Winter Heat, Part 3 by Larissa Emerald

Author:Larissa Emerald [Emerald, Larissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Castle Oak Publishing LLC
Published: 2014-09-29T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

“You’ve got to be kidding. You seriously want to take me out to practice shooting?” Kelsey couldn’t believe Jared had suggested such a thing. They were in her kitchen, having just finished another delicious breakfast he’d made.

Last night, Jared had spent the night at his place. Kelsey knew she had no right to expect otherwise. But her feelings were changing so quickly, she’d noticed his absence. Then he had showed up at her door, early. It had been a great start to her day. Until now.

“Sheriff Cameron told me you had a gun and that you’d taken the safety course. Under the circumstances, I don’t think it would hurt if you brushed up your skills a bit.”

Kelsey put her hands on her hips. “I’m not particularly fond of guns. My dad gave it to me, and the only reason I took the course was to appease him.”

He approached her, then took hold of her shoulders and made her face him. “Then pacify me now,” he said in that voice that turned her to mush.

When his hands were on her like this, sliding lightly down from shoulders to her elbows and back up, and he looked deeply into her eyes, her heart did a wild flutter, and it was nearly impossible to deny him anything. “Oh, all right.”

It wasn’t like she was ever going to have to use the thing.

Kelsey walked to a hutch and opened the bottom cabinet. She pulled out a black, hard case from the bottom shelf.

“That’s where you keep it?”

“I told you. I don’t use it.” She pushed the case into his chest.

He took it and opened it at the counter. The gun and ammunition fit neatly inside the case. He removed the weapon and handled it so carefully. His strong hands ran over the steel with sure precision. She liked watching him even though the fact that it was a gun made her nervous.

“Nice,” he commented. “A Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 38 revolver. Yay, dad. Good choice.” He opened the cylinder to see if it was loaded. It wasn’t.

Kelsey folded her arms across her chest, her lips pulled to the side, and her eyes boring into him. “I still don’t see the point. You don’t think this nut job is that crazy, do you?”

“I hope not, but better to be prepared.”

“Prepared for what? I can’t shoot anyone.”

He looked her square in the eye, and there was no doubt to his seriousness. “What if someone came into your home? What if he followed you up the stairs? What if you locked yourself in the bathroom and he was beating down your door? What would you do? How would you protect yourself? If nothing else, I want you to scare the shit out him. But if it comes down to it, you shoot the son of a bitch.”

She slapped her palm over her eyes and dragged it down over her face, trying to wipe away the images he’d put there.

“Kelsey, the point is, who will look after your father if something happens to you?”

His words were an arrow to her heart.

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