Cold Touch by Leslie A. Kelly

Author:Leslie A. Kelly [Kelly, Leslie A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thriller
Publisher: Leslie A. Kelly
Published: 2016-10-18T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Olivia arrived downtown a half hour before this morning’s scheduled nine a.m. meeting. She knew Julia well enough to know her boss would be there early and wanted a chance to talk to her before the others showed up. The others being her coworkers and the two Savannah detectives who had suddenly found themselves working with their former enemies.

She wasn’t sure how Gabe and his partner felt about it. They hadn’t even discussed that part of this whole working-together idea, even though she’d spent a couple of hours curled up against him on the couch last night. Talking. Only talking.

At first, they’d talked about ugly things, sad memories. But then, as the night had grown deeper and he’d continued to stay, their conversation had rambled. As if they’d both suddenly realized they’d been all wrapped up in darkness from the minute they’d met, and maybe it was time to stop, take a mental health break and just talk about absolutely nothing that mattered.

They’d talked movies and TV shows, cars and sports teams. She’d told him he was a cretin for preferring country music to jazz, and he called her a snob for insisting it was just wrong to eat a big, sloppy burrito with your hands.

Then they’d laughed. They’d laughed a lot.

By the time he’d left, at around one—without anything more than a soft brush of his lips on her temple—she’d been so relaxed, in such a good mood, she’d gone to bed and hadn’t had a single bad dream. She’d still woken up early, tense for some reason, but there had been no nightmares. Giving it some thought this morning, she realized that was probably exactly what he’d intended.

She’d told him she wasn’t ready to chase away the darkness her usual way, so he’d found another one. She could love him for that, she really could. What a man.

Still, with all their talking, they’d never touched on how he felt about her coworkers and the joint endeavor they were about to undertake. He wasn’t the only one who might be having cold feet; she wasn’t sure how Aidan would react, either, considering he was the one who’d practically had his face printed on Wanted posters by the local police. But it was worth a try. The two detectives had agreed to give it a shot, to pool their resources, off the books, at least for a day or two, just to see what happened.

Just to see what happened. Hadn’t that been what she’d been thinking about when she’d kissed Gabe Cooper yesterday? The problem was, she had not been satisfied with what had happened. It had been incredibly nice, but she’d wanted more. A lot more. Yet last night, when she’d been in his arms, she hadn’t pushed it, knowing she liked him, liked being with him, as much as she wanted him.

She definitely wanted him.

Olivia hadn’t had a no-strings affair in, well, ever. Honestly, she wasn’t sure she wanted one now. Something about Gabe pulled her strings but good.

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