The Forbidden Bride (The Hot Zone 06) by Debra Cowan

Author:Debra Cowan [Cowan, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, Romance, Contemporary, Historical, Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Fiction, Mystery & Suspense, Suspense, Series, Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Amazon: B002WEPC8C
Publisher: Silhouette Romantic Suspense
Published: 2010-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Sitting at Robin’s desk, Nate wrote out his notes from the Jarvis interview. That took about ten minutes. There was no sign of Robin. He called Collier and updated the fire investigator on what had transpired that day with the case. When McClain asked about Robin, Nate told him she was busy tying up some loose ends. After the phone call, she still didn’t appear.

Nate supposed he should leave, but he couldn’t make himself. He didn’t want to. He wanted to see Robin, make sure she was okay after talking to Emrick. She hadn’t asked him to stay, though. She hadn’t asked him for anything.

He rubbed at the taut muscles across his nape. Nothing good could have come from her meeting with Emrick. Where was she? Was she all right?

Minutes passed, became a half hour. Then fifty minutes. Nate called his office, handled what business he could over the phone. A couple of times he went to the door to check the hallway then back to her chair. Finally, he couldn’t stand it any longer. He had to see her.

Just as he stood and started around her desk, Emrick charged into the squad room.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?” the cop demanded.

Nate arched a brow. “I take it you aren’t asking why I’m using Robin’s desk.”

“You damn well know what I’m talking about.” Kyle stalked toward him, wiping away a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth.

Nate noticed a bruise forming on the man’s jaw. Had Robin done that? He bit back a smile.

Emrick got right in his face. “You bastard!”

Nate stiffened. “Back up. Unless you want a matching bruise on the other side.”

The man didn’t move away, but he didn’t step closer, either. He glared as he rubbed his injured jaw.

Nate looked past Emrick into the hallway. “Where is she?”

“I don’t know.”

“What did you do to her?”

“I didn’t do anything to her. She hit me! Why did you have to go and tell her, Houston?”

“Because you didn’t,” Nate said coldly.

“It should’ve come from me, not you.”

“You had five years to tell her. Does she know about Wendy?”

The other man nodded and Nate bit off a curse. Finding out about her sister had to be killing her. Where was she?

Kyle glared at him. “None of this is your business.”

“Thanks to you, it is. It was obvious the minute I saw y’all together earlier that you hadn’t told her why you backed out of the wedding. You want to blame someone? Look in the mirror.”

“I tried to apologize, but she just threw it back in my face.”

“Go figure.”

“I need to find her, try to talk to her.”

“You mean try to convince her to forgive you?”

“Yes. If I could just talk to her—”

“Why don’t you stay away from her?”

Still gingerly working his jaw, Kyle’s eyes suddenly narrowed. “That’s not your call, Houston.”

“Maybe I can just take a hint.” He looked pointedly at Emrick’s bruised face and split lip. “A woman decks me, I’m going to give her some space.

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