Page 28 of Recklessly Yours

“What?”

“I blocked the number on Hattie’s phone. If he’s watching her and notices that when he sends a text, she doesn’t check her phone, he’ll catch on and want to purchase a new one.”

“That’s a long shot.”

My stomach knotted painfully. “Maybe,” I said, “but it’s what we have right now. He risked setting those flowers outside her door, so why not this? Maybe we’ll get lucky.”

“I’ll reach back out to the manager tomorrow. It wouldn’t hurt for them to keep us in the loop.”

“Thanks, man. I narrowed down the list of names Hattie and I created this morning.” After she went through the original list, I moved the ones who lived close to the top and removed those who no longer lived in the state. “Getting ready to send it over.”

From here, we’d split the names and do a deep dive into each one to see if we could connect one of them to the gas station where the burner was bought or the Toyota Corolla that had followed her last night.

“Okay. I’ll check back in tomorrow.”

Just as I ended the call, my phone buzzed with a notification from my camera app. Someone was approaching the front door. I double-checked to confirm it was Logan, then stood and strode for the front door.

HATTIE

“I hate you right now.”Savannah sighed and sat back in her chair, crossing her arms.

“Me?” What did I do? She hadn’t been upset when I changed the location of our girls’ night.

“Now there’s a second one, and he’s even hotter.” Her lips turned down into a pout.

I shifted so I could peer through the open doorway without being obvious and assessed the guy standing in Dylan’s kitchen drinking a beer. Yeah. He was good-looking. I had to give Savannah that, but in no world would I say he was hotter. The guy was tall, but Dylan had at least two inches on him. And although they were both fit, Dylan had a leaner, more defined build.

I locked eyes with Dylan, only then realizing I’d been caught checking him out. His mouth lifted into a smirk that made my cheeks flush all over again. Quickly, I turned back to the girls.

Savannah was sitting ramrod straight in her seat, grinning and beckoning the guys out here with one finger.

“What are you doing?” I whisper-yelled.

“Getting an introduction.”

Head dropped back, I groaned. Why had I thought this was a good idea?

Dylan appeared with his friend on his heels. “Did you need something?”

“Yes.” Savannah ran her tongue along her bottom lip seductively.

Irritation flared inside me. Jesus. How was I even related to her? If our parents one day told us that she had been adopted, I doubted any of us would be surprised.

Savannah nodded at the mystery man. “Wanted you to introduce me to your friend.”

Funny how she didn’t sayus.

“I would love to.” Dylan broke into a Cheshire smile, his eyes twinkling with mischief.

What was he up to?

“This is Logan.” Dylan thumbed over at the guy, then pointed to my sister. “And this is Savannah.”

She scooted over and patted the spot beside her. “Come sit, Logan.”

Eyes widening, Logan glanced over at Dylan, who only smirked.

“Come on, I promise I don’t bite.” She puckered her lips into a pout. “Unless you’re into that, then I totally bite.”

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