Harlequin Intrigue May 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2: Showdown at Shadow Junction\Scene of the Crime: Killer Cove\Cowboy Incognito by Joanna Wayne

Author:Joanna Wayne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Harlequin Intrigue
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

It was just after two and Claire was snuggled beneath sheets that smelled of Bo. She’d been too upset to argue with him even when she’d realized that in giving her his room, he planned on sleeping on the sofa.

All she’d really been able to think about was that her harmless secret admirer was obviously an obsessed stalker who no longer wanted to date her but wanted to kill her.

They hadn’t touched the voodoo doll or note but rather had called Trey back to the house where he’d collected the evidence. Then they had followed him to the station where she’d told him about the notes and flowers she’d received from somebody she hadn’t given a minute’s thought to in the past week or two.

Trey had questioned her for about an hour, forcing her to think about each note she’d received, the kind of vases that had been left and who she thought might be her secret admirer.

She’d had little information to give him. She’d been in a state of shock after realizing the threats against her weren’t because of her helping Bo prove his innocence, but rather specifically directed at her and had nothing to do with Bo. She’d gotten her first notes and letters long before Bo had shown up in Lost Lagoon.

She now shivered and pulled the sheet up closer around her neck despite the warmth of the room. Her breathing grew shallow as she remembered those moments of being trapped in the plastic bag, unable to see her assailant and incapable of fighting back.

What would have happened if Eric hadn’t been sitting on his front porch, if he hadn’t heard her scream? She believed she’d be dead.

What had changed her secret admirer from a person who left her sweet little notes and freshly bloomed flowers to a madman who had tried to run her over with a car and kidnap her?

Ultimately she thought maybe it did come back to Bo. Whoever was after her was jealous and angry that she and Bo had been spending every waking hour together. The creep probably thought she and Bo were lovers and in his warped mind she’d belonged to him and now deserved to die for cheating on him.

She’d seen television shows and documentaries about stalking and obsessive love. The cases didn’t always end well. She shivered again, and fear once again rose up inside her. She’d been damned for something that hadn’t even happened. Her stalker felt she’d betrayed him with Bo. But you could make it happen, a little voice whispered inside her head. You could make it happen right now.

She thought of being held in Bo’s arms, of his lips taking hers as their bodies melded together. Partners with benefits, he’d joked. But tonight was no joke. She wanted him. She needed him to take her away from her own scary thoughts.

Why not make love with Bo? She knew he wasn’t her happily-ever-after, but at the moment that’s not what she needed from him.

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