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Caden shut the draith a quiet sigh Damn! Where else would she hide notes? He spun around to a short filing cabinet Locked, both drawers He reached behind him for a paper clip This wasn’t the first ti cabinet But as he shaped the little scrap of y flooded his senses His fingertips tingled A wave of dizziness and a cold sweat followed Then a distinct urge to pass his fingers in front of the cabinet and focus onback a curse, Caden resisted thethenored thees, they’d dissipate But they were getting stronger

Leaning against Sydney’s desk, Caden focused on twisting the paper clip in the near dark Despite a fued to bend it into the shape he needed Thirty seconds later, the filing cabinet was open A quick prowl proved her files absent of information about Sydney’s source Damn, the little firecrackerthe drawer shut silently, he locked it up, then cast his desperate gaze at her laptop Maybe she kept information there? He booted the machine up, only to be confronted with a proht be

Again, instinct screarip the machine, connect to it with his ain, he refused Instead, he began searching under her desk, inside drawers, for scraps of papers with passwords lying about But as always, Sydney was sharp and organized, and kept her secrets hidden

Tiuess What did he know about her, besides the fact she was gorgeous, smart, and determined? He typed in her birthday, and the system rejected his attempt Only two more attempts before the system locked him out, so he’d better think s travel? Was she excited about Christmas? Did she have any pets? What was favorite color? Favorite food? All coenuinely interested in the answers Christ, he had it bad for her

He’d picked up an anonyo And a well-curved brunette the night before that And still he was hungry, crawling out of his skin for sex But sinceSydney, he was utterly fixated on her This intense attraction had to be ically enhanced He didn’t dare scratch the itch

Focusing on the business at hand, Caden hovered his fingers over the keyboard again Think, think As his fingertips touched down, a wave of energy rolled through hie burst across his brain Cadensexy1 That was her password? Impossible

But in the absence of other ideas, he typed it in Her desktop appeared a fewthat notched up his arousal Not good His fire didn’t need more fuel He couldn’t jeopardize this job He needed it to complete his mission Sex with her would have to reic had revealed her password to him He’d never performed such an act before and feared it

He scohen he searched her co but old stories, uished the flashlight with a sigh Nohat? Figures that Sydney was too s until Monday to move on this mission wasn’t an option Anka was alone, possibly in pain or danger His favorite redhead would be craftingcloser to death That daer around to wield it, but the book in a human reporter’s hands spelled disaster

He had to talk to Sydney Charm her, Bram had said He’d rather not use Sydney that way He liked her too ain her trust

After a quick stop by the office er’s desk, Caden had the information he needed Time to turn on the char, Sydney sipped tea, still fixated on Caden

She fingered the spine of the little red book Aquarius had given her Would it really make her sexual fantasies coically coerce a htest interest in her

With a shrug, she tucked the book away in her nightstand and returned to the kitchen Halfway there, she heard a knock at her door

“Who is it?”

“Caden”

Truly?

She couldn’t run to the door fast enough After fu with the locks, she jerked the door open and stared in surprise

Caden was there, in the fleshand what incredible flesh it was Tight black T-shirt, faded crotch-hugging jeans, and an expression that said he had more on his mind than business

He sed And stared “Is now a bad time?”

“N-no,” she stuttered

After a lingering glance down her body, he sed again “Glad to hear it”

Sydney frowned at his odd behavior, then looked down at herself—and gasped

Her one indulgence was lingerie, of which she earing her latestand skied straps of the caed her shoulders More lace tipped the low-cut V and hugged the swells of her breasts Silk cupped her beneath their curves, just as she’d like his palh the flesh-colored fabric His gaze, his stance, hardened as he stared She wondered what else did, and fought the urge to look down

He had no such hesitation, his gaze traveling over the sheer boy shorts that showed off every inch of her legs Sydney suspected he could see a hint of the fiery hair between, as well

Blast! The sound of Caden’s voice had et she was more than half naked before she answered the door

“Wait here” Sydney jogged away and returned a , she belted the flowing garh to make her decent

“Do you want to come in or stare at me like a mutant in a circus freak show?”

He sed “You don’t look like a freak At all”

That voice of his poured over her likeSydney drank it in, though she wondered if he truly meant it First, a look Now, a compliment Uncharacteristic, to say the least

“Is this a bad time?” he asked “Too early to talk?”

She stepped aside and let hi?”

“Must so for ? Yes “How did you find me?”

Cadenlook mean?