Wait for Morning (Sniper 1 Security #1) by Nicole Edwards

Author:Nicole Edwards [Edwards, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B00TRPZSSI
Publisher: SL Independent Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-04-06T23:00:00+00:00

Twenty-One

Awkward.

Yeah, that was definitely the word to describe what Marissa was feeling as she sat at Trace’s breakfast bar, watching him stare back at her. Until recent events, it wasn’t often that the two of them were alone together. Most of the time, she at least had Courtney to run interference, which had always been Marissa’s saving grace, because even though she wasn’t uncomfortable around Trace, she was still incredibly aware of the man.

No Courtney today.

No anyone today, in fact.

Relief had surfaced for a brief second when Z had walked through the door, but unfortunately he hadn’t stayed long, and now Marissa didn’t know what she was supposed to do. As much as she tried to relax, it was still disconcerting to be at Trace’s place. Alone with him.

“So…” Okay, so she had absolutely no idea what to say, but she felt like something needed to be said.

“So what?”

Blurting the first thing that came to mind, Marissa answered with, “So, y’all agree no more safe houses for me then?”

She asked the question with as much positivity as she could, injecting a whole lot of smile in the words because even she had to admit the topic wasn’t a fun one. Then again, she’d readily discuss pretty much anything if it meant she didn’t have to think about Trace with other women.

The thought had never sat well with her.

So now, at least maybe they could get the topic back on neutral ground.

“Not if I have a say in the matter,” he mumbled beneath his breath.

Marissa stared at him, her smile faltering slightly. She never quite knew how to take Trace’s comments. Was he speaking from a purely business point of view or… Yeah, she probably shouldn’t go there.

“Do you? Have a say in the matter, that is?”

Aside from it being her suggestion when it had come down to relocating her to the first safe house, Marissa hadn’t had much say in the matter. But she knew Trace had quite a bit of sway with the family, especially when it came to business. He knew his stuff.

Trace cocked his head and smiled, the dimple in his left cheek flashing with his crooked grin. “I’d like to think so.”

Something about the gleam in Trace’s eyes told her there might be an innuendo in there somewhere. She had to pretend that she hadn’t noticed, though, because at this point, business was the only safe subject.

“Well, if I have a say in the matter,” she told him, wrapping her hands around her coffee mug and staring into the inky black liquid, “I’d prefer to avoid them as much as possible.”

There was silence for a moment, and Marissa was about to excuse herself back to the bedroom, where she could hide away from the man with the million-megawatt smile.

“If I recall correctly, it was your decision to go to the safe house in the first place, right?” Trace asked, and the sound of his voice interrupting the eerie silence caught Marissa off guard. Luckily, she recovered easily.

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