Cold Wicked Lies by Toni Anderson

Author:Toni Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Suspense
ISBN: 9781988812335
Publisher: Toni Anderson Inc.
Published: 2020-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

It was an estimated seventy-minute drive to Colville. Novak did it in forty.

It helped to have blue lights flashing the whole way. Which, in turn, meant he avoided having a conversation he didn’t want to have.

Charlotte huffed her disapproval at his driving and maintained a death grip on the handle above the door the whole way. Up until now, they hadn’t been alone even for a second since he’d left the bedroom in darkness that morning, and he hadn’t thought about the potential embarrassment until he’d climbed behind the wheel. Hence the lights and sirens.

Concentrating on driving also made it impossible to dwell on the way his body had betrayed him that morning. Not that it was a problem. It would not happen again. Despite what she might think, he was an elite warrior and controlling his mental and physical reactions was part of that gig. He trained daily with live ammo, so he didn’t flinch at the sound of a gunshot. He simply didn’t have a huge amount of experience working with a woman he found attractive or having to mask that reaction while in a bedroom wearing nothing but boxers. Maybe he needed to put in the time, acclimate to her presence, and his reaction would go away—although he didn’t want it to go away indefinitely. God forbid.

The fact they only had one night left together was both a curse and a blessing. But he could endure it as long as she could.

He pulled into a space rather than parking on the curb because Charlotte gave him “the look.”

He jumped out of the vehicle and waited for her to join him. “What ward is Jones in?”

“Let’s go find out.” She strode away.

She’d changed into a trim black pant suit for this interview. He still wore his jeans but had teamed them with a dress shirt and a sport’s jacket to conceal his shoulder holster. Turning up in tactical gear set people’s nerves on edge…or so Charlotte had informed him.

She was probably right. Not the best way to blend.

He dragged his eyes away from a very fine rear view and pinned them to the back of Charlotte’s head. Time to think about anything except the fact he was lusting after a woman he could barely tolerate two days ago.

McKenzie’s plan had worked a little too well for Novak’s liking.

Frantically, he searched for a distraction from his wanton thoughts. The smell of gun oil. The feel of the rope burning between his gloved palms as he threw himself out of a helicopter. The rub of new boots on long runs. Angeletti taunting his ass. His snipers…

They’d settled into a rhythm, and he felt a whole lot better about their safety with an unmanned drone for air support and SWAT teams backing them up. Wasn’t foolproof and certainly didn’t show de-escalation in their response, but the press was being kept out of area and, so far, none of their new efforts had made it into the public’s awareness. And he

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