Ransom by Terri Reed

Author:Terri Reed
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

SEVEN

Liz moved away from Blake, grateful to see Sami and Drew entering the condo. With each step putting distance between her and him, she breathed easier. She’d nearly let Blake kiss her. And she’d wanted him to. With everything in her she’d longed for his kiss. Wow, where was her head? She forced her attraction to Blake to the farthest reaches of her heart.

It was bad enough she’d told him about Joe. For years she’d refused to entertain thoughts of that part of her past because she was embarrassed by the way she’d acted, by the fact that she’d lost herself even if it had been for a short period of time.

She didn’t want to be that person ever again. If she ever decided to give her heart for a second time, she would go slow and be methodical about her choice. Which meant she had to resist the temptation to fall for Agent Fallon. Their lives had intersected for this short period of time, but their paths would diverge as soon as Jillian was free and Santini in jail. There was no future for them.

But what if there could be? A little voice inside her head asked. Her pulse skipped a beat at the question.

She didn’t have an answer, wasn’t even sure she wanted to let her mind go there. Blake had a power and charisma about him that scared her and yet at the same time drew her to him. Best not to contemplate something as dangerous as a life that included Blake, despite how much she was coming to respect and admire him.

Liz helped Sami off with her coat. “You two must be famished. There are several cans of soup in the pantry and all the fixings for a salad that need to be eaten before they go bad.”

Sami grinned. “Wonderful. I’m starved. We haven’t eaten since breakfast.” She shivered. “But first I need to change into dry clothes. It’s freezing out there.”

Drew set a large bag on the floor. “We found a sporting goods store, but they didn’t have everything we needed.”

Blake stepped up behind Liz. Awareness shimmied up her spine. He was so close she could smell his aftershave. The woodsy scent had teased her all day. She glanced at him, noting the darkening of stubble marking his jawline. Some men needed the scruffy look to strengthen their jaw, but not Blake. With or without the shadow of a beard, strength was inherent in his face, his demeanor. He was a man other men envied and women fawned over, like the cashier at the convenience store had.

Though Liz knew better, she longed to reach up and run her hand over the angles and contours of his handsome face. Instead, she shoved her fists into the pocket of her zipped-up sweat jacket, the soft material doing nothing to alleviate her yearning to feel the roughness of his beard against her palms.

She needed something to do before she broke down and gave in to her attraction to Blake.

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