Under His Skin by Rhonda Russell

Author:Rhonda Russell [Russell, Rhonda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-19T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“So, am I still at the top of your list?” Sophie asked, absently stroking the cat sprawled across her lap.

He envied that cat.

Jeb swallowed a sigh, suddenly exhausted, still disturbed by her speak-the-right-language comment. What did she mean? That he’d just never met anyone capable of understanding him? That couldn’t be right, because even Judd couldn’t always get a bead on him. Granted it was rare, but it did happen. He winced, remembering his phone, and made a mental note to call first thing in the morning to get a replacement.

Was she still at the top of his list? she wanted to know. She, of the double fence and sexy dress and melting eyes and hot mouth.

“No, not that one, anyway,” he said, resting his head against the back of her couch. She’d never truly been there to start with, but now didn’t seem like the time to tell her that. Her house smelled like cinnamon and yeast and a low fire burned on the hearth, crackling merrily.

“Oh? There’s more than one list?”

“You’ve been officially moved to the top of my pain-in-the-ass list, but you are no longer the prime suspect in my investigation.” Eyes closed, he laughed softly. “Happy now?”

“I was the prime suspect? Really?” she asked disbelievingly. “Why?”

“Because in the preliminary search, one of our agents found a complaint about you in an online review of the community. The reviewer accused you of taking a piece of jewelry from a resident.”

She inhaled sharply.

He turned his head and cracked one eye open. “You don’t ever Google yourself?” He winced. Shit, that sounded dirty. “I didn’t mean... Er...”

Her ripe mouth curled into a wide grin and her eyes twinkled with humor. “My grandmother would threaten to wash your mouth out with soap.”

“You know what 1 mean,” he said.

“I do,” she admitted. “And no, I have never Googled myself,” she said, giggling. Her face fell. “But clearly that is something that I need to start doing if there are slanderous allegations against me being reported in cyber space.”

“They didn’t say that you’d stolen it, only that you’d taken it,” he pointed out.

Her shrewd gaze narrowed. “Ah. Accepted it, you mean?” She sighed. “Well, in that case, I am guilty. Cora gave me a cameo pendant. It had been a gift from her husband, one he’d bought her during their honeymoon in Rome. I suspected that her family didn’t like it, but since it wasn’t theirs and Cora wanted me to have it, I couldn’t refuse.”

Jeb smiled. “I can see where that would have been difficult. She doesn’t seem like the type to take no for an answer.”

She snorted. “I’ll say. How the hell do you think I ended up in this dress?”

Jeb let his gaze drift slowly over the dress in question and, by default, the body beneath it. Naturally, his own body reacted accordingly. Heat flooded his groin and his fingers itched to touch her. “I can’t fault her for that, I’m afraid. You look beautiful.”

He could see the pulse hammering in her throat from where he sat, watched her gulp, her gaze sliding along his thigh.

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