Protecting Her Heart by Carter Chance

Author:Carter, Chance [Carter, Chance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bookclicker.com
Published: 2017-12-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Chanel

I swiveled in my office chair and frowned at the failing light, the gathering clouds. Ryan should’ve been back at the base by now. God, and he’d gone with that annoying Whitmore too. I couldn’t imagine what a long ride with that guy had to be like, and I didn’t want to.

I brought my phone out of my desk drawer, unlocked the screen and checked the time. “It’s almost 6 pm,” I muttered.

The cell trilled to life in my hand and I squeaked and tossed it upward. “Shit!” I caught it one-handed, then squinted at the name on the screen.

Paula.

I swiped my thumb across the screen. “Hello?”

“Hey! I’m calling before the damn storm hits. I wanted to tell you what’s happening before you hear it from someone else,” she said.

“What are you talking about? What storm?”

“Huge one. Another of those kick ass bar-time blizzards,” Paula said. “Except I don’t have my party buddy with me to kick it at the local spot.”

“Sorry,” I said, and my intestines twisted into a knot. The storm meant Ryan would either get trapped in it or have to stay the night. But if he decided to stay, why didn’t he call? Ridiculous. He wouldn’t call. He didn’t have a reason to call me. I wasn’t his girlfriend.

“Knock, knock, are you there?”

“Sorry, I zoned out for a second. You were saying?”

“I’m not calling to tell you about the damn storm,” she said. “I’m calling because I think we might’ve made a wee bit of a problem.”

“Since when are you Scottish?” I asked.

“It’s my natural defense mechanism. When I’m freaked I return to my roots,” she said, in a thick, fake Scottish accent. “In all seriousness, though. I might have followed your advice about telling Timothy to back off a little too well.”

“Oh my God, what did you do?”

“So, remember how you told me to like, talk to Timothy and tell him to back off because you’re not interested?”

“Yeah?” This couldn’t have anything to do with Ryan, so I allowed myself a little relief from the anxiety, and leaned back in my chair.

Those ominous storm clouds roiled, a flash of lightning arched across the sky, but the thunder didn’t rumble just yet. The weather would be worse up in the mountains, but the base had generators in case of this type of thing.

“Well, I kind of went a bit overboard. I confronted Timothy and asked him what his deal was. He told me the same shit, that he likes you and he wants to make you his girlfriend and all that crap.”

“No offense, but this is really juvenile. What are we, back in high school?”

“It gets worse,” she said, and her voice deepened. “I – uh, might have told him that you have someone to preoccupy you on the base. I didn’t mention names, but he probably figured it was the guy he sees you with all the time. The one that picked you up at your house.”

I winced. “Are you kidding? Please, tell me you’re kidding.

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