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She s you crazy?"

"Sometimes"

"You’re a lucky man, Joe Larson," she said "You have a family most people would envy"

His expression turned fro this conversation with her She also knew that he wasn’t co away fro to keep safe

"Oh, I have to adaze lasered in on her face "Like what?"

"Having power over an ex-SEAL"

One eyebrow rose "Not in this lifetio anywhere, can you?"

She moved closer, then circled around hirinned His eyes narrowed

"Ever hed "You hardly have to ask Nearly every detail of e the president’s daughter co to take on Now back to you What happened to the little woht months at a ti"

Yet other h He had a body that was near godlike in its perfection When he forgot to act as though he had a stick up his ass, he was okay to talk to So why no entourage of wo on him? Why did he always act as if he would rather be soht?" she asked, pretending a seriousness she didn’t feel

Fury erupted in hiy and the heat, but his control was impressive Not by a flicker of a lash did he react to the insult "What do you think?"

"I think your past couldstory But don’t worry I won’t ask you There are plenty of folks around here ould like nothing roaned

"Oh, yeah," she said with a laugh "The hell of family Why is it so hard for you to be with the to have"

"Why not?"

"The subject doesn’t interest me"

But it interested her Why did he resist such a wonderful group of people? From what she’d seen in the past two days, all that the Marcellis wanted was the freedoive to have a piece of that for herself

"I can help you with this," she said

"No, thanks"

"Oh, but you don’t have a choice We’re trapped here, and I could use a distraction" She didn’t et to be an expert?" he asked

"I’m not Those who can, do Those who can’t, teach That’swith your fa You can thank aze narrowed "This is a joke, right?"

She arched her eyebrows "Maybe Maybe not"

Thethat he would rather have an arm cut off than deal with her and the Marcellis Not that he had a choice Neither of the anywhere, and she was in a position to force her will on hihter didn’t seee noted She squirhtened, then bounced to her feet

"I didn’t knohat those agents wanted when they ca of coffee Paige offered "I thought it was about the spy stuff"

"What spy stuff?"

Mia rolled her eyes "They keep asking me to be a spy Is that crazy or what? I e asked "Do you know?"

Mia shrugged "I do languages Givethat language Give me three months and I can talk like a native It’s es areI try to pick up a couple every year, you know, just for fun"

As Paige had struggled with high school Spanish and barely passed, she didn’t knohat to say "Good for you Did you accept any of the offers?"

Mia wrinkled her nose "No I just graduated fro with the State Department in Septe to spend it traveling with Ian Are you guys going to kill hihed "No We want to find out ot wide "Why is she here?"

"There was a kidnapping attempt on Lauren They took Darcy by uys picked this place to hide her But it’s good I mean, the Grands will love her to death I know they always "