Behind the Lens (Home in Carson Book 1) by Renee Harless

Author:Renee Harless [Harless, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harless Productions, LLC
Published: 2020-03-05T00:00:00+00:00

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God, it was so hot, Alexis thought to herself as she rolled over again, wincing as she put too much pressure on her shoulder. Logan had said earlier that she was healing well, and after a few more days and some shoulder exercises, she would be back to normal. She had almost kissed the man; she was so thankful. Alexis had been more than ready to get a gun in her hand and target practice. It was her favorite way to relieve stress, and after everything she learned that evening, she needed to get her head on straight sooner rather than later.

Flipping around to rest on her back again, Alexis huffed as she stared up at the ceiling. Even in the mountains of North Carolina, it could be sweltering at night. Cliff explained that he had central air installed in the cabin, but as a precaution wanted to leave it turned off so that he could hear better. Alexis understood, she really did, but damn it was so freaking hot she was certain she had soaked through the mattress.

An idea formulated in the back of her mind, a dip in the lake would be a dream in this heat. She wondered if she could get Cliff to join her; even in the darkness Alexis was sure she’d be able to make out every hard muscle of his body.

Alexis tossed her legs off the bed, the rest of her body following suit, and she tugged at the soaked oversized T-shirt clinging to her heated skin. She flexed her toes against the cool floor, savoring the relief on the bottom of her feet. She was half tempted to lay her entire body on the old hardwood.

Opening the bedroom door, another wave of heat from the narrow hallway assaulted her, but as she made her way into the living room, the air cooled significantly. It was refreshing as the cross breeze from the open front and back windows glided across her skin.

“Hey, what are you doing awake?” Cliff asked, his gaze pulled away from the laptop. She wondered if he ever slept. “Thinking about your mom?”

She had been. After Dylan and Preston left the apartment, she and Cliff launched another software application that came up empty on searching her mother’s name. Cliff assured her that he would reach out to his contacts to see if they could learn anything more, but her fractured heart broke by the minute.

She didn’t want to lie to Cliff, but she also didn’t want to discuss her parents anymore, so she settled by telling him that she was too hot.

“You’re welcome to rest out here if it is cooler. I can take the bedroom.”

God, this man was a saint. Since she arrived, he’d been bending over backward for her. And what had she done for him? Not a damn thing.

“Actually, think I could just hang out here with you for a while? I’m not very tired.”

Cliff closed his laptop, basking the room in darkness. “Met your quota for sleep?” he joked as the television across from him came to life.

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