Love Inspired Suspense March 2015 - Box Set 1 of 2: Protection Detail\Hidden Agenda\Broken Silence by Shirlee McCoy

Author:Shirlee McCoy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Love Inspired Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

FOURTEEN

Why would Todd lie to her? The thought wouldn’t leave her mind as she walked back to the house. Though she had no interest in dating him, she had a hard time believing he was deceitful. What was he trying to hide?

As Bailey cleared the lane and reached the footbridge leading back to Mr. Carter’s estate, she saw something that made her pause. She ducked behind a tree to get a better look.

A tall man with broad shoulders and sunglasses walked from behind the house toward the beach. Bailey’s gaze swung in that direction. By the pier, she spotted Ed. He stood with two other men. The three of them huddled together.

What was going on? What if Ed really wasn’t trustworthy? Maybe he’d concocted a cover story that would make her heart go out to him, all the while secretly plotting schemes of his own?

Worst yet—what if he really wasn’t Mr. Carter’s son? After all, his dad always called him Junior, not Ed. He’d never really said his son’s real name.

The possibility startled her. But, now that she thought about it, there were no pictures of him anywhere. He’d claimed he had a key that no longer worked, but what if that was a lie? His answers had been vague. He’d said nothing about his father specific enough to prove they were related.

Then again, Mr. Wilkins had recognized him. Certainly that meant that he was the real deal.

Except that old man Wilkins, by all observations, didn’t have the best eyesight. He could barely empty the trash and run the riding lawn mower. Bailey had the feeling Mr. Carter had mainly kept him on staff to be kind. He mostly stood in the background, observing the work of others, hiring subcontractors and talking to his boss about fishing and politics. If there was anyone who could be fooled, it would be Mr. Wilkins.

Could one of those men who talked to Ed now be the one who’d sneaked into her room? What if Ed had hired them? What if they were all in this together, some kind of good cop/bad cop routine, and Bailey was the one with the wool pulled over her eyes?

The thought left an unsettled feeling in her stomach.

Bailey stayed behind the tree until the men who’d come with Ed disappeared. They rode away in one boat and left another. She watched as Ed made his way toward the house. His gaze swung around as he walked across the lawn, almost as if he could feel that he was being watched.

Once he disappeared inside, Bailey finally pushed herself away from the tree. It was time to find out exactly where Ed had been all day and, with any luck, who exactly he was.

* * *

Ed was pulling a glass from the cabinet in the kitchen when Bailey walked inside, her cheeks red with exertion. His pleasure at seeing her surprised him.

But that pleasure quickly disappeared when he saw the fire in her eyes.

“What are you up to?” she demanded, a hand on her hip.

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