Ivy's Delta (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) (Delta Team Three Book 4) by Elle James & Operation Alpha

Author:Elle James & Operation Alpha [James, Elle & Alpha, Operation]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aces Press, LLC
Published: 2020-09-14T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Thankfully, the store was busy all day long. Copperas Cove had an annual event going on and people from all over the state had come to enjoy its offerings.

Ivy’s store benefited from the influx and it kept her moving throughout the day, answering questions, showing merchandise, and ringing up sales.

She barely had time to think about Duff and their real date. Still, she found herself shivering with anticipation over what the evening had in store.

Several times that day, she glanced at her cellphone, wishing Duff would call or text to check in on her. She had to remind herself that she’d told him she was capable of taking care of herself.

As soon as he’d left that morning, she’d gotten her handgun out of her office safe and placed it under the counter beneath the cash register. Not that she expected to have to use it, but more to remind her that she needed to carry it with her and have it at her side at all times.

If her mother was worried enough about threats to herself to hire more experienced professionals to guard her, and then to call her daughter when they hadn’t spoken in weeks, the threats had to be real and potentially dangerous.

Halfway through the day, when she caught a five-minute break between customers, Ivy picked up her phone to call Duff. That’s when she realized she didn’t have his phone number. And she hadn’t given him hers.

She started to dial Gwen to have her get Duff’s number from Merlin but stopped before the call could go through.

Her hand froze before engaging the call.

No.

She didn’t want to appear too eager. She hadn’t needed a man in her life.

Up until now. And not because she needed protection.

She didn’t need anything.

But she wanted so much more.

And Duff had given it to her.

He wasn’t one of the stiff shirts she’d worked with at the law firm. He hadn’t passed the bar and he worked with his hands.

Oh, and those hands…

Her heart beat faster, as she remembered what he did with his hands…and his mouth.

Her core heated and she moaned aloud.

The bell over the door jangled, pulling her back to the present, and a gaggle of women came in laughing and smiling from spending their day exploring the area and shopping.

Ivy would have to wait until six-thirty to see Duff again. She hoped their first real date would be every bit as good as their first night together.

The day zoomed by, but as her closing time approached, Ivy found herself watching the clock and counting down the minutes until she could lock the shop and head home for a shower and a change of clothing.

The dress she’d worn throughout the day had wilted a little in the heat and dust of moving merchandise from the back storage room out to the front to fill empty shelves.

She looked forward to wearing jeans and a pretty blouse. Her mother never let her ride with the boys on the backs of their motorcycles growing up.

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