Brotherhood Protectors_Ranger In Charge by Layla Chase

Author:Layla Chase [Chase, Layla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-09-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

A situation like he faced now hadn’t happened in his entire military career. During his assignments in special recon, the targets were all people under suspicion of wrong-doing. He hadn’t been caught eavesdropping on someone whose good opinion mattered.

His gut aching like he’d eaten too many tacos, Rhys steered the truck along the curving driveway and stopped at the end of the walkway. He tapped his thumb on the top of the steering wheel. Should he hop out and run around to open her door, or just wait where he sat? The debate over what action to take was decided without his input.

Caitlyn yanked open the door and set her belongings inside. She grabbed for the handle on the passenger dash and grunted as she jumped up. “Did you have to choose the truck with the biggest tires?”

He bit his tongue against telling her this vehicle was the same size as the other he left behind. This one had a cleaner cab, and that’s why he chose it. Instead of arguing over stupid details, he remained silent.

Before she snapped her seat belt, she pulled a tablet out of her briefcase and swiped a finger on the screen to unlock it. Then she clicked her belt and bent her head.

Rhys glanced to the side—at a curtain of reddish-blonde hair that he knew from personal experience to be thick and silky. Gritting his teeth against the memory, he put the truck in Drive and pulled away from the curb. After a couple minutes passed and she didn’t look up, he punched on the radio. A well-known George Strait number filtered from the speakers. He hummed along.

“Do you mind?” She leaned forward and twisted the volume knob until the cab was silent. “I’m working and need to concentrate.”

The city girl from yesterday was back. His fingers gripped the wheel until his knuckles ached. “What makes your job take priority over the wishes of other people in this truck?”

Eyebrows high, she made a show of glancing behind them into the second seat of the king cab. “Oh, by other people, you mean yourself?”

He dipped his chin but didn’t take his gaze from watching the road and both the rearview and side mirrors. Usually a man of few words—especially about male-female relationships—he couldn’t believe what he was about to say. “Don’t you think we should talk about yesterday?”

Her inhale was so sharp her nose whistled. With a gasp, she clamped a hand over it. After a few seconds, she looked his way then sighed. “Whenever you’re ready to explain yourself, please do.” She angled her head to look out the window.

Again, he’d glimpsed hurt in her light blue eyes, which bothered him. “I stepped over a line with that kiss, those kisses, yesterday.“

She whipped her head around, and an eyebrow winged high. “Because of the ranch’s policy and your need to keep your job?”

Not to mention Brotherhood Protectors might have a no fraternization policy. Although Hank hadn’t actually spelled out one, and Rhys knew of a few hookups happening on assignments.

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