Harlequin Romantic Suspense August 2015 Box Set: Playing with Fire\The Temptation of Dr. Colton\Operation Homecoming\Alec's Royal Assignment by Rachel Lee

Author:Rachel Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 2

“You want to tell me what’s really wrong?” Hayley finally asked when they were parked in line for the big ferry that would take them across the sound. “Because Cutter says something is.”

Amy blinked. “What?”

“He knows you have a problem. And,” Hayley added in a dry tone, “he expects action.”

“What are you talking about?”

“That look he gave me, after you petted him. That’s his ‘fix it’ look.”

Amy remembered the moment when the dog had sat at her feet and looked at Hayley. Was it possible the dog had sensed her turmoil? From what her friend had told her, the dog was incredibly empathetic.

Amy drew in a deep breath, savoring the salt-tanged air, looking out over the water toward the towering, snowcapped Olympic Mountains. She couldn’t wait to get into the thick trees where the fresh scent of evergreens would add its own note to the smell of home.

“I did want to talk to you about something. I need some help working something out, and you’re the only one I trust.”

Hayley smiled. “We always do work it out, eventually.”

“Yes. Not,” she added hastily, “that that’s the only reason I came.”

“I’m glad to see you whatever the reason,” Hayley said. “So what’s the problem?”

“I... It’s complicated.”

“I assumed so or we could have talked it out on the phone.”

“No, no, I couldn’t talk about it on the phone.”

Something about Hayley’s demeanor changed then, and the next sideways glance she gave her was different, more intent, more alert.

“Amy, are you in trouble? Did something happen?”

“No and yes. Or yes and yes, maybe. I didn’t do anything wrong,” she hastened to assure her friend.

“I never thought you had. Or would. Is it a personal thing? Some guy?”

Amy laughed sourly at that. “Please. My love life is as dry as LA these days. Only available men I meet are lawyers, and I’ve found I don’t care for most of them much. Not that it matters—I’m not their type, either.”

“Not shallow and flashy enough?” Hayley suggested.

For the first time since she’d started this journey, Amy laughed with genuine pleasure. “And that is why I run to you, my friend. I would have said too quiet and serious. LA legal affairs is a high-powered world.”

“Their loss,” Hayley said dismissively. “So, what kind of help do you need? More than just talking it out?”

“I...don’t know. That’s what I’m trying to figure out.”

“One question, then.”

“What?”

“Should we head for the house, or should I have Quinn meet us at Foxworth?”

Amy hadn’t expected that to come up so soon. Hayley seemed ready to spring into some sort of action, just like that. Maybe working with Foxworth had brought that on.

“House,” she said. “It’s not...immediate.”

She put it out of her mind for the pleasant duration of the ferry ride. They took a walk around the upper deck, outside, so Amy could take it all in again. She looked back as they crossed, seeing the dock and the buildings shrink as the ones they were heading for slowly grew and she began to be able to pick out familiar buildings amid the tall, thick trees.

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