Enemy Outside (Unseen Enemy Book 2) Read Online Free Page B

the room without another word.
    The men nodded at Cordelia and she got to her feet. “Mr. Foreman?”
    “Dallas, hon.”
    “Dallas.” She hesitated. “If you ever need a PA or receptionist experienced in personal security, maybe you’ll keep me in mind?”
    He paused. “You looking to change jobs, Cordelia?”
    She nodded.
    “Can’t blame you, really,” Chris said. “He’s not very nice, is he?”
    She shook her head. “But I get medical here, and my son is very sick. I – I’ve been looking for something else, but most places don’t offer the right kind of insurance for our situation.”
    “What’s wrong with your son?” Jim asked softly.
    “Cancer,” she said. “A brain tumor.”
    That stopped them. After seeing what Emma was up against with her leukemia, they had a whole new understanding and appreciation for what that illness did to people – both the patients and their loved ones. They looked at the gray streaks in her dark hair, the shadows and lines around her brown eyes.
    “I’m sorry to hear that,” Dallas said. “Maybe you can come by on Monday morning for an interview?”
    Cordelia started. “Really?”
    “Really.” Dallas gave her his card. “Ten o’clock?”
    “Yes… yes, thank you.” Her eyes were teary again. "And if you see Liv, please tell her how glad I am that she’s OK.”
    “Maybe you can tell her yourself, Cordelia,” Dallas said. “She’ll be at my office on Monday, helping us to get up-to-speed on her stalker situation.” He grinned. “With a bit of luck, you’ll be working with her again soon.”
    **
    Emma and Olivia looked up as Dean and Dallas walked through the door.
    “Hey,” Emma said. “How’d it go?”
    Dean shrugged off his coat. “Good.” He came over to Emma, ran his hand affectionately through her short hair. “How you feeling, baby?”
    “Really good.”
    “You eat today?”
    She nodded.
    Dallas’ eyes were trained on Olivia. “You doing OK?”
    “Yeah.” She gave him a smile that was almost completely normal. “Did you get everything from Greg?”
    “Yeah. Can we go back to my place and look through it all? I want to know if anything’s missing, or not right.”
    “Sure.” Olivia got to her feet. “See you later, Em. Bye, Dean.”
    “Bye,” they said and watched Dallas and Olivia leave. They looked at each other.
    “ Sooooooo ,” Emma said. “She stayed at his place last night…”
    “I know.” Dean grinned. “I kind of thought maybe they’d finally gotten together.”
    “Me too!” Emma said. “But no.”
    “Not yet,” Dean said. “It looks like they’ll be spending lots of time together, though, so maybe it’ll still happen.”
    “I hope so.” Emma sighed. “I think they’d be good as a couple.”
    Dean sat down, pulled her in to his lap. “Yeah, me too.”
    She saw the look on his face and leaned in for a kiss. Their lips met, retreated, met again. She moaned against his mouth and shifted on his lap. He touched her cheek, knowing what she wanted, but still not sure she was ready. She’d been in isolation for a month after her bone marrow transplant, and had been weak since being discharged from the hospital the week before.
    “You sure you feel OK to make love, angel?”
    “I’m sure.” Her dark blue eyes were bright in her beautiful face. “I want you. Please, Dean.”
    “I want you too, baby.” He stood up, cradled her in his huge arms. “I always want you.”
    He carried her down to his bedroom, set her gently on the bed. She lay there, her beautiful eyes hazy with lust, as he peeled off his t-shirt and kicked off his jeans. Her breath caught at the sight of that broad, strong chest; his erect cock was pushing his boxer shorts out and away from his body. He lowered them and she sighed with pleasure. He was just so gorgeous, every single inch of him, and she watched as he rolled on a condom. With fumbling fingers, Emma started to undress, but Dean stopped her.
    “I want to,” he said, his