Deadly Match by Eve Langlais

Author:Eve Langlais [Langlais, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New York Times Bestseller
Published: 2018-02-28T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Don’t walk away.

Look at her.

He did look at her, her soft expression. Her wet lips. Almost asked her if she’d changed her mind about his coming in.

But he didn’t.

Reaper had his reasons, one of them being she wasn’t ready yet. Oh, she’d responded to his kiss, no doubt about it. The attraction was definitely there, yet she tried to hold herself back.

She wasn’t ready, and quite honestly, despite what he thought he wanted, he potentially wasn’t prepared either.

Kissing her caused an explosion in his senses. It ignited not only his passion but also something he’d never experienced before. Brought out a protective instinct.

I have to keep her safe. An imperative need, which reminded him that someone had tried to hurt her.

That would not be tolerated.

Twice now, something had happened involving Annie. Once, a coincidence, twice…was she being targeted?

Or, worse, was someone using her to get to him?

It seemed unlikely. He’d been inactive for almost a year now. His cover remained intact.

However, a good assassin always had enemies. Not the people he’d killed, of course. Those stayed dead.

But their families—spouses, children, even parents—sometimes took exception to his work. They didn’t understand it wasn’t personal. People paid Reaper to do a job. However, the living let emotion get in the way, and it convinced them they needed revenge.

Was this a case of someone trying to hurt Annie to get to him?

He had to find out, and that was why he left her. The reason he’d called in a favor to Declan and asked him to watch her building.

His friend arrived within the half-hour as he sat two blocks down, watching.

A tap on his window, and he rolled it down. His friend leaned on the frame.

“So, what’s the scoop?”

“Fifth level, fifth and sixth windows from the left. Possible stalker. Could be a pro.” Pros who’d missed both times?

“I didn’t think you were active on any jobs,” Declan noted.

“I’m not. It’s personal.”

Shock creased Declan’s face. “Well, damn, brother. I didn’t realize that dating thing was working out for you.”

“It’s not.” Then because he could tell Declan was going to ask more questions, added, “It’s complicated.”

Because he wanted a woman who didn’t want him. A woman with mystery surrounding her. A woman he hated leaving.

Is she safe? What if she needs me? She didn’t even know she could call him for help.

Nor could he tell her. Explaining his special skills opened a door he wasn’t ready to deal with yet.

However, there were ways to protect her that didn’t involve confessing that he killed people for a living.

Reaper made plans as he drove back to his office.

I’ll need cameras. A few of them to watch her apartment and the ways into her building. A network of eyes to observe when he couldn’t be with her in person.

He’d also get his mechanic to install a secondary hidden GPS and microphone to counter any attempted kidnapping attempts.

Surveillance was part one of what he had to do.

I need to dig deeper into her past. Perhaps Annie belonged to a witness protection program.

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