Town Social by Simmons Trana Mae

Author:Simmons, Trana Mae
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, texas, small town, historical romance, western romance, sweet romance, bargain ebooks, texas rangers, homespun, trana mae simmons, cozy romance
Publisher: TM Simmons

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Chapter 13

"Tampered with?" Sunny hurried to his side. "What are you talking about? Do you mean someone wanted Fred to fall from that ladder?"

"Fred, or you, or whoever happened to be climbing it when the step that was cut part way in two broke. The same step that's now burned completely up. The same step that just happened to land right on top of the flames, so it would be the first part of the ladder to burn."

"My God," Sunny breathed. "Who would do something like that?"

"That's my job to find out. And until I do, I'm going to have to order you to forget about working on this place."

"I will not!" Sunny fumed. "Our plans are too far along, and we've already got a commitment from Grace Adams' manager for her to do a show here for us after her engagement in Dallas in two weeks. We've planned that for our opening. With having to repair this fire damage now, we'll barely be ready in time as it is!"

"You may never get open at all, if you don't listen to me." Jake took her arms, shaking her slightly. "Pay attention to me, Sunny. Neither Fred's fall nor this fire were accidents. They were deliberate attempts to cause someone to get hurt and then cover up the evidence."

Sunny tilted her head defiantly. "You don't know they were directed at the Center! There could be a grudge between someone else in town. We'll just have to be more careful and, if necessary, I'll post a guard in the building at night. The entire town is joining in to make this project happen, and I refuse to let some disgruntled person sabotage us."

"I'll guard your damned building, Sunny, because that's part of my job. As for being careful, you bet your ass you will be. But right now's not the time to let on that we're aware of the sabotage."

"Why not?"

"Because...."

Jake moved his hands to her back, tangling his fingers in her unbound hair and sweeping his thumbs back and forth, very close to the sides of her breasts. Her knees weakened, and she gripped his shirt for support.

"W...why not?" she managed to repeat.

"Because if whoever's doing this realizes we're on to him," Jake murmured, "he might make a more determined attempt than he has so far. And I couldn't live with myself if you ended up on the wrong side of that attempt."

"Why not?" Sunny asked again, for a different reason.

Inch by inch, he slowly lowered his head. "Because."

He breathed the word more than spoke it, his breath tingling on her lips. He paused before his mouth met hers, and she waited only a second before she stood on tiptoe and wrapped her arm around his neck. His lips were warm and firm, tasting of the smoke which had filtered through his bandanna. And tasting of Jake, the only man she'd ever kissed who could send her senses reeling with his touch.

With a muffled groan, he drew her closer. Deserting her lips, he kissed her cheek, then slid the tip of his tongue across her earlobe, into her ear.

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