Special Ops Exclusive by Elle Kennedy

Author:Elle Kennedy [Kennedy, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: fullybook, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 9780373278237
Google: _EyDk8WUgm4C
Amazon: B00B0A71L0
Barnesnoble: B00B0A71L0
Goodreads: 16160043
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Nick didn’t blame Rebecca for looking so surprised. Since the day they’d met, he’d been demanding she stay behind, lie low, stay put—pretty much anything that involved keeping her out of the line of fire. And now here he was, actively seeking out her company for a potentially dangerous situation.

“You actually want me to come?”

Nick nodded.

Her green eyes flickered warily, as if she thought he might shout “Gotcha!” at any moment. “Um. Why?”

Helplessness squeezed his chest so hard his lungs hurt. “Remember that discussion we had in Mala about bias?”

“Yes...”

“Well, I am totally, categorically biased right now.” He stared at her in dismay. “This is my father. I believe with all my heart that he’s innocent, but...am I fooling myself here? Do I just want him to be innocent so damn bad that I’m unable to objectively examine the evidence?”

Sympathy softened her gaze. She moved closer, and he suddenly became aware that she wore nothing but a towel. Despite the misery tightening his throat, his traitorous body actually had the gall to respond to Rebecca’s scantily clad appearance. His groin stirred, thickened, throbbed. Pulse sped up. Mouth went dry.

“Then I’ll be the objective one,” Rebecca said in an earnest tone. “I have a talent for reading people and I can usually tell if someone is lying to me.”

“That’s why I want you to come along.”

She looked pleased, but then something shifted in her eyes and her chin lifted in perplexing determination.

“What is it?” he asked, unable to keep the suspicion from his tone.

“When do we have to meet him?”

“Midnight.”

She glanced at the alarm clock on the nightstand. Nick followed her gaze and saw the red numerals change from 11:32 to 11:33.

“How long will it take to get there?”

“Five or ten minutes. Why?”

“So we have some time, then.”

His eyes narrowed. “To do what, darling?”

“To help you forget.”

There was nothing ambiguous about her quiet, candid words. He knew exactly what she was suggesting, what she was offering. Heat stirred in his lower body, spreading through him until he was painfully hard again, but the indecision that hit him was as powerful as the lust.

He didn’t do casual flings. He preferred there to be some emotion involved in his sexual encounters.

There is, a little voice pointed out. You feel something for her.

Nick tried to silence the voice, but it was too late. The thought had already cemented itself in his mind, and he couldn’t deny the truth. He did care about Rebecca. He cared a lot. Maybe even too much.

“No more thinking.”

Her stern voice penetrated his thoughts and snapped him back to the present. To the gorgeous redhead standing in front of him. In a towel. Just a little white towel...

Rebecca took a step closer. “I’m serious. I can see your brain conjuring up all the reasons why we shouldn’t do this. Well, let me make it easy for you, okay?”

His mouth turned to sawdust when she reached for the knot holding her towel up.

“We’re doing this,” she went on.

She undid the knot.

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