Just A Hint - Clint by Lori Foster

Author:Lori Foster [Foster, Lori]
Language: nld
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Damn right,” Mojo added.

Julie twisted to face the men in the front seat. “But you all have busy lives. You can’t—”

“I can,” Clint told her. “Now, quit worrying.”

As if that settled it, everyone fell silent, so Julie did, too.

She wouldn’t talk if they didn’t want to hear her. She wouldn’t show her worry if that would make them worry, too. And she definitely wouldn’t ask Clint for anything more.

Another ten minutes passed before Clint put his lips near her ear. His breath was hot, his words more growled than otherwise. “So, do you have other prospects?”

The caress of his breath sent a shiver down her spine.

Julie did her best to hide her reaction. “For teaching?” She was set on living in Visitation, and no stupid kidnapper would ruin those plans.

Clint shook his head. “I’m talking about this seduction business of yours.”

How dare he bring that up again. The nerve. He’d already rejected her, and everyone in the van knew it.

Julie slanted him a searing glance. But since Clint continued to watch her, waiting, she folded her hands in her 144 Lori Foster

lap and tried to look serene. “That’s really none of your business. Not now.”

“The hell it isn’t. Maybe you did flirt with the wrong guy, as Robert suggested. Maybe—”

Julie rounded on him. Fury brought her to her knees and within an inch of Clint’s startled face. She totally forgot about Mojo and Red. “I didn’t, all right? There was just you, Clint. But since you’re not interested, the matter no longer concerns you. Period.”

Very slowly, Clint’s expression cleared of anger, and instead, he looked sympathetic and understanding. His big hands cupped around her neck. He brought her closer still, until she was practically in his lap. “I’m trying to protect you, honey, like I promised. You don’t really want me. You just think you do because I saved you.”

“Don’t be absurd. Mojo and Red helped, and I don’t want either of them.”

Mojo laughed and Red coughed.

Julie glared at the backs of their heads. “Oh, be quiet, both of you. Since Clint insists on airing this where there’s not an ounce of privacy to be found, then fine. But I don’t need added comments that aren’t helpful.”

“Sorry,” Mojo said.

“My apologies,” Red added.

Julie didn’t have a single doubt that they were both grinning—at her expense. She took her frustration out on Clint.

“You think I have some misplaced hero worship going on?

You think you’re so big and strong and unique that my feeble little mind just can’t grasp it?”

“I never said—”

Julie poked him in the chest. “For your information, Joe Winston is as big as you, and he’s just as strong and twice as handsome.”

“Good for him.”

His sarcasm only fueled her temper. “Both Bryan and JUST A HINT—CLINT 145

Bruce are fine specimens, too. Tall and handsome and very amusing. And I can’t forget Scott Royal or Jamie Creed.”

“I remember.” And with utter disdain, Clint mimicked,

“The town drips testosterone, and the women all go insane with lust.”

Forgetting that she was an educator with

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