Sinister Shadows: A Ghost Story Romance & Mystery (Wicks Hollow Book 3) by Colleen Gleason

Author:Colleen Gleason [Gleason, Colleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944665432
Publisher: Avid Press
Published: 2018-03-30T16:00:00+00:00

Ten

“Do you think she was murdered?”

Gideon looked up at her words and shrugged easily, his shoulders moving under the starched shirt he still wore. At least he’d removed the tie and unbuttoned the top button. “It could have been an accident—but it’s possible she was murdered.” He set his fork aside and raised his wineglass to take a sip.

Fiona swallowed and looked down at her plate, her stomach curling inside. She knew it wouldn’t be much longer…and the anticipation was making her crazy. Here they were, settled at a smooth, mahogany table in a cozy dining nook, eating calmly and discussing the remains of a body that had been found in her store…when all she wanted to do was touch him. Everywhere.

And if the glint in his eyes, and the tic in his jaw were any indication, he was just as distracted. So why did she continue to delay, to play the game?

He can make me lose it—lose control. I have to keep the upper hand.

“I wonder if Valente put the body there, or if someone else did.”

Gideon’s movements were smooth as he settled back in the chair and pushed his empty plate aside. He unbuttoned his shirt cuff and rolled it back, exposing a muscular forearm. “That’s the million-dollar question. Perhaps they’ll find something in her clothing that will at least help identify her.” He rolled up his other sleeve and watched her with hot, steady eyes.

Fiona had finished everything she was going to eat—which was to say, a very, very small portion of her steak and lots of vegetables—and she stood to begin clearing the dishes away. “I’m going to make sure I look through everything Valente left behind to see if there’s any clue as to who she was.”

A little shiver danced up her spine—not, for once, caused by Gideon. This was a real-life Nancy Drew mystery, and she wasn’t about to sit aside and let the detectives have all the fun. When would she get another chance like this again?

The shiver turned into steaming lava when her gaze was caught by Gideon’s. She hesitated, leaning over a corner of the table toward him to take his plate, then began to draw back. He reached out with deliberate slowness and grasped her wrist, tugging just enough to bring her to eye-level with him. “What’s the hurry?”

She boldly leaned forward to press a light kiss to his lips, pausing longer than she’d meant to when it felt so good. Just as her eyes were sinking closed and she started to forget who she was, Fiona gathered her senses and pulled away. “Remember, you promised you weren’t going to seduce me.” Her voice, meant to be light and playful, came out much too breathy to be taken seriously.

“I didn’t make that move,” he replied casually, but she could see the rise and fall of his chest under that starched shirt and she knew he was fighting just as hard as she to remain in control of himself.

Then, abruptly, something inside her snapped.

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