The Suicide Club by Gayle Wilson

Author:Gayle Wilson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-12-22T22:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

It was after eight when Jace’s doorbell rang. He was feeling almost human after five hours of sleep and a shower, but he hadn’t been expecting company. Nor did he want any.

He picked his holstered weapon up off the coffee table as he crossed the room. After he looked through the peephole, he laid it back down on the top of the TV. Lindsey was standing in the hallway, holding up what looked to be a grocery sack.

“I hope you like barbeques,” she said, when he opened the door. “Something in the way of a bribe.”

“For what?” he asked, stepping back to allow her to enter.

“You said if I needed to, I could come back tonight.”

He closed the door, taking time to slip the chain into the slot before he had to face her. Despite what he’d told her, he hadn’t thought she would take him up on the offer. He figured she’d either go to her folks or tough it out at her house.

Tough it out. What he’d do if he were scared. What any guy would do. But, rather obviously, Lindsey wasn’t a guy.

Since she’d come back, he wasn’t sure what she was expecting. It had been pretty clear last night that she was interested only in his protection. Tonight was an entirely different proposition.

Then, she’d been coming to terms with the reality that someone had attacked her again. He’d been mentally exhausted and in pain. Despite that, it had been all he could do to keep from issuing a different kind of invitation. Tonight…

He turned, surprised to find that Lindsey had moved only a couple of feet into the apartment. Although she was holding onto that same bright smile with which she’d greeted him, it seemed forced. And her eyes reflected that uncertainty.

“You were going out, weren’t you?”

“Just to get something to eat,” he lied.

He had thought about doing that when he’d gotten out of the shower, but hadn’t been able to dredge up the energy. In the end, and only because he couldn’t remember the last time he’d eaten, he had decided to nuke something from the freezer.

Now the smells emanating from the sack Lindsey carried were making his mouth water. And since she—and it—were here, there seemed no reason not to take advantage of one of them.

“But you’ve just made that trip unnecessary.” He moved past her to head toward the kitchen.

“If you’ve got a date, just say so.” She followed him, putting the sack down on the table. “I can stay with Shannon or go to my parents’ house.”

The fact that she was here was evidence she didn’t want to do either. And if he were honest, he didn’t want her to.

However, she was still emotionally vulnerable, operating from a sense of gratitude and a possible case of hero worship, both of which should put her off-limits. Neither of which made her any less appealing.

“I haven’t gotten that far in the Randolph social scene.”

“That far? To have a date? You’ve been here, what? Four months? Don’t tell me you haven’t had a date in all that time.

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