Sweet Seduction Shield by Nicola Claire

Author:Nicola Claire [Claire, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary, Suspense, Romance
Amazon: B00H2YNM16
Goodreads: 18247226
Publisher: Nicola Claire
Published: 2013-12-01T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Not Even Glancing In My Direction Once

Tension still hung in the air, thick and oppressive, despite the laughter of only moments before. Harvey Stone stood, leaning against a bench, arms folded, hard look on his surfer boy face. I didn't know the man, but I got the impression that scowling was not a normal facial expression for him. With the sandy hair, tanned skin and ice blue eyes bracketed with laugh lines, I could picture more of a genial personality. But I might have been wrong.

Especially since he was still sending daggers my way as though I had lured Pierce to the evil side, possibly destroying his career in the process.

The kitchen was once again filled to the brim. Abi and Ben the only two to have left, and that was out of necessity; Abi's nose hadn't stopped bleeding and Ben, being the type of man he was, needed to tend to his woman more than eavesdrop on Pierce and Stone's continued argument.

The rest of the onlookers though, were eagerly awaiting the fallout.

I wanted to escape and check on Daisy and Eva, but I wanted to take Pierce's back more. Ryan had thrown that first punch because Stone had slighted me, in what I could see now was only an offhand way. But Pierce's quick-fire reaction was almost heartwarming, if you overlooked the aggression and violence of punching someone on the jaw.

In any case, he deserved my support. Funnily, just like Kelly and Genevieve had suggested when I first woke up. Which made me realise I was feeling a little light-headed, exhausted from the small amount of exercise and large amount of emotional turmoil since I returned to the land of the living. I didn't give in to the need to sit down, just swayed slightly on my feet, surreptitiously reaching a hand out to steady myself against the back of a chair.

"You got a problem with this?" Pierce asked, his arms also crossed over a puffed up chest, matching Stone.

"If I did, would it stop you making a monumental fuck-up of your career?" the other guy threw back, effectively knocking the air out of Pierce's lungs with the verbal punch.

"This has got nothing to do with my job," Ryan returned, stance unchanged, despite Stone's sharp edged remark.

"Now that's just plain whacked," Stone said, and I wondered if he was eager to experience another fist to the jaw. "Since when has it been appropriate to get involved with a witness you're protecting?"

I felt more than saw the defeat enter Ryan's body. The truth of Stone's words hitting harder than if he had actually swung a punch towards Pierce's stomach. The whole room became shadowed in concern. If emotions could be felt physically, I swear every person listening in on this conversation would have been giving off dread in waves of crushing pressure. I felt tight all over, as though my chest was being constricted by an invisible force. As though the room was filling up with negative energy that would pulverise me with one small shove.

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