Watch Over Me: A Military Romance (Uncharted SEALs Book 1) by Delilah Devlin

Author:Delilah Devlin [Devlin, Delilah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Military, Romance, novella
Published: 2015-01-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Five

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“Señor, you said to tell you if anyone asked about the girl…”

Deke held the handset of the phone between his ear and his shoulder as he rolled up his shirt sleeves. He and Nicky had been freshening up before dinner. He shot a quick glance toward Nicky who was busy brushing blush across her cheeks at the bathroom mirror. Her gaze met his in the reflection then her eyebrows rose in question.

He shook his head and gave her a small tight smile, and then turned away to hide his tight expression. “Who was inquiring?” he asked in Spanish.

“He didn’t register for a room, so I don’t have a name. And he didn’t ask for your lady by her name. Only asked whether any American women had checked in recently. Pretty ones. And young.”

Maybe he was just a jackass looking for a green card romance. A slim possibility, but Deke didn’t believe in coincidences. “What did you tell him?”

“I said there were several American couples here. Since you and Miss Martir have been spending time together, I did not lie.”

“Is he still here?”

“He left about an hour ago, after he’d walked through the restaurant and checked the beach.”

“Did he say anything else? Was he alone?” Deke ran through his memories of docking the boat and returning to the hotel. No one had been paying them undue attention.

“Nothing else. And I didn’t notice any others with him. But he…”

The clerk’s hesitation made his stomach knot. “Is there more, Manuel?”

“He had dead eyes. If you know what I mean.”

Deke took a deep breath. He knew exactly what the other man meant. He’d seen the expression many times before—down the scope of his rifle. He wrapped his fingers tightly around the handset. “Thanks for confirming our reservation for tonight,” he said in English, pitching his voice a little louder to keep Nicky from becoming suspicious.

“Comprendo, Señor. I will inform you if he returns. And if you stop by the desk, I will have a photograph I printed from the security camera.”

“I’ll be sure to stop by your desk.” Deke hung up and remained still for a moment. The hair had risen on the back of his neck. Maybe the man with the “dead eyes” wasn’t looking for Nicky, had another woman targeted, but he couldn’t take the chance. He glanced at Nicky, only to find her staring steadily back at him, her makeup forgotten.

“I take it something’s happened?”

He was tempted to shield her from the news, but what would doing so buy them? They wouldn’t make that date in the dining room. He couldn’t take the chance with her life. Even if this turned out to be nothing, she deserved to know. “We have to leave.”

Her lips pursed, and then she nodded. “All right. Are we going to another hotel?”

How had she guessed that a threat had arrived? “We’re taking the first flight home.” With his cell phone stashed across the hall, he picked up the phone again, asked for an outside line, and quickly punched the numbers for his handler for this mission.

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