Race Against Time by Sharon Sala

Author:Sharon Sala
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 2017-08-25T04:00:00+00:00

Eleven

Quinn was hurt and pissed at herself for thinking there could be some kind of special spark between them. He’d said it himself. She broke his heart. He felt sorry for her. She should have known better. Children didn’t keep the same friends or the same heroes forever. It was blatantly obvious their lifestyles were vastly different, and the best thing she could do for herself was step back and let that brief dream of happy-ever-after die.

But as the day wore on, it was obvious Nick wasn’t on the same page. He was being too nice. Ignoring her angry outburst as if it never happened. Was he just being a congenial host, or was there more? Used to keeping her feelings to herself, the whole thing was confusing to her, while on the flip side, Nick Saldano was completely comfortable with emotion and man enough not to give a shit what anyone thought about it. She wanted to be like him, but she didn’t know how.

And, despite the headache Nick had yet to get rid of from the gunshot wound, he hadn’t slowed down. She’d been watching him cleaning the pool for over an hour, admiring his lean muscular body and the warm cast to his olive complexion. The blue tank top he wore clung to his chest in the heat, as did the white swim trunks he was wearing. His wet hair gleamed coal black in the sunshine. He could have been a model. But he was a cop, trying to keep her safe.

The water looked so inviting, but she had the bandage on her shoulder, and he had already explained that keeping her out of sight was the safest thing for her until Anton Baba was arrested. She couldn’t argue with that.

While she was daydreaming about his body, he had finished and was heading back inside. Embarrassed that he would catch her watching him, she jumped away from the window and headed for the kitchen counter and grabbed a glass from the cabinet.

But she missed the ultimate denouement, because as soon as Nick finished, he hung up the pool strainer, turned on the pump and then dived headfirst into the pool.

The cool water was a welcome blast against the heat of his skin, and he swam a couple of lengths of the pool for the heck of it before heading indoors, dripping water with every step.

Quinn was putting ice in a glass when he walked in.

“Hey, honey, would you make me one of whatever you’re having? Oh, and... I forgot a towel, so if you don’t want to be flashed, close your eyes until I get through the kitchen. I’m coming out of these wet clothes so I don’t drip all through the house.”

She froze, then immediately shut her eyes. The door to the freezer was still open because she could feel the cold air on her face, which was just as well because her cheeks were getting hot as she imagined what was going on behind her.

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