Undercover Pursuit (2011)
“Scarlett reached out, slid her hand into his and offered a reassuring squeeze.
Somehow over the past hour, she’d suddenly felt as if she and Luke might be a team, in this together. That, when he’d stopped her outside her sister’s villa, he had genuinely cared about her and why she’d been crying.
He’d even taken her into his arms, pulled her close. And she’d drunk in his kindness.
He seemed to actually care, those amazing eyes fixed on her as he listened to her words.
As if they mattered.
As if ...she mattered.
“What do you mean she’s ‘missing?’” Luke asked. Scarlett detected a slight trembling in his voice.
“She was supposed to be trying on her wedding dress, but she—and the dress—are gone,” Benito said. “I searched the yacht, but she isn’t there, and she isn’t in our villa, either. I don’t know where she went.” Benito shook his head. “You don’t think that whoever put that shark in front of our door would really hurt her, do you? I knew I shouldn’t have left her alone.”MoreLess
Somehow over the past hour, she’d suddenly felt as if she and Luke might be a team, in this together. That, when he’d stopped her outside her sister’s villa, he had genuinely cared about her and why she’d been crying.
He’d even taken her into his arms, pulled her close. And she’d drunk in his kindness.
He seemed to actually care, those amazing eyes fixed on her as he listened to her words.
As if they mattered.
As if ...she mattered.
“What do you mean she’s ‘missing?’” Luke asked. Scarlett detected a slight trembling in his voice.
“She was supposed to be trying on her wedding dress, but she—and the dress—are gone,” Benito said. “I searched the yacht, but she isn’t there, and she isn’t in our villa, either. I don’t know where she went.” Benito shook his head. “You don’t think that whoever put that shark in front of our door would really hurt her, do you? I knew I shouldn’t have left her alone.”MoreLess
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