Deadly Bounty: SCVC Taskforce Romantic Suspense Series, Book 11 by Misty Evans

Author:Misty Evans [Evans, Misty]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781948686204
Publisher: Beach Path Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-01-20T18:30:00+00:00

13

Sam woke with bright light streaming into the room. The smell of coffee teased her nose and she found Joe placing a cup on the bedside table.

“Sorry,” he said. “But it’s time to get up, sleeping beauty.”

Jack-Jack jumped on the bed and landed on her chest, making her oomph. She tried to move him aside. Undaunted, he began fervently licking her face, and she again, shoved at him, laughing. “Stop that,” she chastised, even though she actually liked it.

She’d always wanted a dog, but her parents moved so much, they would never let her. Plus, because of their jobs, they were often gone and had to drop her at one of her grandparents’ homes, or with people they trusted if they were out of town at the same time.

She rubbed sleep from her eyes. “What time is it?”

“Almost noon.” Joe put his hands on his hips. “We need to go over a few things before I leave.”

She reached for the coffee, and tried to keep her eyes off his chest. He was wearing nothing but jeans, his bare feet poking out from the bottom hems. She knew him well enough to know he was flaunting those hard pecs and chiseled abs intentionally. “Where are you going?”

Jack-Jack licked her ear, making her spill coffee. Joe chuckled. “I have to act normal, go about my day. It’s not unusual for me to not go home at night, or be gone for a day or so when I’m chasing a bounty. But with all the scrutiny on me, I don’t want to raise suspicions more than I already have.”

She downed more of the warm coffee, enjoying the scent and taste. Such a simple thing, and yet, one she had missed to the extreme while on the run. “Are you seriously going to dinner at Harris’s tonight?”

Joe strolled to the door, his gaze falling on the t-shirt and shorts she’d worn to bed. “Since I’m contracting for the taskforce, I don’t see that I have a lot of choice. I’m not sure what he’s up to, but I doubt this is a friendly gathering. Harris and his team are smart. They want to pick my brain and see how loyal I am to the cause, I’m betting.”

She rolled her shoulders, easing some of the stiffness. She hadn’t slept that good in ages. “Let me take a shower and I’ll be down.”

“Another shower?”

She kissed Jack-Jack on the top of the head and stood, setting down the coffee to stretch. Sleeping in a bed, enjoying morning coffee, hot showers…she might never get enough of those small necessities of life again. “Yes. After you’ve been living on the streets this long without running water, you can criticize. Until then, shut up.”

He chuckled and pointed at his bag that he’d thrown on the room’s straight back chair in the corner. “Figured you might want to repack that and hide it outside somewhere for easy access. Under the back porch might be a good spot.”

Giving her one last look at his broad chest, he grinned and left.

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