Slow Motion by Evelyn Adams

Author:Evelyn Adams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: security, alpha heroes, southern romance, office romance, family saga
Publisher: Evelyn Adams
Published: 2018-03-11T16:00:00+00:00

IT WAS THE SECOND MORNING Sophie had woken up and found Emerson gone. She might have suspected he hadn’t come home to sleep if it hadn’t been for the note he’d left for her detailing her breakfast options by the box of tea in the kitchen. He signed it Eddington, which made her smile, and she wasn’t complaining. How could she when he was going so far out of his way to protect her? She couldn’t think about what might have happened if she hadn’t met him. She was as grateful for that as she was confused by the fact that someone shot at her in the first place. She couldn’t think the words wanted to kill or she might start freaking out and not be able to stop.

She popped an egg and veggie breakfast bowl—one of the choices from Emerson’s note—into the microwave and made herself a cup of tea. She peered out the peep and saw a guy she didn’t recognize standing like a sentinel in front of the door. He wore a black Southerland Security polo and looked like he was more than capable of taking down anyone who made a run at the apartment. Not that she expected anyone to. Whatever was going on, there was no reason for anyone to connect her with Emerson. Of course there was no reason for anyone to want to shoot at her either.

She knocked on the door, which was weird because it wasn’t like the guy could open it from his side, or maybe he could. He probably had the code, but she didn’t want to startle him. He put a hand to his ear, said something and seconds later, her phone began to ring.

“Sophie, is everything okay? Do you need something?” asked Emerson.

Well hell, apparently they were back to the never-ending questions again. And now she felt foolish. She hadn’t meant for the guy at the door to bother Emerson.

“No, it’s nothing.”

“Smithson said you knocked on your side of the door.” He waited, and she was pretty sure she wasn’t getting out of the conversation without an explanation.

“I thought he might like a cup of tea. I was making one for myself and thought I could make one for him too.” It was an honest impulse. The guy was stuck standing in a hallway at eight in the morning because of her. The least she could do was keep him caffeinated. Listening to Emerson’s silence on the other end of the line just made her feel foolish. “Never mind. I’m sorry to bother you. It’s silly.”

“It’s not silly.”

She didn’t know him well enough to be sure, but she thought he sounded amused, which blew a big old hole in his not silly argument.

“It’s sweet of you to think of it, Sophie, but my men don’t eat or drink while they’re on duty. Someone will be up in a couple of hours to give him a break. He’s fine until then.”

Of course he was. It had been a long time since Sophie had felt naïve about anything.

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