The Safest Lies by Debra Webb

Author:Debra Webb
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-06-17T16:56:38+00:00

Chapter Ten

Monday, August 12

The way Flynn kept checking the burner phone, Sadie was reasonably confident he was worried more than he wanted her to know that there had been no response from his contact and the phone’s battery was dying.

He hadn’t said as much but she was no fool. There was no way a crucial reaction to a critical situation would take this long. She pulled her fingers through her hair, wished she had a brush. She shifted her position a bit—this rock was not made for comfort. Being stuck in this cave all night was even less so. She was thankful for the protection from the elements and the enemy but even when she slept, fitfully to say the least, she was aware of him next to her. The smell of his skin, the heat emanating from his body. Not helpful when trying to sleep. At least not when she wanted desperately to do something entirely unrelated to sleeping.

Not smart, Sadie.

The situation wasn’t completely unexpected. She had been so focused on her career for years now that she’d totally ignored her personal life. Sure, she had the occasional date with some guy a friend insisted she so needed to meet. Very rarely did that develop into physical gratification. Apparently, that was an issue. She was like a starving animal now, desperate...

She rubbed her hands over her face and wished for a long, hot bath. Maybe a trip to the spa the way she’d done years ago—before her career took over her life. There, she decided, was the real source of the rub. All her female friends—the ones with whom she’d done lunch and spa days—were married. Most had children. They all thought because Sadie was approaching thirty-five that she should be doing the same. It wasn’t really because they were old-fashioned or had narrow views, it was just human nature. The heightening urge to procreate as one reached thirty.

Sadie had passed thirty several years ago and not once had she thought about a permanent relationship, much less kids.

She worked. Work was her constant companion, her best friend, her lover.

Her traitorous eyes stole a glance at the man packing up their sparse campsite. But this man had her dwelling on her most basic instincts. Of all the times for an attraction to form, this was the absolute worst possible one.

The guy was a stranger—no matter that she now knew he wasn’t a criminal—and their situation was dire at best.

Before daylight he’d gone outside their hiding place and checked the area. When he’d returned, she had taken a turn slipping out of the cave to go for a necessary break, as well. Flynn was good at concealing his concern but she hadn’t missed his mounting tension. It was in the set of his broad shoulders, the lines across his handsome forehead.

He was worried.

Which made her worry.

It was possible, she supposed, that there had been a delay due to some unpredicted issue. But they had gone well beyond that possibility now. This

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