My Heart's Protector (Evans Sisters Series) by Jenn Sable

Author:Jenn Sable [Sable, Jenn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: protector, small town romance, older man, younger woman, cop romance
Publisher: TMM Publishing
Published: 2020-06-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7 - Eloise

The small taxi from the Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris jostled along the cafe and fashion shop laden streets of the city while I sat lost in thought like I had been during the entire flight from Clear Creek to Dulles and then from Dulles to Paris. Not even the peaceful gardens or elegant architecture along the Seine soothed the ache in my heart or the frustration I felt toward myself for acting so foolishly when it came to Troy Witmer.

I had had no right to look at Troy’s phone while he retrieved my bags from the back of the vehicle this morning while dropping me off at the Clear Creek airport, and I certainly didn’t have any right to read and be upset over a text notification from April Kline.

I thought it would be cute to leave Troy with a surprise photo of me on his cell phone to find once I had boarded my flight to Paris, and instead, I found a photo sent to him of another woman. Several photos, in fact, all of April in various stages of undress with messages questioning Troy’s whereabouts last night. Apparently, April had thought she was going to see Troy at Sawyer’s in Axe Hollow and was deeply disappointed when he was a no show.

Whatever was going on between Troy and April was none of my business. I made it perfectly clear to Troy last night that I wanted one exquisite night with him, and that was exactly what he gave me. Except we’d opened up to one another in such a personal way, and he’d touched my skin with such reverence that he’d written his name across my heart, whether he meant to or not.

I yawned. Sleep had evaded me while on the plane, and now exhaustion was setting in. I shook my head, and wondered how best to explain to Winnie that I would visit her in the hospital the second after I napped for several hours.

Sorry, Win. I just spent the night in Troy Witmer’s arms having the greatest night of my life. Yes, the trooper I told you about months ago but claimed that I wasn’t attracted to. Yeah, that’s the one! No, it’s not going to turn into anything. He’ll most likely be several inches deep in another woman or gone by the time I return to Frost Forest.

The taxi driver cleared his throat, and I jumped. He announced that we’d arrived at Winnie’s apartment building, and I got the feeling that he might have said it a few times before I even realized that the taxi had stopped, judging from the fact that the doorman was already rolling a luggage cart over to the car. We could’ve been sitting at a red light for all I knew, for all I cared.

Guilt cut into my stomach. Inside a Paris hospital lay a very dear friend who needed me to be a pillar of support, and although I was physically in Paris, mentally, I was miles away.

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