Navy Seal To The Rescue. Tawny Weber
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Название: Navy Seal To The Rescue
Автор: Tawny Weber
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Современная зарубежная литература
isbn: 9781474093644
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“I don’t know,” Lila said, sounding a little frantic as she shook her head. “A few minutes, I suppose.”
“Factoring in the five or so minutes it took you to reach me on the beach, then to calm down and make sense—”
“You mean for you to quit bitching about being knocked over and listen to me.”
“And the five minutes it took us to walk to my place. I called the cops, we met them here within ten minutes, give or take,” Travis continued, ignoring her. “Less than a half hour, all told.”
“So?”
“So if an as yet unknown number of men killed a harmless chef, and saw you witnessing the murder first, don’t you think they’d have pursued when you ran? But, instead, you figure they cleaned up all evidence, scrubbed the place clean of blood and guts, tidying the office while they were at it. Then they hauled the body out of a busy restaurant, on a busy beach, without anyone noticing?” He waited a beat, letting that sink in, then added, “And all of that in less than thirty minutes?”
“How would I know?” She threw her hands in the air. “All I know is what I saw.”
With that, she headed out the door.
“Where are you going?”
“The cops don’t believe me. You don’t believe me.” She shot him a nasty look. “So what difference does it make?”
“I believe you are upset.” He glanced through the grimy window. “And I believe it’s a little late to be storming around town alone.”
“Oh, sure,” she said with a sneer. “Being a hero isn’t enough for you. You just have to play gentleman, too.”
Ignoring her attitude shift from lady of the manor to peasant, Travis gestured for her to precede him out the door. Despite his service as a SEAL, Travis had never wanted to play hero. But he couldn’t ignore the need to do something to fix this mess for her, to do whatever he could to make her feel better.
“C’mon,” he said, walking over and offering his hand.
She looked at it, then those mermaid eyes rose to his face before dropping to his hand again.
“What?”
“Let’s go.”
Brows furrowed, she looked around the office and gave a small shudder before tucking her hand in his. Her fingers were slender, making Travis want to be extra careful not to crush those delicate bones as he pulled her to her feet.
Upright, she swayed a little, so he left his hand in hers. Just because he didn’t want to have to scoop her off the floor, he told himself.
Her gaze, foggy with confusion and frustration, skimmed from the floor to the wall, then shifted away.
“Where are we going?” she asked, her words faint as they moved through the doorway.
He shoved the side door open, gesturing with his free hand for her to go first, then pulled her down the beach. They’d take the ocean route, give her time to decompress.
And him time to think.
“Your hotel should work.”
“Look, buddy. You’re hot and all, but there’s no way in hell I’m going to sleep with you after all this.”
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