Protecting the Pregnant Witness by Miller Julie

Author:Miller, Julie [Miller, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
Published: 2011-08-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

The grapefruit sitting on her bladder demanded that Josie quit trying to make the numbers add up on the deposit slip she’d been filling out and go to the bathroom now.

“Come on, Junior, work with me,” she begged, hopping to her feet and pressing her thighs together to give herself a few extra seconds to zip the money sheet into the bag with the cash from the registers tonight. Normally, her uncle was here to take the deposit to the bank, but he’d disappeared after last call and she hadn’t seen him since. With her bladder winning the war against her determination to finish counting down the drawers, she tossed the bag into Robbie’s safe and spun the dial before darting out of the office.

“Look out,” a gruff voice called as she swung the door open.

“Excuse me.” She scooted past Jake Lonergan and the flats of beer he was carrying out of the walk-in fridge.

There was still no hint of recognition, which should have been a good thing. But until she could sit him down in the daylight and look into his eyes, she wasn’t going to spend any more time getting acquainted than she had to. Besides, Junior was demanding her attention right now.

A few minutes and a clearer head later, Josie stood at the bathroom door, wondering if Robbie had come back, any of the waitresses had stayed late or Jake had gone home. Perhaps staying after closing to fill out paperwork wasn’t the wisest thing to do anymore, especially if her only company was a man she didn’t know.

If Jake Lonergan was the RGK in disguise, and they were alone, he could have sliced and diced her and been long gone by now. So, it was probably safe to go out this door. But Rafe had said that the elusive serial killer liked to stalk his victims first—torment them right up to the moment he killed them.

Standing here in the tiny bathroom with her hand on the knob, unsure whether or not to unlock this door—wishing she’d brought her cell phone or a security camera or some psychic intuition with her—was definitely torture.

A sharp rap on the door startled her back a step. “Josie?” Rafe’s deep voice called with another knock. “Josie, you in there?”

Relief rushed in as the initial stab of adrenaline ebbed away. With a steadying breath and a teasing smile, she opened the door to a wall of Rafe Delgado’s chest. Her gasp of surprise filled her nose with his woodsy, masculine scent and made her voice breathy. “Yes?”

Her body warmed with an instant, primal heat. His arms were braced against the door frame on either side of her, the black sleeves of his uniform rolled up to expose his sinewy forearms. A late-night stubble shadowed the sexy angles of his jaw and mouth. If only that mouth was smiling. “Are you all right? You were in there for almost ten minutes.”

A gentle push to the center of his chest urged him back and gave her brain a chance to assert itself over the rapid-fire beat of her pulse.

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