Vital Signs by Em Petrova

Author:Em Petrova [Petrova, Em]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erotic Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Hartwood Publishing
Published: 2016-05-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Sarita listened to the voicemail for the fifteenth time. When the garbled tones of what she suspected was Mrs. Allancamp stopped, she tossed the phone onto the sofa cushion far from her.

So annoying. She’d wanted to help Corey—he’d sent it to her for that very reason. And she couldn’t understand anything on the message.

She pushed to her feet and moved through her apartment, tidying things that were already neat. She’d already done this twice already. There was nothing else to straighten.

A warm bath might calm her, but she expected she’d hear from Corey any minute. Surely he wouldn’t take that long to discuss their findings about the arsonist with his chief. It might be to her advantage to step out of a hot bubble bath to greet her lover, but she’d already showered earlier.

A cold shower to try to cut through her body’s white-hot desire.

Bored, she went into her small kitchen and pulled ingredients from her pantry. Baking had always soothed her nerves. While caring for her father, the house had a fresh supply of cakes and coconetes, a rustic coconut cookie popular in her homeland.

She began to blend the ingredients to make the staple cookie of every child growing up. As she mixed, her mind worked over the puzzle of the calls Corey had received.

Several calls followed by that single message. Was it really Mrs. Allancamp? It was entirely possible they were chasing the wrong lead and somebody had simple dialed the wrong number.

After she placed the cookie tray in her tiny apartment-sized oven, she checked her phone again. No word from Corey, and worry was beginning to seep in.

He hadn’t wanted to take her along with him on his investigation. Had he gone on his own to see if she’d contacted him? If so, what sort of danger would he face? If Mitchell was in fact the arsonist, the man had no problem at all snuffing out human life.

Sarita paced her tiny kitchen while waiting for her cookies to finish baking. When the timer sounded, she was surprised to find she’d been pacing for twenty minutes. She removed the cookies from the oven and set them aside to cool when her doorbell sounded.

A small cry left her. She whirled and rushed across her apartment to the door. Without bothering with the peephole, she whipped it open.

Relief flooded her, along with a dark twinge of want. Corey stood before her, his thumb hooked in the front pocket of his jeans, leaning against the doorframe.

She reached out and twisted the front of his shirt in her hand, yanking him inside. He huffed a laugh but she cut him short when she tugged him down for a kiss. In a heartbeat, they were right back where they’d left off.

Carnal desire hit her body. His hands were on her—all over her. Running up and down her sides, cupping her breasts, kneading them. Before he moved downward again to skim her waist and finally squeeze her hips and ass.

She broke from the kiss and stared into his eyes.

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