Familiar Adversaries. Patricia Thayer
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Название: Familiar Adversaries
Автор: Patricia Thayer
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Контркультура
Серия: Mills & Boon Vintage Cherish
isbn: 9781472082602
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Just then the foreman walked in. “What is it, Rod?” Shane asked.
“We got trouble. There was another break-in during the night.”
“The hell you say.” Shane grabbed a hard hat and followed Rod out of the trailer with Mariah close on his heels. They made their way to the chain-link-fenced area where wood and tools were held. Graffiti had been sprayed on the plywood sheets. Vile, disgusting words had been written on the four-by-eight sheets. Several boxes of nails had been dumped around the area.
“Is anything missing?” Shane asked.
“Not as far as I can see,” Rod said. “But we haven’t had a chance to take inventory.”
“I’ll do it,” Mariah said as she looked at Rod. “Why don’t you get the crews started so there are no more delays?”
The foreman nodded, then walked away.
Shane was surprised at Mariah’s suggestion. “I can’t leave you to clean up this mess.”
“Why? You think it’s beneath me? I’ve gotten my hands dirty before. I would appreciate it if you’d send Jason and Mike to help me out. Later, you and I need to talk about better security. The drive-by patrol doesn’t seem to be doing the trick.”
“I agree with you on that one,” Shane said.
Her green eyes rounded. “Well, that’s a start. We finally agree on something.”
Around midnight Shane yawned as he slowed his truck at the turnoff to the site. He couldn’t sleep, so he decided to do something useful. Until they got the new security in place, he was going to do some checking of his own. Anything was better than lying in bed unable to sleep. Nothing he’d done could turn off his thoughts about Mariah. She just kept popping into his head. Those big green eyes, her full mouth and all that wild hair had him wound tight. She’d been pretty in high school, but she was a knockout now.
And it would be suicide to start up something with her.
This was business and if he wanted Hunter Construction to fly, he had to pay Nate back the start-up money he’d loaned him over two years ago. That meant he had to keep focused on the project. Any thoughts of Mariah had to be about how hard she’d worked on the cleanup today; how she hadn’t complained; and how she’d made a detailed list of every item by quitting time.
They both decided whoever vandalized the site wasn’t a pro. More like teenagers or someone just wanting to make trouble for Shane. His first thought was that Easton might be behind the incidents, but he couldn’t see the town councilman taking a chance on dirtying his hands with such an amateurish stunt.
The truck’s bad suspension jarred Shane in his seat. One hundred yards before he reached the trailer, he turned off his lights and parked. If anyone was trespassing, he wanted to surprise them.
That was when he saw the faint light in the trailer. Someone was inside. He got out of his truck and ran across the field. Silently he inserted his key, quietly pushed open the door and saw the person’s shadow on the wall. He reached out, grabbed the intruder and pinned him against the wall.
It didn’t take Shane long to realize that he was pressed against a soft body, a soft body with breasts.
“Let go of me,” Mariah demanded as she wiggled against him.
Desire shot through him and he fought to control his response. “Then you better tell me what the hell you’re doing here in the middle of the night.”
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