Queen of Hearts: (Family Stone #6 Shelley) (Family Stone Romantic Suspense) by Lisa Hughey

Author:Lisa Hughey [Hughey, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense
Publisher: Lisa Hughey
Published: 2014-12-16T23:00:00+00:00

Nine

The phone rang.

Ric held up one finger and stalked to the bedside table. “Santana.”

To keep her mind off her other troubles, Shelley admired the play of his glutes beneath his jeans. His short shirt sleeves accented the muscled strength of his forearms.

That quickly she was in that moment last night when he lifted her up against the wall and pushed inside her.

Shelley’s knees went weak and her head light.

All that leashed power and testosterone had coalesced into the hottest sexual encounter of her life. Of course that wasn’t saying much since her prior encounters had been fairly tame. But a hundred times yes, she wanted to try again.

Because what if her off the chart response wasn’t a fluke? Or a lack of response to sexual stimulus over the past few years? And instead their mutual detonation was an honest to God, organic reaction to their chemistry.

After several uh-huhs, he hung up the phone.

“Everything okay?”

The panic on his face was priceless. “Spa time.”

She giggled when he grimaced. “Think you can handle it, tough guy?”

“Not a problem,” he replied smoothly. “But you follow orders. Without question.”

Ric opened the hotel room door, held up his palm and re-conned the hallway before gesturing to Shelley that it was safe to come out. “Tell me what’s planned.”

“Full day. Yoga, massages, facials, lunch, and the hydro-spa.” She wasn’t sure but he may have just shuddered.

Ric walked in front of her and slightly to the right, his hand resting on the grip of his weapon.

A little shiver of fear ran over her. “Isn’t the gun overkill?” After all, the man had only trashed her hotel room.

“I take your safety very seriously.” Ric pressed the button for the service elevator. “Behind me, out of sight when the doors open.”

She swallowed, licked her lips. “What about your safety?”

“Not important, as long as you’re safe.”

“I don’t like that.” Shelley’s stomach roiled at the thought that Ric could get hurt because of her. “At all.”

“Your feelings are insignificant.”

“Nice.”

“Shelley. We can’t have this discussion now.” Ric led her in to the service elevator that the staff used. “I don’t like this.”

They were on the fifteenth floor. Their choices were the service elevator or the stairwell. Neither was optimal. They rode the elevator to the third floor in silence. Ric pushed her behind him again, the heat from his body surrounded her, reminding her that he was putting himself in front of her.

She hated that.

“Maybe we should re-think this. I don’t want you to get hurt.” The doors slid open. Ric finished perusing the hallway and let Shelley exit the elevator.

“It would be more than fine with me if you want to go back up to the room where I know you’ll be safe.” Ric constantly scanned the hallway as they headed toward the spa. “However, don’t worry about me.”

Shelley bit her lip. “I don’t want to let Bliss down.”

“Then, in you go.”

Bliss, Jess, and Ava waited in the lobby of the Canyon Ranch SpaClub. Instrumental flute music and tinkling water fixtures were

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