Seductive Reasoning by Melissa Schroeder

Author:Melissa Schroeder [Schroeder, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781939734358
Publisher: Harmless Publishing

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Emma lay half on and half off of Del. As he ran his fingers up and down her delicate spine, he realized that he had needed to see her tonight. His first thought had been to go home, then call. He was too raw, too sick of the entire mess. He hadn’t wanted to expose her to his nasty mood. They’d had one chance, that one slim chance, to save Susan. They had failed. As he helped with the transportation of the body, he had felt the cloak of responsibility hanging around his shoulders. He had been hired to do a job that was supposed to deal more with threats from outside of Hawaii. This was a whole other bag, and tonight he had wondered if those bastards were right. Maybe he shouldn’t be in charge and just maybe, he should resign.

When he had finished at TFH headquarters, he had just wanted to go home, drink some whiskey, and brood.

But something made him come to her condo, walk past the guard to the elevator, then knock on her door. The moment he saw her, he knew she was all that was good in his life. At the moment, he didn’t want to taint what he felt for her. The evilness of the investigation had weighed so heavily on him. Emma had seen enough of evil in her lifetime. He had exposed her to it in the investigation, but he had wanted to save her from his own mood. So, he had decided to just tell her everything and then go home. As usual, she had disagreed. Del was damned thankful she had.

The rain was barely a patter against the windows. He missed that in Hawaii. He loved the sunny days and balmy nights, but every now and then, Del wanted a big storm. He just wished it hadn’t arrived with the death of Susan Tanaka.

“You think almost as much as I do,” Emma mumbled.

He smiled. “I don’t think there’s anyone who can think as much as you do.”

She raised her head and looked at him. Damn, she was beautiful. Probably not in the most traditional way, but she had been taking his breath away since the day they met. Her silky hair lay across his chest, and she had the most amazing green eyes. Long black lashes made them even more remarkable. They blazed brilliantly against her honeyed skin. He couldn’t imagine her on her own when she was fifteen years old. With her issues, how had she survived?

“Now what are you thinking?”

“What was it like?”

She frowned. “The sex?”

He chuckled. “No. After your parents died.”

Emma stilled and didn’t say anything for a long time. In the six months he had known her, she had never talked about it. The long moment stretched. Now, he felt he had stepped over some invisible line. “Never mind.”

“No. I want to tell you. Just, you have to know everything.”

He didn’t know if he was ready for that, or even what it meant. Seeing the stark honesty in her gaze, he wouldn’t deny her.

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