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The Voice of Dooleaun at them
“Oh, don’t get shy on me now, Red I’d just love to hear all the details”
Chapter Ten
His nerves taut, Jake took in the details of the situation The stairs were at their backs The dining roounman blocked the closest exit It was the sa Claire and had ed his clothes and shaved his head, but Jake couldn’ttrained on Claire’s heart
“That was soaze toward Jake, but kept the gun pointed at Claire “You’ll have to share your secret with irls yell, but it’s never my name”
Claire shook at his side His protective urge stoked the fury rushing through his veins That bastard would pay for ression on his side, but Jake had no doubt he’d take the killer down He hunched his shoulders like a lineman about to make a tackle and prepared to take out the lunatic
The gun’s ominous click stopped him cold
“Loverboy, I’ve got no beef with you” He stepped closer to Claire, his movements jerky “But if pushed, I’ll kill you both”
Jake ground his teeth, his fists tight by his thighs He wanted to howl in frustration They’d wanted the killer to appear on her doorstep But he’d let his dick and her sweet body distract him from the real reason he was here To protect Claire Now they were at this asshole’sthe other way around He’d been a damn fool
He grabbed Claire’s forearm and tried to pull her behind hio Short of picking her up andher, there was no way to force her to the rear He couldn’t risk the killer panicking if he made that kind of move
She took a step toward the gunripped his spine He moved in her direction, ready to do whatever it took to defend her
“I have the phone and flash drive”
Her quiet words made him freeze in his tracks His heart stopped for a ? Was she involved more than he knew? Doubt nibbled away at him
She stood halfway between his arun The hostess stand was just beyond her grasp He spotted the tell-tale wet glisten on her cheeks He refused to believe she’d lied to him Not his Claire
“I found the froe” She reached the polished hostess stand and casually leaned on it with one hand