Rock Your Body: A BWWM Romance by Susan Westwood Read Free Book Online

could think about it.
    Her phone woke her up in a bad place in her cycle. She couldn’t shake off the sleepiness. But it wasn’t a phone call. It was a test of the burglar system at the client’s house.
    She should have turned off her phone.  Damn. She did then attempted to get back to sleep. After a half an hour of tossing and turning, she gave up.
    Putting  clothes back on, she changed Kelly’s sheets then went to the office to finish her report on Colin’s employees. She yawned the whole afternoon but she completed it. She sent an email with the attachment to Colin and then asked when he could meet her.
    She received a reply back that his appointment that afternoon had canceled and that he had something to show her. She locked up the office and drove back to Colin’s house. Her yawning wouldn’t stop.
    The only good thing about not sleeping much was that she didn’t have her dream.
    The workmen were gone when Tamra go there. Kelly had packed up and Tamra bet she was heading home. No odd musicians accosted Tamra when she rang the doorbell.
    Colin opened the door still dressed as he had been when she left that morning. He still wore no shoes, his pale feet coming out of the bottom of his jeans. Did he own any footwear?  She hadn’t seen any yet.
    “Hi, Tamra.”
    His smile was large for her, making it almost creepy. It revealed straight white teeth inside of very pink lips for a guy. She paused then entered the house. Had she met him in a bar she never would have spoken to him.
    Not that she frequented bars at all. Not since her ex-boyfriend. No need to go to a meat market if you aren’t buying meat.
    “Hello, Colin. I’ve got the preliminary report on all of your employees. I won’t get the police report back for another day or so.”
    “I got another letter.”
    She stopped in the hallway. “In the mail?”
    “No, it was dropped off earlier today.”
    “Did you tell Kelly?”
    “No, she’d left.”
    “So there should be footage on the cameras she set up. Let me boot up my laptop and I’ll go look.”
    “Do you mind working in the kitchen? I’m making some dinner. I got bored since my appointment was canceled”
    “Sure. Whatever.”
    She set up in the same placed she’d spent the night. That was easier since she thought she’d get lost in the giant house. Six bedrooms. Wow. Clicking a few keys she was able to bring up the footage from the front door.
    “What time do you think it arrived?”
    “I’m guessing around three. Kelly left by two thirty.”
    “Okay. I’ll fast forward to then.”
    She stopped at two thirty on the time stamp and watched nothing happen for fifteen minutes.
    “Can I get you a glass of wine?”
    She was concentrating so that felt like an odd request. “Uh, no .”
    “You sure?”
    She paused the video then tore her gaze from it. “I’m working. We might actually have a lead on who could be stalking you.”
    “Right. So no time for dinner?”
    She blinked. “What?”
    “You can’t eat dinner?”
    What is it with this guy and food? He was obsessed. How did he stay so skinny? Drugs? She hadn’t seen him high. She knew what that looked like, growing up on the streets of Newark. “Uh, I’ll get something when I get home.”
    “I have extra.”
    She knew this was going to escalate and she was in no mood for an argument. She was too tired. “I’ll take some food then.”
    “You aren’t curious what I’m making?”
    “If I didn’t have to cook it, I’m sure it’ll be fine.”
    He laughed. “Okay. Go back to your video.”
    ***
    Colin went back to stirring the pot of pasta he was cooking. Everyone liked spaghetti. That’s why he cooked it when he knew Tamra was coming over. Too bad he didn’t think the way to her heart was through her stomach.
    She didn’t even seem that interested in eating.
    His phone rang. His assistant. “Hey Roger. What’s the good news? The appointment still on for tomorrow?”
    “Yes, you have an appointment with Perfumery