Cooper's Passion: Scanguards Hybrids #5 (Scanguards Vampires Book 17) by Tina Folsom

Author:Tina Folsom [Folsom, Tina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-13T18:30:00+00:00

Anita’s head was spinning. How could he play the open and honest man so convincingly while at the same time keeping a secret from her? And how was she going to find out what he was hiding from her? She couldn’t exactly ask him directly. If it was something worth lying about, he might lash out if confronted with the truth.

The silence was stretching between them, and she knew she had to say something, or he would eventually realize that something was wrong.

“I feel I already know a lot about you,” she finally said.

After all, she’d met his uncles and aunts, and his baby cousin, and saw how they lived. On the surface, they were a normal family—well, a rich, normal family, because the house his Uncle Wesley lived in was a massive Victorian that had to be worth several millions. But what was lying beneath the surface? What secrets were they hiding? Was it something that would change how she felt about him?

She suddenly felt Cooper’s warm hand on her thigh. “We’re here.”

They got out of the car, and Cooper pointed to the apartment building he’d spoken about earlier. They cut through the covered parking of a commercial building, crossed the street, and headed for the entrance door, which wasn’t locked, and entered.

“Let’s start with the flats that overlook the alley,” Cooper suggested, and they began knocking on doors.

Cooper took the lead, and introduced himself to the tenants that opened their doors. “We’re investigators working with the SFPD and are looking for this man.” Cooper turned his cellphone so the tenant could see it. “He may have been in this area two nights ago. Do you recognize him?”

The woman who’d opened the door shook her head. “Sorry, doesn’t look familiar.”

“He may have been hanging around in the alley behind you,” Anita added to help jog the woman’s memory.

“Sorry, I can’t help you. I have better things to do than look out the window all night.” She shut the door.

They moved to the next flat and continued questioning the other tenants in the same manner. Anita had to admit that Cooper had excellent manners and treated everybody he spoke to with courtesy, never getting impatient or frustrated. She felt herself involuntarily relax in his presence. Would her body really react like this if he was a bad guy? At the moment, she couldn’t trust her own judgement. When she and Cooper had made love, she’d felt loved and understood, cherished even, and desired. No man had ever taken care of her the way Cooper did, the way he made sure to give her the same pleasure he took for himself. She couldn’t imagine a more selfless lover. But was the old adage true? If something sounds too good to be true... Or was she simply focusing on some minor inconsistencies to sabotage this relationship? She pushed the thoughts aside, concentrating on the task at hand.

By the time they found a person who had indeed noticed something the night of Janet’s murder, it was already dark outside.

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