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She must be worried "It’ll never be traced back to us"

"What about Tony’s father?" she persisted

"Once the cops run his dental records or fingerprints, they’ll notify the faht even send someone down to speak to us We just have to act surprised and stick to the story He left after thewas easy for hiht break under the pressure

Surprisingly his words see effect Her shoulders loosened as they continued driving "Do you think his father will coed "Maybe"

She bit her bottom lip but kept her eyes on the road He stared hard at her for a y, nervous He didn’t like it, but she wasn’t used to getting her hands dirty Not this way It explained her behavior

When she glanced at hi her s were finally starting to fall into place

Kat opened her eyes and groaned inhad died in hersweet last night What had she been thinking?

Struggling to sit upright, she tried to clear herand that was the proble Jayce in the flesh Well, hurt lanced down and realized she wore a pair of Jayce’s old jogging pants She’d snagged them when she left Miami His smell wasn’t on them anymore, but she still liked to wear them Pathetic

Once she made it to her bathroom, she brushed her teeth and washed her face The cool water splashing against her skin did little to otten rid of the foul taste in her mouth

When she opened her bedrooered in the air She knew she hadn’t preset the pot the night before Maybe December had done it before she’d left

Kat froze in the entrance of the kitchen With his back to her, Jayce stood by the stove A jug of orange juice, two cups, and two plates sat on the center island

"About tilared at his back as she strode into the rooet in? I know I set the alarm"

"You have the same code you did in Miami" He shook his head and finally turned to face her When he did, she could see the scrah, but with Jayce in the same room, her nipples instantly hardened God, she felt like Pavlov’s dog or soht out a certain response in her no matter how much she wanted to deny it Her body simply came alive when he was near She crossed her arms over her chest "That still doesn’t explain what you’re doing here"

"I’ for you" His explanation was so matter-of-fact, as if that should explain why he was at her place completely uninvited As if this were a normal occurrence

Pain throbbed in her head and his presence only h, and she didn’t want to argue Not before her coffee Bypassing the orange juice, she went straight for the near-full pot of coffee After adding a little crea that s at her He never said anything he didn’tthose words on his lips was too aze was also tooto a in her ho her knees weaken, she hurried to the other side of the center island and sat on one of the stools "I thought you said you were here to see Liam So why are you at -Cordona pack, but I arrived early to see you…to spend tiine why"

"Oh, can’t you?" More than sarcase to his voice Not directed at her exactly, but she knew his h

"I’veelse to say to each other" When he didn’t respond, she sighed and pushed heraway The hot liquid sat heavy in her stomach "What do you want, Jayce?"

"To have breakfast with you" He turned the stove off and moved the pan off the burner

She relaxed a little at his words Breakfast she could deal with Anything else, not so ht ere…" He trailed off in an uncharacteristicas on his mind