Outfoxed by Love (Kodiak Point Book 2) by Eve Langlais Page B

rage—jealousy.
    Ha. You might be trying to ignore me, but only because you care.
    “Who is this from?” he demanded.
    “I don’t know, but I like his style.”
    “You like a criminal who breaks into your SUV and leaves you a stalker’s manifesto!”
    She couldn’t help it , she laughed. “Stalker’s manifesto?” The more he glowered, the harder she chortled.
    “This isn’t funny, Jan. Aren’t you disturbed at all that some guy has been spying on you and is fixated enough to break into your truck and threaten to marry you?”
    “It’s a poem, Boris, not a bomb. And yes, I do think it’s sexy.” She combed fingers through her hair. “I wonder who it is? Maybe that hot new guy they hired to run the mine? I hear he’s single.”
    “ You shouldn’t date company workers,” Boris blurted.
    She waved a negligent hand. “Bah. The mine is technically a whole other company. And besides, Reid never made that a formal policy. It’s more of a if-you-date-and-break-up,-either-learn-to-work-together-or-I’ll-fire-you kind of thing.”
    “If this new mine manager is so goddamned hot, then why didn’t he bring the flowers to you in person?”
    “Maybe he’s shy,” she mused, stifling a giggle at his grumble s. Yes, she delighted in torturing him. Who would have thought a jealous Boris would prove so fun, and sexy.
    “Or it’s not one of the townsfolk at all. Maybe it’s a trap to get y ou to let down your guard.”
    “What are you talking about?”
    “I only know of one guy with the nickname Ghost. Gene.”
    “Gene, your old army buddy? The one you all thought was dead who was harassing Reid?”
    “The one and only. ”
    “But why would he target me? I’ve never even met the man.”
    “How the hell would I know why? The guy’s fucking crazy. Just because Gene and his gang have been lying low since the incident doesn’t mean they’re done. Maybe this is a ploy.”
    “A ploy? To do what? Deprive Reid of the best secretary and personal assistant a man could ask for?”
    “To get at me.”
    Jan blinked. “Get at you? How is leaving me flowers attacking you?”
    “Because.”
    Boris might not say it, but given his actions recently, Jan could guess. In denial or not, Boris cared about her. Cared enough that this Gene person, if he was indeed spying and out for revenge, might think that, by acting against Jan, he’d hurt Boris.
    Awesome. But how to get Boris to admit it? “Or maybe you’re just paranoid. I am single after all. Is it so farfetched to believe a man might want to do something romantic like leave me flowers?”
    “ Until we know for sure, you need protection.”
    “I’ve got protection right here.” She patted her holstered gun.
    “Not good enough. I’m in town for the next few days until the next truck run goes out. I guess I’ll have to stick close to you and make sure there’s no threat.”
    If he’d said it without a moue of distaste, she might have felt a spurt of pleasure, or hope. But no, he had to look as if he sucked a lemon. Jerk. “Oh no you don’t. I don’t need your big clunky moose self getting in my way. Why, if you’re glued to me, however will my secret admirer make his next move?”
    “Exactly.”
    Despite her protests, Boris remained nearby. He glowered from a corner in the warehouse as she ticked off an item list against the most recent delivery. He sulked in a chair in the office as she caught up on email. He shadowed her in his truck as she drove to the grocery store. And when he followed her inside? She made him pay by stooping often to snag items she didn’t really need from low shelves.
    Her antics didn’t result in another impromptu kiss, but they had an effect judging by the simmering heat in his gaze whenever her eyes met his.
    Once she reached her place, as she opened the back of her SUV to grab her groceries, he was there, taking the bags from her.
    “I can carry them myself.”
    “Don’t argue. Open the damned door so you stop making a