Strong, Silent Cowboy by Lora Leigh

Author:Lora Leigh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

chapter ten

Of course, Justice had no intentions of disappearing.

As Jacob lifted her from the counter, Sallie caught a glimpse of Jacob’s friend standing on the other side of the living room, just watching them curiously. Lily was nowhere in sight. But that didn’t surprise her. Lily would be too wary after what had happened at the house. And like Sallie, she wouldn’t be looking forward to Jacob’s questions. And even less, whatever Justice had to say. Lily had a volatile relationship with that particular rancher.

How Justice Culpepper and Jacob had become such friends, she couldn’t imagine. Justice was a pure ass from what Sallie had seen, and it seemed many shared her opinion, even if they did get along with him. Jacob, by contrast, was well liked and there were few people who had a problem with him. Of course, Jacob wasn’t as social as Justice, nor as prone to fight. The Culpeppers were known far and wide for their ability to fight as well as to party.

“Justice, I might end up killing you,” Jacob growled as Sallie stepped away, her head lowered, her expression hidden from him.

“Yeah, so you and everyone else keep threatening.” Justice grunted, resigned. “I thought you’d like to know Pride has everything taken care of in town and he’s on his way back. He found Deverson’s hotel room too, right in town, and there’s signs he wasn’t alone.”

Jacob saw the subtle flinch Sallie couldn’t fully hide at the other man’s words.

“He left two of our men to see if they could track the partner. We should have an update soon,” Justice concluded. “It would help if we knew why a Swiss terrorist cell has targeted one little Dillerman’s manager, though.”

Jacob watched Sallie shake her head before taking a deep breath and moving to stand next to the dining table, one slender hand gripping the back of a chair for support.

“Sallie, stop running,” Jacob told her, trying to sound reasonable. “Those bastards are going to kill you. Is that what you want?”

It wasn’t what she wanted. It couldn’t be, he tried to convince himself. There was far too much fire, too much fight inside her.

“I met my ex-husband in Switzerland six years ago,” she stated, pushing one hand through her hair, the desperation in her gaze causing tension to build through him. “When I returned home, he followed with my stepfather several months later and we married before the year was out.” She swallowed tightly before drawing in a ragged breath. “I’ve been running since the night he gave me annulment papers and walked out of the house a year later.”

Years. Jacob fought to hold back his anger. She’d been running for years. She’d been alone when she came here three years ago, so she’d been alone when she began running, he had no doubt. Delicate, fragile, she’d had no one to lean on, no one to protect her during that time.

“Who is he?” It wasn’t a gentle demand and Jacob knew it. Knew it, but could do nothing to soften it.

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