would be put in the same position Charles was in if you helped me.”

“Who are ‘they’—Alicia?” She didn’t answer me. I waited a few beats and said, “Can you at least tell me what it is they want?”

She shook her head. “No, I can’t tell you.”

I sighed. “Fine, keep your secrets and I’ll keep you safe.”

She opened the car door and over her shoulder she said, “Please just let me get my things from the trunk and then go home.” I popped the trunk and got out of the car. She was already pulling her suitcase out of the trunk. “I’ve got it,” she snapped when I tried to help her. “Go home.”

I stood next to the car and watched as she rolled her bag inside the small glass-enclosed lobby. I could see her at the counter talking to the clerk as I got back into the car.

There were a couple of guys at the end of the first row of rooms, sitting outside drinking beer. Just above them was a man and a woman who looked like they were arguing. There was no way I was going home and leaving her here—even if no one was looking for her. I looked back at the lobby in time to see her come out with what looked like a key card in one hand the handle of the suitcase in the other. I glanced at the men who were still standing at the end of the row, drinking their beer. They stopped talking and were watching her, too. That bothered me on a level that had nothing to do with her safety and everything to do with the feelings I had for her. I started to get out of the car and make my presence known just as another car squealed into the parking lot.

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