Secret Sabotage by Terri Reed

Author:Terri Reed
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-10-22T21:28:54+00:00

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Simone didn’t think the situation was funny at all, but the last thing she needed was Ian giving up hope. So far, her defenseless-female act hadn’t garnered the deferential treatment she’d hoped for. But she would keep it up as long as she could. She was certain the boss man wouldn’t hesitate to do away with her if she gave him a reason.

“On a clear night, when the moon is full, you realize how big the universe is, so vast with so much we still haven’t learned.” Ian’s words held a note of awe that she hadn’t heard from him before. “And the stars, the glorious stars, twinkling like diamonds on black velvet.”

She slanted him a glance at the poetic verse coming from his mouth. Who talked like that? Apparently wealthy men who were used to seeing loose diamonds on fabric. They came from such different worlds.

Speaking low enough that the guards wouldn’t hear, she said, “The only loose diamonds I’ve ever seen were during a bust after a jewelry heist when I was on patrol with the Detroit PD.”

“You deserve diamonds,” he murmured.

What? She tucked in her chin and stared at his profile. The glow from the nearly full moon created shadows along the angular planes of his face. There was no denying that he was handsome. The stitches over his eyebrow only intensified his attractiveness in a way she didn’t understand. But it was more than good looks that she found appealing about Ian.

“There’s the Little Dipper. Do you see it?”

She looked at the sky but, to her, there was no rhyme or reason to the smattering of twinkling lights. She made a noncommittal noise in her throat.

Ian turned his gaze on her. “You don’t like stars?”

She shrugged. “I’ve nothing against stars. I’m just not used to...” She sought the right word. Appreciating them wasn’t right. Noticing was closer.

“Marveling at them?” he offered.

“Yes. Marveling.” How did he do that? He seemed to understand her in unnerving and exhilarating ways.

Simone didn’t want to be emotionally drawn in by this man. But she was. He wasn’t what she’d expected when she’d taken this assignment. She’d expected to find the CEO of Delaney Holdings to be arrogant, to hide behind his wealth and to cower in the face of danger. Instead, Ian was confident but not self-important. He was also generous and brave. And it left her unsettled and more committed than ever to protect him. Something so far she had been failing at.

But first she had to create an opportunity for their escape.

She eyed the two guards at the picnic table. Both were now hunched forward, their heads on their arms. What would it take to convince them to untie her?

“What are you thinking?”

Ian’s softly asked question snapped her attention to him. “We need these ropes undone.”

“What do you suggest?”

“We get them to untie us.” Easier said than done. But she still had to try.

“How?”

Good question. “Hopefully play on their sympathies.”

Ian snorted. “Do you think they have any?”

“I’m praying so.

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