Home / Romance / Pelican Bay Security / Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

All Chapters of Pelican Bay Security: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

324 Chapters

Chapter 102: Are You Sure About This?

"Are you sure about this?" Spencer hesitates at my open front door.Frankie tugs on her leash, ready to come in, but he doesn't hand her over. "Sure!"I may have the next three days off from the hospital, but Spencer doesn't. He's hard at work, helping to catch whoever left a dead body in the woods."I'm not sure how long I'll be gone." Frankie makes another jump at me and Spencer tugs her back, his face washed with concern."Spencer, we will be fine." I snatch the leash when his head is turned and his guard is down.He lets go reluctantly. "I'll call tonight to give you an update.""Go. Catch criminals." I wave him away.I'm not going to lie, standing on my front stoop waving Spencer off while he leaves to go fight the bad guys and come home a hero is really hot. He may not be in uniform, but I totally understand why woman have a thing for guys that wear one.I woke up next to him this morning—even if there was a big black Frankie sitting between us—I can still say I s
Read more

Chapter 103: It's No Good

It does no good. By the time I'm able to pull open her jaws and look inside her mouth, the bar of soap is gone."Oh no. No, no, no." I jog to the bathroom off the master bedroom. "No, no, no."I rip the curtain back. A few rings come loose, so it sags in the middle. There, on the edge of the tub, where my rather expensive, homemade, all-organic soap normally sits, is an empty space. It's cute little porcelain dish empty, the dish unbroken but laying sideways on the bathroom mat."Oh, Frankie."A few seconds pass while I mourn the loss of my favorite oatmeal soap. The heavenly bar is only available during the summer farmer markets every Thursday in downtown Pelican Bay. Every fall, I buy two bars. It's enough to get me through the winter months. Thankfully, Frankie caught me at the tail end of my first bar, so she didn't ingest an entire thing.Still, organic soap or not, it can't be good for dogs.Frankie nudges the back of my leg with her nose. She looks the same, but I ca
Read more

Chapter 104 Focus, Dr. Pike

"The kind? You know, the organic oatmeal bars. Molly makes them.""Oh." His demeanor lightens. "Did you buy it from the farmers market? I prefer her lavender bar myself.""Yes, but Dr. Pike, the dog?" Does no one understand the significance of my problem? The whole town has gone mad.He's quiet for a moment. "How much of the bar did she eat?"I stop and think about what was left the last time I showered. "At least a quarter of the bar.""Hmmm, did she chew it up or eat it whole?"Shouldn't we be calling the dog ambulance right now? Is there a dog ambulance? What do dogs do in a time of emergency? "I'm not positive, but I think pretty much whole.""Ah, you're fine, young lady. Frankie will throw it up in a few minutes. Keep an eye on her and get her to drink lots of water when she's done passing the soap.""Really? Are you sure?""Absolutely. She'll be right as rain in about thirty minutes or so. You should even be able to continue using the soap.""Um... Okay." That
Read more

Chapter 105: Spencer Here?

"Spencer here?" The older gentleman wraps his thick, dark brown trench coat around his body and leans closer, trying to see inside the house.I instinctively lean back to keep my distance, and so the smell of stale cigars doesn't suffocate me. Frankie growls, then circles once around my feet and stops, sitting directly in front of me, working as a blocker. The old man peers nervously down at her, both his hands clutching the trench coat."No."His eyes slither up and down my body. I cross my arms to cover up my chest, failing to ease the dirty feeling his gaze creates. "You the girl with him when he found the body?"This damn town and its gossip. "Yeah.""Tell Spencer to stay out of our business, or you'll both and up like Kevin." He turns, slinking to the side, his boots crunching on the light covering of snow over my walkway.I step out the door after him, stopping at the end of my front porch. The snow seeps through my socks and freezes my toes. "Who is Kevin? What happe
Read more

Chapter 106: We Haven't Done This Before

"So how are we going to do this?" I ask, standing beside Spencer's imposing bed but making no moves to get myself under the ruffled covers."Like last time." Spencer's eyes rake me up and down, but not because he's checking me out. It's definitely more him making sure I'm not suffering from shock or an alien abduction.Whatever the reason, his leering gaze forces my arms over my chest. My lips pinch together, and I look sheepishly at the top of the bed. I'm wearing on one of his long T-shirts—NAVY written in big, bold font across the front—underwear, and a pair of shorts. It's way more clothing than he's sporting with his black boxers covered in small four-leaf clovers.As if the universe needed to give me more signs of him getting lucky tonight."We haven't done this before." I'm not one of those simpering-virgin types, but a few alcoholic beverages might help. Plus, why did I eat a second helping of fries at dinner? It was stress eating—there's no other explanation.Spencer
Read more

Chapter 107: Bad News

I twist my head back to see his face. "What?" Hundreds—no thousands—of horrible things a man could say after that phrase compete for space in my brain. I'd rather not hear any of them. A ball of dread grows in my stomach, and I bite my lip with worry."I swear I'm not feeding you a line, but I don't have any condoms in the apartment." He raises my hand from his hip, placing it on the bed. "I'll pick some up in the morning, and we can do this all over again tomorrow.""Really?" If his next line is some attempt to get me to have sex without a condom, I'm out of here.Or worse, maybe he doesn't want to have sex with me at all."I wasn't prepared for this.""You don't keep condoms in the house?" I ask, my eyes narrowing on his ridiculously handsome face.He laughs, but it's a nervous sound that makes me believe this isn't a line at all. "I haven't been here long. There haven't been a lot of opportunities to meet ladies."I stare at him for a minute longer with one eye more cl
Read more

Chapter 108: Where's the Condom?

"Joslin?" Spencer's voice carries into the bathroom.I spit out the last of the toothpaste and drop the brand-new toothbrush Spencer brought home for me four days ago into the little container next to the sink. "Yeah?""Where's the condom?""Huh?" I squeeze my hair in the towel to quicken the drying process and walk out of his en-suite bathroom."I tossed the condom on the floor. Right here." He points to an empty area on his hardwood floor."What? You threw it... on the floor?"Spencer leans over on his knees, searching under the bed. "Yes.""The floor?""Yes.""You just threw it down?""Yes, that's what I do every time.""Every time?" My mouth falls open in disgust. How did I not know this was going on?"Yes. What did you think I did with them?"My eyes widen when I realize he's serious. "Put them in the trash like a normal person.""I don't have a trash bin in the bedroom." He leans over further to check under the bed, his right arm getting lost as he fee
Read more

Chapter 109: Who's That Imposing Man In the Window?

The scent of cinnamon and baked goods fills the air as I sit down in a wooden teal chair in Anessa's bakery. I've lived in Pelican Bay my entire life, and I've seen this little corner building as many shops over the years, but her cute, pink bakery is, by far, my favorite. The adorable and tasteful Christmas decorations she's strewn about the place only help. There's garland over the fireplace, mistletoe in all the windows, a big wreath on the front door, and Christmas music piping from a speaker.The one item completely out of place in the little, girly bakery is the group of large, imposing men taking up a considerable amount of space in front of the large window. Anessa's bakery has become the local hangout and meeting place for Ridge's security firm, even though he owns a state-of-the-art building a few streets over."Here's your coffee. One cream, one sugar, and a kiss." Spencer leans over and gives me a quick peck on the lips, just enough to leave me dazed. "Mistletoe," he sa
Read more

Chapter 110: Det. Anderson

"Agreed. I'll call into the local P.D. for help, too. Anderson will want in on this," Ridge says, and everyone nods their heads in agreement, including me, even though I have no idea what we're talking about."What's going on?" The whole thing sounds serious.Warmth covers my back when Spencer rest his hands on my lower neck. "Hudson picked up a lead I was able to track through banking records. Someone purchased a property under one of Frankie Zanetti's businesses, and we think they might be using it as a hideout. We're planning a takedown tonight.""A takedown?" Tabitha looks to Ridge, which causes him to scowl at Spencer. Apparently, that wasn't supposed to be widely known information.He answers her with annoyance. "If we round them up in one sweep, the whole town will be quiet and safe for Christmas. Didn't you say you wanted a quiet Christmas?I definitely think Ridge is trying to appease his girlfriend, but the quiet Christmas sounds great to me. I don't want a dead guy
Read more

Chapter 111: Daddy is Home

Spencer's headlights flash over my large front window as he pulls into the driveway. I drop the curtain before the glare catches on my face. Frankie barks, probably startled by the first bit of movement I've done for the last hour."Yes, yes, your daddy is home." I step away from the large bay window I've used as a perch tonight. Frankie doesn't follow until I stop and slap my knee twice. "Well, come on. We can't let him know how crazy we are."Hudson refused to leave until Spencer gave him the okay, and he called me ridiculous for spending our evening waiting for Spencer's return. But he was sitting here watching me watch a window, so which one of us is worse?As a woman concerned about her guy going out to fight some unknown criminal element, I think I had every right to spend three hours staring out my front window, waiting for him to return.It's perfectly normal in my opinion.Expected even.But I'm not sure how the big, strong, tough guy I was waiting up for would fee
Read more
PREV
1
...
910111213
...
33
DMCA.com Protection Status