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"Nice shirt," Costa said dryly Then he leaned in fro ain; I could feel hie to lean back, just a couple of inches, to touch his hard chest

The door opened to reveal a baldingmy three-inch work heels, I stood only a hairbreadth under six feet tall The top of Mr Donovan’s shiny head barely reached lasses, which he pushed up as he examined me My worry over how Costa would feel about my outfit faded at the look of blatant interest on Donovan’s face

"I’ve already spoken with the police this

They just left, in fact," he said briskly "I’m afraid I don’t have all day to talk to you people"

"You’re going to have to free more tih behind estured for us to come inside A small bit of sweat beaded on his brow, and I wondered how such a thin man could be hot in this chilly office The room resembled a closet more than a proper office, and the space felt too slanced at Costa He didn’t look uncomfortable Maybe it was just me

"We’re sorry to inconvenience you, Mr Donovan

I’m sure that you have very i htly flirty smile on my face Despite Costa’s heavy-handedness, I was confident that honey would, in this case, net us far her ave me a small smile in return

"I don’t mind, Detective…?"

"Oh, I’rew then dilance

"This is Agent Costa fro my attention fully on the head of security I tossed my hair behind my shoulder and Donovan’s eyes fixed back on irls?"

"I’m sorry, but I don’t have hter in his chair "I’ in the library yesterday afternoon?" I pulled a small notebook and pen out of my inside jacket pocket

"Well, youthe checkout desk yesterday, too We didn’t have any other full-ti, just students hired through the work assistance prograave their names to the other officers"

"Do you routinely keep track of who is working the library, Mr Donovan?" I asked

A nervous laugh escaped him "The officers ere here earlier had ht well be just repeating what other cops had already done, but I couldn’t risk not going through the steps, just in case they’d"If you wouldn’t et the student staff’s names as well"

"Of course"

"We’d also like to speak with Ms Fuller," I added

He frowned "Well, she’s off in a couple of hours She said she didn’t have anyone to cover the desk until then"

"Could you figure so out so we could speak to her? Maybe a student orks in the library could cover for her? I’d really appreciate it" My perfected expression eased into so inappropriate

Red splotches crept up Donovan’s thin neck "If it would help, of course I’ll see if there’s someone here who could cover for her"

He picked up the phone, but before he could dial, I asked, "What about security cameras?"

"I’et for it" He shrugged and Costa and I got up froave the man a small wave as we exited the office and suppressed a smile as he stumbled over his words into the phone

I put my blazer back on when the cool fall air surrounded me, and I walked in front of Costa to the sidewalk that led down into the library As I approached the door, he grabbed rip wasn’t rough, but it was fir o, and his arrazed my breast as his hand fell away I took in a quick breath and glared at him

"What the hell was that?" His voice was cold, but not void of emotion