Semua Bab Solid Muscle (Unseen Enemy 5): Bab 31 - Bab 40

Sully tapped on Cordelia’s bedroom door, feeling a bit hesitant. She’d gone straight there after they’d gotten back from the meeting, and he’d left her alone for an hour now. He figured she needed a bit of recovery time. Hell, he’d been shaken up by that meeting too, and he’d been in plenty such situations before.If the woman had been a man, or a young, aggressive, harsh woman, he’d have accepted the other person in the meeting without even batting an eyelid. But the quintessential Sweet Granny taking the cash had been disconcerting – and even more so because it was crystal clear that she had no idea what she was really involved in.Sully had gone to the office and shut the door, got on the phone to Dallas. His boss had been equally surprised at how the meeting had gone, and the two men had discussed next steps. Of course, nothing much could be planned: not until they got the call in a few days. Until then, Garrett and Millie were rich people in town for Garrett’s business, and they’

A few hours later, Sully jolted awake and automatically reached for the gun on the bedside table. He was on his feet and running for the door before he was fully aware of what had woken him up. When he realized that it was Cordelia and she was screaming, he damn near ripped her bedroom door off its hinges getting to her.“Cordelia!”She was in bed, fast asleep. Twisting and turning, her arms flailing as she fought someone in her dreams. Sully set the gun on the dresser next to the door, and then hurried over to the bed. He sat down next to her, and carefully reached for her shoulder.“Cordelia?”She moaned and slapped at his hand, panicked. “No!”“Baby, wake up… Cordelia.”“Don’t! Don’t take him!”Sully grasped her wrists in one large hand and with the other, he touched her face. “Wake up. Please, sweetheart.”She screamed again, a helpless, hopeless sound. No words, just terror and pain. Her eyes flew open now and she struggled harder, starting to breathe too quickly.“Let go!”Right

“So I guess I’m more affected by this whole thing than I realized,” she said. “I’ve been so focused on the kids that we’re going to see in a few days, and I’ve been trying so hard to not think about the parents. What they’ve been through, what they’re still going through.”He nodded, understanding her need to avoid that whole train of thought and emotion.“They have no idea where their babies are, and I know what that’s doing to them,” she said. “I went through it for no real stretch of time at all, but God help me, Hunter… those nine days damn near killed me. And in my dreams sometimes? I can still hear Sean screaming for me.” She looked up at him, so strong and beautiful in her vulnerability. “I heard him again tonight.”“I’m so sorry.” He ran his hand down her spine, loving the curve of her lower back. “I’d do anything to make it stop for you, I swear.”“You know, when Sean was diagnosed with the brain tumor?” Cordelia said slowly. “All those nightmares about losing him just came r

Dallas sighed and turned off the shower. Goddamn, he’d only been in this hotel for two nights and he was already sick of it. Not that there was a single thing wrong with the hotel. No, it was nice; really nice. But he wanted to be with Olivia.He thought about their approaching wedding day, felt the now-familiar wave of happiness wash over him. If anyone had asked him a year ago if he’d ever get married, he’d have rolled his hard blue eyes and scoffed. No way Dallas Foreman, happy-go-lucky womanizer, was settling down. Nuh-uh and no thanks.But Olivia had changed all of that. Her beauty was astounding, of course, but it was the least-important of her qualities, as far as he was concerned. She blew him away with her bravery, her humor, her strength. She was compassionate and sweet and just so damn kind. The fact that this woman had given herself to him, that she trusted him after everything she’d been through, was a gift that he cherished. She was a gift.And as always when he thought

When Sully got back home that evening, he found Cordelia out on the back patio. She was wearing jean shorts and a loose white t-shirt and her feet were bare; she looked relaxed and gorgeous. He leaned against the door to the backyard and watched her flip two steaks. “So,” he drawled. “You gonna show me how it’s done with the barbecue?”She flashed him a grin. “Uh-huh. Get ready, babe…I’m a master with fire.”“I don’t doubt it.”“Besides? I figured that since we’ll be missing Karen’s barbecue next week, we’d better have one now.” She shut the lid. “You want potatoes with melted cheese with your steak? Or are we going to go with a green salad?”“Both?” he said hopefully. “And what can I do to help?”She laughed. “OK. Both it is. And you can grab me a beer from the fridge.”He paused. “Beer?”“Yep… all chilled and ready to drink.”Fuck. Just when I thought that she couldn’t get any sexier and more amazing, she turns up the heat. Jean shorts, bare feet, steaks on the barbecue, cold beer.