The Honeymoon Cottage (A Pajaro Bay Romance) by Barbara Cool Lee

Author:Barbara Cool Lee [Lee, Barbara Cool]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Pajaro Bay Publishing
Published: 2012-03-12T04:00:00+00:00

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"Now what?"

Camilla answered the knock on the cottage door only to find Ryan standing there.

"I'm glad to see you got home safely."

"Yes, Captain Ryan. We actually managed to make it the four blocks from downtown Pajaro Bay to our cottage all by ourselves." Actually, Robin had insisted on driving them, but she was not in the mood for more of his overprotectiveness.

He held up one hand. "Peace. I didn't come to argue. I came because I have orders from my boss to talk to you."

"From your boss? What are you talking about?" She stepped aside and he came in.

She might have slammed the cottage door just a bit when she closed it, because she saw him wince. "Long night, Ryan? Maybe you shouldn't spend your nights spying on people.""

"Please, Camilla."

She tried to tone down the anger she felt at the sight of him. She wasn't really angry at him. She was angry at the way he made her feel. All helpless and squishy inside. She wanted him to kiss her again, but she wanted him to leave. She was just a big old mess of contradictions. But it wasn't his fault. She needed to keep up her defenses, but that didn't mean she had to be rude.

"Sorry," she conceded. "I've just had the wits scared out of me, I'm tired, and Oliver's feeling headachy and cranky. It hasn't been a good day for anyone."

He nodded. "I'm sorry. I don't mean to add to your bad day. But we really need to talk."

"That sounds serious," she said with an attempt at a smile, but he didn't smile back. She led him into the kitchen and they sat at the table. "Want some coffee?"

"Yeah," he said. He watched her as she put the blue kettle on the stove to heat. He seemed to be looking at her funny.

"What? The stove's okay. After the fire inspector left, Zelda Potter pulled some strings and had the gas company inspector in here and checked everything for safety."

"Count on Miss Zelda to get the job done."

"I don't know how she found out."

"Nothing stays secret in this town for long."

"I guess. Anyway, they didn't find anything wrong except that upstairs heater. The safety valve on it was missing, so the whole unit's now disconnected. It can't happen again."

"I'm glad. I'm really glad you're safe."

He seemed to really mean that. Of course he did. He'd probably consider her his helpless charge until she left town.

She poured two cups of coffee and after he declined cream and sugar, sat down across the table from him. "Who's your boss?"

"Uh." That seemed to catch him off guard. "My boss is the county sheriff. He's stationed over in the county seat, and I report directly to him. I had to call him to tell him what's going on."

"So what is going on?"

He looked down at the cup in his hands, and she was struck again by how strong his hands looked. He seemed to be such a strange mixture of strength and softness—strong physically, but almost little-boy lost at times.

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