Shroud of Fog: (A Cape Trouble Romantic Suspense Novel) by Johnson Janice Kay

Author:Johnson, Janice Kay [Johnson, Janice Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2014-01-30T23:00:00+00:00

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Sophie wasn’t sure she could concentrate enough to be productive with Daniel sharing the small living space in the cottage. She felt warm every time he looked at her, and if he wasn’t, she would be tempted to look at him. She pictured him relaxed in an easy chair reading, those long legs stretched out, or making himself a cup of coffee in the tiny kitchen, or even sharing the table while he used his own laptop.

Wonderful. She wanted to think he was getting to her only because she was already so raw emotionally, but she had a bad feeling it was him. That she would have responded the same to him no matter when or where they’d met.

Either way, she was afraid she’d end up hurt.

She was also afraid she wasn’t going to be smart and say no when – if – he suggested he might as well spend the night since he was already there.

Remembering the way he’d pulled back after kissing her, she knew it was possible he wouldn’t. He wanted her, she couldn’t be mistaken about that, but she might have freaked him out with all she’d told him. God. She’d practically been having flashbacks, right in front of him. She cringed, remembering the way her voice had become higher and childlike as she heard herself reliving that awful morning.

Only Mommy was talking to a man and I didn’t know who that could be.

Daniel had been unbelievably kind, but how could he help seeing her as pathetic and needy, even if he didn’t suspect she was unstable?

Making a face as she waited for Officer Slawinski to return with another load, she thought, No, I really doubt I have to worry about Daniel Colburn making a move on me.

She did manage to pull herself together enough to work steadily through the day, taking only a half hour break to get a sandwich and bring it back to eat at her folding card table. Slawinski, no surprise, used the same time to buy a double cheeseburger, fries and cookies, all of which smelled way better than her healthier alternative. Tomorrow, she decided, she was hitting the drive-through, too.

Bless his heart, he offered to share the cookies, which improved her mood.

In the end, she did have him load a couple of rubber tubs of small stuff she had to research on the internet into the back of her Prius. She thanked him with a big smile and turned to lock the unit, pretending she hadn’t seen a red tide creep up his neck to his cheeks.

She’d barely pulled into the driveway at the cottage when a black SUV came to a stop at the curb in front and Daniel got out, a couple of bulging grocery bags dangling from one hand.

“You switched cars,” she said. Oh, brilliant.

“I hustled home.” He grinned at her from the sidewalk, then passed under the rose arbor and met her at the porch. “I figured having a city car parked out in front all evening might look like I was thumbing my nose at the fine citizenry of Cape Trouble.

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