Don't Ditch a Detective
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“I guess we’re going to have to agree to disagree yet again.” He folded his arms across his chest and smirked at her. Hazel was struck again by how nicely muscled his body was, as he was wearing a fitted long-sleeved shirt and jogger-type pants. She admired his greatness of personality too. Here he was teasing her when he could easily be turning her over to the police.
“Sorry,” she said, “I can’t do ‘agree to disagree’ about proper football or reading preferences. I’m one of those who believes everyone must agree with my theories.” She winked to show she was teasing. In this diverse world, somebody would go insane trying to win everyone over to their way of thinking. “Don’t worry, I’ll lure you over to the dark side of a proper reading list soon.”
“What’s the dark side?” He leaned in closer, and she could smell his crisp scent again.
“Romance.” She felt her cheeks heat up as his gaze took her in. “I mean romance novels, you know?”
“Hmm.” He stepped closer, and she leaned against the bathroom counter with nowhere to go and no desire to be anywhere but here. “I could teach you a thing or two about romance … novels, that is.” His lips turned up in an appealing smirk.
“Could you now?” She held on to the countertop for support. It was either that or throw her arms around his neck and let him teach her exactly what he knew about romance. She guessed it might be a whole lot more than she knew. “Are you a big-time heartbreaker, Mr. Strong?”
He chuckled at that and eased in even closer. His chest brushed her arm and her breath hitched. “I’m not, actually, but I’ve read my share of romance novels.”
“Liar,” she threw back at him, grinning. “There was not a stitch of romance on that Kindle app. Pages and pages of business, marketing, and religious books. The most exciting thing I found on page fourteen was finally a Clive Cussler novel.”
He chuckled. “You caught me.”
“What am I going to catch you doing?” She was flirting as hard as she’d ever tried.
His eyebrows lifted.
The bedroom door swished open, and Heath wrapped his arms around her and swept her behind the half-open bathroom door so whoever had come in couldn’t see them. Her breath whooshed out at the thrill of being so close to him. Her arms automatically wound around his lower back, and she pressed in even closer. Heath smiled down at her, and she could feel his heartbeat going almost as fast as hers.
Hazel attempted to calm her heavy breathing and listen to whoever might be coming in now. “Are there no locks on these ruddy doors?” she whispered.
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