Cinderella Substitute by Nell Dixon

Author:Nell Dixon
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Nate sighed. Today was not going to plan at all. He had intended to place his friendship with Jenni back onto a more formal footing. But when she'd been so close, he wanted to hold her tight against him and kiss her fears away. That definitely wasn't part of the plan.

He wasn't sure what Jenni should do—he didn't want to cause her unnecessary alarm. All the same, he didn't like the idea of her going home. It made her too vulnerable living there already without any extra threat to her safety.

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"How long do you think it'll be before the detective finds out anything more definite?"

He could see the fear in her beautiful blue eyes—eyes that trusted him to protect her.

The same look that had been in Cerys' eyes.

Nate took a deep breath, fighting to drag air into lungs which had forgotten how to breathe. His fists clenched into white-knuckled balls with the effort, and a cold trail of sweat trickled down his spine.

"He was hoping to have something by next week." Nate forced himself to sound calm.

"What am I going to do?"

Her voice held a note of despair. Nate gritted his teeth.

"Stay at my house for tonight. You'll be fine there.

Tomorrow I'll try to find out more." He swallowed hard and prayed he had done the right thing.

Jenni looked at him. He knew what few options were available to her were being considered.

"Nate, I couldn't impose on you like that. For all we know we might have the whole thing blown right out of proportion."

"Do you want to go back to your flat? Stay on your own?

Unless you want me to spend the night on your couch, I suggest you stay at my house for tonight."

She nodded. "Okay, but I'll have to collect some things from home."

"We'll stop by after work and you can pack your toothbrush." At last she'd seen sense.

"Thanks for doing this, Nate." She stood up and crossed over to the office door. "I'd better go back to work.

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