The Blue Link by Carol Caiton

Author:Carol Caiton [Caiton, Carol]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-09T22:00:00+00:00

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If anyone had told her a week ago that she'd be relieved to see Simon, she might not have verbally denied it, but she wouldn't have believed it. Yet here she stood, wearing the same baggy sweatshirt he'd first seen her in, feeling considerably friendly.

"Hi," she said, offering a smile. "Would you like to come in?"

He glanced at her bare feet then up again. "No. I'd like you to come out."

"Oh. Okay. Let me put on some shoes. Are you sure you don't want to come in?"

"I'm sure."

"All right. I'll just be a minute."

She hurried back to the kitchen and slipped on the sandals she'd worn earlier. "I'm going out," she told Ethan. "I probably won't be long."

He merely grunted and kept eating so she turned away and walked back to the foyer. When she opened the door, Simon stood with his back to her. He looked different wearing faded jeans, a gray pullover, and a brown jacket. She'd become used to seeing him in a suit.

He turned as she paused on the threshold and it struck her that his appearance here, ringing the doorbell, was very different from running into him at RUSH. He was a tall, incredibly handsome man who was standing on this front porch because he was here to see her—outside the walls of RUSH.

"Nina?"

She gave herself a mental shake. "Yes. Sorry."

She stepped outside and joined him.

"Do you want to get a coat?"

"No, I'm fine." In fact the chilly night air felt good. She'd been overly warm inside, more so because of the tension between her and Ethan.

"Let's go then." He held out a hand.

"Where are we going?"

"To my house. I want you to see it."

Her stomach gave a little quiver. Yes, this was normal. Real. RUSH may have been the place where they'd met, but Simon gave more validity to their blue link by bringing it outside those majestic gates. It wasn't a fantasy here. This was real life in the real world and he wanted her to see his house.

With a nod she stepped forward and slid her hand into his. Out on the sidewalk, he passed her hand around the back of his waist, then slid his across her shoulders.

"How long have you known Ethan?" she asked.

"Several years. Why?"

"I was wondering how all of you formed RUSH."

He smiled. "RUSH was Michael's idea initially. He and I knew one another because we worked for the same branch of government and the nature of our jobs brought us into contact. But we weren't friends. Not then."

A breeze blew in off a nearby lake and Simon drew her closer.

"Michael didn't particularly like me at the time," he went on, "and I returned the sentiment. He was a cocky, pain-in-the-ass computer kid with a genius IQ and an attitude. I only dealt with him when I had to." He chuckled quietly. "Then he showed up at my house one night. The temperature outside was below freezing, the slush in the street had turned to ice, and that belligerent computer guy from the office was standing on my front porch without a coat.

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