To Trust a Cop by Sharon Hartley

Author:Sharon Hartley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-09-09T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

MERLENE FOUND THE long drive back to Miami a hundred times more pleasant than the tense trip north. She relaxed around Cody, enjoyed his company. They chatted like two old friends while learning all about each other’s likes and dislikes. He loved sports. Turned out they were both fans of the Miami Dolphins. She quit looking for hidden meaning in every word he uttered.

She understood nothing was certain between them. He was still a cop and she a P.I. So far all they’d shared was one night of fabulous sex. She glanced at him and smiled. He must have felt her gaze because he reached for her hand and gave it a squeeze.

Yes, it had been fantastic lovemaking for them both.

No telling what might happen. This case could come between them, but the prospect of a future together no longer seemed impossible. What would it be like to date a cop?

Her contented musings lasted until Cody exited the interstate in North Miami, miles from her Coconut Grove address.

“Where are we going?” she asked.

“Now, don’t freak out, but I’m taking you to a safe house.”

“Safe house?” She sucked in a deep breath and focused on the busy road ahead. “But I want to go home.”

“Not until we have Neville Feldman in custody.”

She’d been so deliriously happy after what she and Cody had shared, she hadn’t considered what would happen when they arrived back in Miami. Yeah, Feldman was still out there and remained a threat.

But a safe house? Why hadn’t he told her?

“What’s going on, Cody?”

“I arranged with my lieutenant to drive you straight there. He wants you protected—and so do I—until Feldman is behind bars.”

“You arranged it with your lieutenant? Why didn’t you arrange it with me?”

“This is for your own good, Merlene.”

“But I don’t want to be your prisoner, and you can’t believe Neville will come after me now.”

He glanced sideways at her, then quickly back to the road. “He’s made threats. You need to stay in protective custody until we get this wrapped up.”

“Threats?” A bolt of alarm sent a frisson up her spine, kicking up her heart rate. “How?”

“Yesterday he told his brother he was going to take care of the bitch that filmed him. He meant in the same way he took care of his accomplice.”

“His accomplice?” She swallowed hard. “You mean Ray Price.”

“The very dead Ray Price.” Cody gave her a pointed look as he made a right-hand turn into a middle-class residential neighborhood.

All her old suspicions about Cody came slamming back, erasing the euphoria that had buoyed her since last night. How dare he not tell her about Neville’s threat? Maybe he thought he was protecting her, but the whole idea of protection was more than unsettling. It was downright... She paused in her tumbling thoughts.

Unsettling, yes. But not nearly as terrifying as being stalked by a murderer.

“You deliberately kept this from me,” she said, fighting to keep her voice under control. “What else haven’t you told me?”

“He claims someone set him up.

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