Speak No Evil by Sue Ward Drake

Author:Sue Ward Drake
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798985426946
Publisher: Cate Square Press

8

“Your usual?”

Will glanced up from the displayed muffins and pastries to find the pretty barista hovering with her tongs. “Yes, the pumpkin muffin. Thanks.” The Corner Coffee Club made the best pumpkin muffins. Or had a secret supplier of them. He could always count on them having his favorite on Saturday mornings.

Gwen liked bacon and chocolate malts, but the bakery didn’t have a bacon muffin. “Let me have two pumpkin.”

The server got a bigger bag and pulled the muffins. “Is that all?”

“And a blueberry.” Gwen might not want a pumpkin muffin, but everyone liked blueberry. The steamed milk machine hissed, and the aroma of coffee made him salivate, but he could brew some at home and he didn’t want to be gone too long. “No coffee today, thanks.”

A smile tugged his mouth at the memory of last night. For someone so sweet and modest, Gwen’s lovemaking had set the sheets on fire. A sharp contrast to how she’d played her cards close to her chest earlier. For a good reason, it turned out.

He hoped she didn’t plan to take the next train home this morning. Not until they’d figured out why someone in a black SUV had been staking out her place. But she might be feeling pressured after he’d confessed his own certainty. Still, he couldn’t retract his words now, and he didn’t regret baring his feelings. The truth seemed too important to keep inside. Hopefully, that would count as a point in his favor. At the shop’s cashier, he pressed his phone app to the reader and collected the muffins.

The line of customers now stretched to the front windows. On Saturdays, neighbors who frequented the Corner Coffee liked to congregate outside and visit. He recognized a few of the regulars, his gaze snagging on someone else nearly as familiar and his pulse revved. What the hell was Gwen’s rock fan stalker doing here?

“May I get by, please,” a female voice said behind him.

Will retreated to the cool, dark shadows along the front of the store, tensed and ready for action. The man must have visited a barber last night. He no longer sported long, stringy black hair, but a razor-cut. Still, Will could swear this was the same guy. In fact, he wore the same jacket today, even though the mercury promised to climb fast. Suspicious.

The dude hardly noticed the people around him. Was he waiting for someone?

A bad feeling lodged in his gut. He’d left Gwen all alone in his apartment. Yes, the building had a doorman, but anyone could pose as a maintenance workman and come up from the basement. His apartment was secure to anyone but him, but Gwen might open the door if someone misrepresented themselves. He’d used that ploy himself a few times when he’d been on a mission.

If he wanted to leave and get home—and he did—he would have to walk right past T-shirt slash Rock Fan. Something told him that was exactly what the guy expected. Will pulled his phone and took some photos of him before leaving.

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