Harlequin Romantic Suspense July 2018 Box Set by Lisa Childs

Author:Lisa Childs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 3

Jenna was frozen in place, her gaze riveted to the man standing in front of her. Her chest was tight; she could hardly catch her breath.

Oh, God. Her heart was pounding.

Austin Beck. He’d saved her life, been wounded and she’d never heard from him again. He was, of course, married, and probably had children with the woman he’d chosen, Melanie. She felt foolish for what she’d felt for him. But even knowing that, she couldn’t stop her heart from breaking or jumping at the sight of him. And it was some sight. Six years had been good to him, six years of maturing but not changing the lean angles of his face, the unique color of his hair, or the aching gray of his eyes that had looked into her soul.

And six years wasn’t enough time to assuage her guilt, or her doubts, or the way she’d felt about him. Her pulse was racing with an awful mixture of shock and wariness, and a truly horrible excitement at just seeing him again.

What was he doing here?

Then she saw what he was holding. The badge that told her he was NCIS and a special agent. The special agent who had been assigned to Sarah’s case. Oh, my God. He was here to investigate Sarah’s murder.

She would have to see him, interact with him. On top of Sarah’s death, this was just too much. She put her hand to her temple and wobbled a bit. Austin reached out immediately and without saying anything helped her to the sofa.

After she was seated, he said, “Are you all right?”

How could she respond to that? No, on so many levels she wasn’t all right, the least of them to do with seeing Austin again. She hadn’t expected this and the shock to her system was overwhelming.

He went into the kitchen and poured her water, then brought it back. Setting the glass in her hand, he crouched down, his gray eyes both a little disoriented and warm at the same time. This felt like déjà vu and the memories from the embassy came flooding back to her.

“It’s good to see you again, Jenna.”

The inflection in his voice made her heart jump.

“It’s been a long time,” she said, taking a sip of the water.

He nodded. “How are you involved in this?” he said, glancing over at the people in the kitchen.

“Sarah Taylor is my cousin—a distant cousin.”

He rose. “Let me introduce myself and…check things out. I’ll be back.”

He had been about to say look at the body, but had changed his words to spare her. Draining the glass, her throat parched, Jenna leaned back against the cushions. The woman she was just getting to know, the woman who had opened her home and her arms, the woman who was her only living relative, was gone.

With so many regrets piling up inside her, she inhaled sharply, the cramp in her throat intensifying. Sarah had been a port in the storm. And with the mess her own life was in, coming here had offered her an escape.

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