Harlequin Intrigue February 2018, Box Set 1 of 2: Out of the Darkness ; Secured by the SEAL ; Missing in Blue Mesa by Heather Graham

Author:Heather Graham
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488033759
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

Britt sucked in a breath and grabbed the grimy sleeve of his shirt. “What do you know about Lee-Low?”

“Barbie? You okay?” Irina charged toward them down the alley. “Go away, you filthy man.”

Calvin yanked away from Britt and skated away on his basket.

“You all right, Barbie?” Irina circled her finger at her temple. “He is crazy person.”

“I’m okay. I was just giving him a little money, and he got excited.”

Irina wrinkled her nose. “Don’t encourage him. He hangs around here all the time. I call police once.”

“He’s harmless.”

“I walk you to car anyway.”

“Then who’s going to walk you to your car?”

Irina winked and opened her purse wide enough for Britt to see the gun tucked inside. “As Americans say, Misters Smith and Wesson walk me to car.”

Swallowing, Britt gave Irina a weak smile.

Once she was safely in the driver’s seat with the engine running and she saw Irina getting into her own car, Britt hugged the steering column and rested her forehead on top of the steering wheel.

What had just happened? How did Calvin know Leanna and what made him say she was like her?

Britt grabbed the edge of the rearview mirror and searched behind her for Calvin, but Irina had scared him off. Had Irina been trying to send her a message by showing her that weapon?

She rolled the car forward with her eyes still glued to the mirror. No single headlight lit up in the distance. Maybe Alexei had gotten tired of waiting for her. She pulled onto the boulevard, and like magic the solitary light appeared in the distance behind her like a comforting beacon. She made a few turns like Alexei had instructed her to do earlier, all the while watching her mirrors for any suspicious cars making the same turns. The only one following her was Alexei on his motorcycle.

It made her feel safe, although she’d had nothing but trouble in her life since the moment she ran into Alexei in Sergei’s office. But if Alexei hadn’t been there that night, Sergei would’ve seen her on the surveillance video and she might be dead…like Jerome. Like Jessie? Like Tatyana? Like…? No, she wouldn’t go there. She had to talk to Calvin to find out what he knew about Leanna.

The manicured streets of Beverly Hills began to replace the grittier streets of Hollywood, and Britt breathed a little easier. Nobody but Alexei had followed her.

She dumped her car with the valet and nodded at the doorman as he jumped to open the door for her. She beat Alexei to the room and was waiting for him by the window when he walked in.

“Success.” He pumped his fist in the air. “I got an invitation to the Belkins’ party tomorrow night.”

“So did I.”

His eyebrows shot up to his messy hair. “You?”

“Sergei asked me to work.”

“No!”

It was her turn to raise her eyebrows. “Excuse me?”

“Not a good idea.” He shrugged off his jacket. “Do you know what goes on at those parties?”

“I’m thinking the exchange of a lot of information.

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