Mission: Irresistible (A Year of Loving Dangerously, Book 1)
Sharon Sala
Language: English
Pages: 136
ISBN: 0373153287
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
She was there to catch a traitor, and getting emotionally involved with stubborn, sexy East Kirby was not an option for Alicia. But she'd been ordered to enlist East, to change his mind - in any way she could! If only she could use the adrenaline rush that surged through her veins when with East, to make her mission a success, and win East.
surprised, he moved behind the counter then into the staff room where the mainframe computer was housed. Ally looked up from the chair in which she was sitting. “Good morning,” she said, then returned her attention to the computer terminal in front of her. East’s mouth dropped. “This area is off-limits to the guests,” he said, then remembered who he was talking to and changed the direction of his questions. “What are you doing?” Her fingers paused on the keys and the look she gave him was just
took a slow, shaky breath. “Sorry, it’s just that sometimes this stuff gets to me…you know?” Images flashed through East’s mind—flashes of gun-fire, blood splatters on his shoes from the agent who’d just died at his feet, days and nights spent in swamps with nowhere to sleep. “Yeah, I know.” He stood abruptly and turned to the bank of windows behind his desk, staring absently through the glass without actually seeing the idyllic view of the beach below. “Look, if you’ll give me a few days to
was in front of her. Before she could speak, he pulled her into his arms and held her close against his chest, his voice rumbling low against her ear. “You did it, Ally. You did it! You saved his life.” She grabbed his arms and pushed herself back. “No,” she said fiercely. “We did it.” At that moment, East couldn’t bring himself to speak. Behind them, the paramedics were strapping the little boy into a basket-like stretcher and starting toward the stairs at the base of the cliff. The crowd
fit of giggles as she watched him open his eyes reluctantly, in search of the offending noise. “In national news, the Grand Jury testimony continues on Capitol Hill and members of the ATF are expected to testify before the day is out. It is rumored that certain agents of the U.S. Treasury will be called. It’s difficult to say what the IRS could possibly have to add to the testimony of the ATF agents, so it looks as if it will be a case of wait and see.” Ally had been too focused on her fun with
closed his eyes as East settled back in his chair. Just when East thought Jeff had fallen back to sleep, he slipped one last comment into the night. “If she matters, she’ll be back.” East didn’t bother to open his eyes. “How do you know?” “It’s what I keep telling myself.” The loneliness in that single sentence made East sad. It was just as he’d suspected. There was, or at least there had been, someone special in his life. As he stood, a soft knock sounded on the door. He looked up to see a