Seeking Sanctuary by Annie Anderson

Author:Annie Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Annie Anderson

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ISLA

“You want some of this?” I asked a reclining Otto as he flipped through the channels on the TV assumingly looking for a sports channel. He’d made a quick run to his Bronco for something – I guessed it was more to talk to Levi without me in earshot – but he was now settling in for the long haul of babysitting moi.

“Why don’t you eat your fill and get cleaned up? No offense, little lady, but you look like an extra from a horror movie,” Otto replied without moving his eyes from the screen. His jaw clenched as he spoke and it dawned on me where Levi got his protective streak from.

To his credit, he had a point. The paramedics wiped some of the blood away, but I caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror on our way out of the bathroom and could qualify as a ‘Carrie’ stunt double.

I shoveled the last bite in my mouth and mumbled through the food about a shower. I felt awkward, but it wasn’t Otto’s fault. I had never been around parents – especially not parents of a guy I was sort of dating. Cole didn’t count. I already knew his, and they despised me long before he and I ever got together.

But Otto was different. He seemed to actually care about me the same way that Smitty did. I felt awkward and uncomfortable in my own skin. Maybe it was because I actually gave a crap what he thought about me. I cared about what he would think of me with his son.

I hauled my bone-tired body up the staircase. I still couldn’t believe that this little house was mine for the time being. Sure, it was a rental, but it was the first time I had fallen in love with a home.

The only downside to my lavish bathroom was the fact that it didn’t have a tub. What I did have was a glass-enclosed shower bigger than a horse stall. It was the kind of shower 70’s orgies we’re made of. The rough stone tiles made it look like it was carved from the Rocky Mountains. I loved it.

Because I had a guest, I hurried through the showering process. I probably should have relaxed and got my bearings. But I wasn’t prepared for the urgency I would feel knowing that Pippa was out there. Sure, she was in a cell now, but what would happen if Levi couldn’t get her father on our side? What if she did this again?

It was worse than the dread I felt not knowing for sure if Cole was actually dead. I should’ve checked his body. I should have made sure he was really gone. And now Pippa seemed to have it out for me. In all honesty, it made sense. She knew before I did that Levi was worth having. She knew before I did that he was someone I could easily fall in love with.

One kiss was enough to tell me that.

What I didn’t know was how visceral it would be to kiss him.

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