Protect Me, Love by Orr Alice

Author:Orr, Alice [Orr, Alice]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-11-25T22:30:59+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Delia clung to Nick for what felt like a very long time but not nearly long enough. She would have wanted to make love again. Making love with Nick was being swept away on a wave of emotion deeper and wider than anything she’d ever known. She could let that wave take her. She could give up thinking about what was going to happen next and what she should do about it and simply be borne away, higher and farther than anyone’s touch had ever taken her before. She could use that kind of release right now. She longed for it. She even sensed that Nick might feel the same, but neither of them made a move. They’d been through so much in these past hours together, they needed to be still for a while. His arms cradled her body. Her arms circled his neck. They were safe here for the moment in the silence. Delia knew that couldn’t last. Unfortunately, there was more to be talked about. When the next question came, she’d already told herself she had to be ready for it.

“What about Clyde Benno?” Nick asked. “Have you told me the whole story on him?”

Nick kept his arms around her. There was no anger or bitterness in his voice. Still, she could feel the chill wind of the inevitable in his words, and that made her sigh.

“There is no Clyde Benno. I made him up.”

She was amazed at how easy it was to let that cat finally out of the bag and at how relieved she was to watch it scamper away, beyond her control. In the meantime, Nick only nodded and continued to hold her.

“You don’t seem surprised,” she said.

“I spotted that guy last night for a professional. I didn’t think you’d have a thug for a boyfriend, not even one who knows how to pass as respectable. I didn’t think an angry ex-boyfriend would hire a guy like that, either. Usually, angry ex-boyfriends prefer to do the dirty work themselves. They get more satisfaction that way.”

It was Delia’s turn to nod. “That sounds right to me,” she said.

“The thing that almost threw me off was his eyes. That part of him looked like he could be the psycho boyfriend after all.”

Delia remembered those eyes much too clearly. She doubted she’d ever forget them. She shivered, and Nick folded her closer to the broad, hard safety of his chest. She nestled there gladly.

“Those eyes could be the key to tracking him down,” Nick said. “Either he really is crazy or he’s taking something that makes him look that way. My guess is one or the other’s got him noticed. Maybe if I ask the right people the right questions, I could find out who he is. That would put us closer to finding out who hired him.”

“I know who hired him.”

“You do?”

Nick thrust her away from him when he asked that, so he could look into her face. She nearly sighed again. She was being pushed out of the warm circle of his arms.

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