Daddy Devastating by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen [Fossen, Delores]
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-06-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Russ hoped Sylvia’s meeting wasn’t a ploy to draw Julia and him out of the hotel. That’s why he arranged to have a security detail follow them in the unmarked car that had been delivered to the hotel for him to use.

Still, even with a security detail, there was the possibility that something could go wrong.

Julia was obviously concerned as well, because she kept a white-knuckled grip on the arm rest, and she spent the entire ten-minute drive glancing all around them. Russ wanted to reassure her that they were safe, but he knew that wasn’t true. If the person who’d tried to kill them wanted to make another attempt, the only thing that would keep Julia out of harm’s way was to send her off to the safe house.

Russ was going to work on that.

He could find an agent to guard her while he had the big meeting with Milo. But if the meeting didn’t go as planned for, on the following day with Milo, then he had no choice but to get Julia out of San Saba. Hell, he should get her out immediately, but he was positive she wouldn’t go, despite the drained color on her face and her raw, exposed nerves.

“What do you think Sylvia wants to show us?” Julia asked.

“I don’t have a clue.” And he didn’t.

This meeting had come out of the blue, and Russ didn’t know if that meant Sylvia was getting cold feet about the deal, or if she had something else in mind. It was that something else that put a knot in Russ’s gut. He didn’t want Julia in any more danger, but he hadn’t wanted to leave her at the hotel either, because no one would go as far as he would to protect her. And it didn’t seem to matter if he didn’t want to feel that way about her.

“You okay?” he asked her, as they pulled in to the parking lot.

“Don’t worry. I’m not about to have a panic attack.”

He caught onto her arm and turned her to face him. “That wasn’t what I asked. Are you okay?”

She moistened her lips, pushed a wisp of hair from her cheek. “I just want this to be over so I can be with Emily.”

He wanted the same thing, and he wanted it sooner than later.

Because Russ thought it might help them both, he leaned into her and gave her a quick kiss. It felt comfortable, as if quick, reassuring kisses were part of their normal lives instead of something he’d just started to experience.

“You’re not going to put your hand up my dress to stop me from going nuts, are you?” she asked.

Russ thought she was only partly serious, so he kissed her again, and he wished that they were at a place and time where he could figure out where the hell they were going with the dirty thoughts and long, lingering looks.

“Maybe later,” he told her, but it wasn’t as much of a joke as he wanted it to be.

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