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After retrieving both my luggage and car, I felt Joshua’s stare searing my flesh as I drove down the interstate toward my house.
“You’re making it hard for me to concentrate on the road. You know that, right?”
“I’m not doing anything, little one,” he smirked.
“Yes, you are. You’re undressing me with those gorgeous eyes of yours.”
“Perhaps, but I’m not following through with my thoughts. Not yet.”
Carnal images flitted through my brain, and my body quivered. Reaching over, Joshua rolled his finger and thumb around my straining nipple.
“What were you thinking that got my sweet berry buds so nice and hard?”
Glancing over, I shot him a sultry smile. “I’ll show you when we get home.”
Joshua tossed back his head and laughed. “No, little one. You’ll show me if I let you.”
“There’s always a catch, isn’t there?” I pursed my lips in a fake pout.
“Not when you finally learn to behave yourself,” he smirked. “Don’t worry, I’ll get you straightened out…against the wall, on the bed beneath me, or over my knee.”
“Stop. You’re going to make me wreck the car,” I laughed nervously. My imagination didn’t need his encouragement, it did just fine on its own.
Eager to get home to live out the scenarios making my girl parts wet and tingling, I finally pulled into my driveway. Pressing the garage door opener, I frowned when nothing happened.
“That’s weird. Maybe I need a new battery for the remote,” I mumbled.
Glancing around, Joshua held out his hand. “Turn off the engine and give me your keys.”
Curious about what he was up to, I did as he asked and followed him to the back of the car as he opened the trunk. Zipping open his suitcase, Joshua withdrew a metal lock box. After punching in several numbers, he unlocked the case, and pulled out a pistol.
“You brought a gun?”
“Of course, I did,” he replied, tucking it into the waistband of his pants. “If Davis is unstable enough to kill animals, he’s capable of doing anything. I’m not taking any chances with you, Mellie. I will not lose you, too.”
Joshua paused, pinched his lips together, then nodded toward the house.
“Come on, we’ll get the luggage later. Let’s go inside first. Stay behind me, understood?”
“You’re scaring me,” I whispered.
“You should be scared. Nobody’s been able to locate him back home. He’s not been at work; his neighbors haven’t seen him. He’s vanished.”
“How do you know he’s not been at work, or his house?”
“I called. His secretary said he was out of the office but offered to take a message. I asked her when he’d be back. She was evasive, but I got the feeling she didn’t know where he was. Of course, she might have been holding back after I sidestepped her trying to screen my call. Ian’s been doing some surveillance at his house for me.”
“Maybe he’s out of town working.”
“Oh, he’s out of town working all right—working on stalking you.”
Something felt wrong, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Davis wouldn’t throw away his career to terrorize me. His title as senior manager with the pharmaceutical company he’d been with for years meant more to him than anything in the world. He wouldn’t mess that up for something so petty as revenge.
When Joshua unlocked my front door, a heavy sense of foreboding filled me. Dropping my gaze, I noticed drops of blood on my porch. An icy chill slithered up my spine. Pushing the door open wide, I followed him into the foyer. Standing still and silent, I listened for movement inside the house, but it was as quiet as a morgue. Shadows filled the recesses past the entryway. Reaching up, I brushed my palm over the three light switches, but none of the lights came on. My electricity was out.
“Back outside,” Joshua instructed as he gripped my elbow and pulled me back out the door.
He yanked out his phone, and I watched as he dialed nine-one-one.
