Tall, Dark and Deadly--3 Book Box Set by Suzanne Brockmann

Author:Suzanne Brockmann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Special Release
Published: 2017-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

“Okay,” Mish said, “here we go. This looks more like the kind of place you’re looking for.”

Becca inched her chair even closer to the computer screen. She’d long since kicked off her shoes, and she curled her feet and legs underneath her long skirt.

Mish had thrown his jacket onto the bed at least forty-five minutes ago, and had loosened his tie and rolled up his sleeves to his elbows.

It was amazing. He worked the keyboard and mouse of her computer the way Becca handled horses. It was as if the computer were a part of him, a permanent attachment.

She had to laugh. Her new ranch hand was a secret computer nerd.

“Look,” he said, doing something with the mouse and making new pictures flash on the screen. “This one looks really great. The price seems right. It doesn’t have a whole lot of acreage, but it borders a state park, so—”

“It’s in California,” Becca realized as she leaned even closer. “Down near San Diego.”

“It’s beautiful down there,” Mish told her, doing something with the mouse and the computer to mark the site so that she could find it again.

“God, but California…?” Becca shook her head.

“Everyone I know is here in New Mexico. I don’t know anyone who lives in California.”

“I live in California,” he said. His hands suddenly stilled on the keyboard and he looked up at her. “I’m from California.” He laughed.

What was he telling her? That he wanted her to move to California to be near him? It didn’t make sense. He didn’t even want to kiss her. Why would he want her to live near him?

“San Diego,” he told her. “I lived there when I was a kid. We had a beach house. It was…” He laughed again.

“I actually remember this. The ocean’s so beautiful and…”

He was gazing at her, but he quickly looked away, returning his attention to the computer screen as if he’d just realized how close together they were sitting.

“I should go,” he said quietly. “I’ve already stayed too long.”

“You know, I think that was the first time I’ve ever heard you volunteer information about yourself,” Becca mused.

He shrugged, forced a smile. “I don’t have a whole lot to tell.” He rubbed his forehead as if he suddenly had a headache.

“I’ve been trying to guess,” she said, resting her chin in her hand. “What exactly did you do, Mish? Something you’re still paying penance for? Is that why you turned down Ted Alden’s check? You don’t drink—at least not heavily. I’ve never seen you drink more than a single beer. Tonight you only had soda even though there was an open bar. And you’ve made no attempt at all to replace your stolen driver’s license. I don’t know a single man who wouldn’t have put a priority on getting his license back. Unless he didn’t have one. Unless it had been revoked. Maybe for D.U.I. Am I getting warm?”

Mish sighed. “Becca—”

She touched him. She put her hand on the taut muscle of his suntanned

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