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"What are you reading?"

E in surprise Duncan moved so quietly sometimes, it was as if he appeared froy and she knew she hadn’ton her stomach on the bed with her laptop in front of her, she sneaked a peek through the heavy fall of her hair, watching as he settled next to her and sat cross-legged to ith his own laptop As always, his presence created a strange pressure in her chest, like there was sonized the feeling, even though she’d never experienced it beforeDuncan She was in love Hopelessly, madly in love But he was just sowonderful Not only his looks, though sitting there with his chest bare, blond hair hanging loose over his shoulders, and nothing but a pair of loose, gray sweatpants keeping hih But it was ood man in every way And he was hers She knew that for a fact Duncan kept his ehtly in check most of the time, but not with her He loved her He told her so all the time, and he showed her in ait so to find the space next to her e to discover it was all a dream But he was always there, always ready She smiled to herself

"Em hirinned knowingly at her Not bothering to wait for her answer to his earlier question, he leaned over and scanned the screen of her laptop for himself "Want ads?" He frowned "You don’t need a job"

"Of course I need a job Even if I ently on her shoulder in warning "Even though I’ here with you," she amended, and he kissed the same spot he’d bitten "I still have expenses"

"You can work for me then," he said, as if that settled the matter And as far as he was concerned, it probably did He was so used toeveryone snap to But Emma wasn’t one of his vampires, and she wasn’t a charity case, either

"And what exactly would I do?" she asked skeptically

Duncan shrugged "The saressman you worked for"

Emma snickered at his description of Guy Coffer and asked, "You get a lot of constituent complaints from vampireland?"

"No But I aovern the day You could be ress"

Eard him "Seriously?"

"Of courseWhy not?"

Emma considered it Why not indeed? She was certainly qualified to do so like that, and wouldn’t it chafe Sharon Coffer’s ass to see Eain? She smiled to herself and Duncan chuckled

"That’s a very sinister smile you have there, Emmaline"

"I’ll take the job"

"Excellent," Duncan said, absently ski on his laptop, probably one of the many daily reports he received from his various employees, everyone frouel "We can discusswell, hello there!"

Emma actually looked over to see if someone had walked into their roo on his co up and trying to read over his ar forward to read more closely

Emma sat up "How do you know?"

He indicated the report on his screen "I’ve had so her office She showed up there early this lasses, but it was definitely her Apparently she heard about Max’s untimely death and decided it was safe to come home"

Emma suppressed a flutter of fear "What’s the latest fro it a ho his fa that?"

Duncan snorted derisively "None of Max’s heirs want the authorities digging too deeply into old Max’s extracurricular activities, and especially not his finances They’ve decided to let hi it was only angerher stoave her a searching look and said, "You did the right thing, E to kill you And he did kill Lacey"

"And yet his death bothers you"

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