Taming Deputy Harlow by Jennifer Morey

Author:Jennifer Morey [Morey, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The next day, Jamie sat with Reese at a round table crammed in the small space of the Never Summer Hotel office, going through boxes of old guest records. Three desks lined the walls, surrounding the table and piled with binders. They’d checked the bed-and-breakfasts and motel in town—two had gone out of business and the motel hadn’t kept records. A lodge and a cabin-rental resort had produced two possible names. They’d already shown the photo of Ella’s mystery man around town and no one recognized him. Too much time had gone by. If the man had come to town or passed through, no one remembered seeing him.

Putting one binder aside, Jamie stood up to retrieve the next from a desk, bringing it back to the table but not sitting again. At the time of the murder the hotel had no computers. All the records were stored in binders. As luck would have it, the hotel hadn’t purged any. The manager told them the records had been all but forgotten until they’d shown up.

He noticed Reese having a hard time concentrating again, as she read the list of entries in one of the binders and then lifted her head to stare off. Did her mind wander back to her conversation with Kadin? Had the things they’d said as father and daughter changed the way she thought of him? Or did her distraction come from Jamie? He’d avoided thinking too much about last night. She’d initiated the lovemaking and hadn’t withdrawn afterward, but was she now? The closer they grew together, the more she might feel caught. While he secretly cheered that she hadn’t been able to resist him, had come to him by choice and met him with equal fervor that had all the indications of budding love, he had to remain cautious. Reese’s fiercely guarded independence would have its say eventually. There would come a time when she would no longer be able to deny what this was and where it would lead if they continued. When that occurred, she’d either decide to run from it, or his efforts would come to fruition.

“You and Kadin seemed to have a nice talk,” he said.

Jarred from thought, she turned to him. “Yeah.” She looked down at the binder.

“Are you okay with that?”

“Of course.” Then she seemed to think again. “I think so.” She put her fingers to her upper chest. “I’ve got this feeling, not bad, but I actually imagined more than once what it would be like to work with him in Wyoming.”

“Sounds nothing but good to me.” He didn’t think she told him all she thought.

She looked up at him again, eyes guarded. “It gives me anxiety.”

“Did last night give you anxiety?”

Her eyes lowered. “Not last night.”

But today she’d had a different reaction. He didn’t say he’d back off or promise to let her take the initiative in starting when the next opportunity came to make love. If the next time was anywhere close to as powerful as last night, it would work in his favor.

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