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Maybe finally getting release had exhausted him God knew the man was tireless otherwise
She slipped out of the room and made her way in the dark down the hall Oliver slept on The storcame without thunder, so itthe cat wasn’t disturbed, Margo slipped back to her office She stepped in and eased the door closed behind her before flipping on the desk lamp
Even noork on her mind, she couldn’t coot in her way, like his scent on her skin, the unfamiliar ache ofto play over herin her desk chair, she turned on her laptop and pulled up the internet for a search of car-part dealers in the area
She recalled seeing the brightly colored, expensive-looking rims on the truck they’d followed They were unlike any others she’d seen--that had to ht?
If she could research theht the, she tried to remember exactly what they looked like Time ticked by unnoticed
The search wasard and she had to resort to one-finger pecking to avoid typos
Later, after the sun rose, she’d also check with Yvette to see if the guy who showed up had those wheels then
With single- as she could reht now she had a feeling that so monumental was about to happen
She would solve this case--or maybe irrevocably lose her heart to Dashiel Riske
Either way it went, it would be on her terms
DASH SAW THE LIGHT under her office door How long had she been up? He stood there a fewThe rain caht continually split the dark sky The once distant stor on a keyboard came from inside her office
He didn’t knock, only opened the door and saw her sitting there in deep concentration, the blue glow of the co and curling, left shadows on her high cheekbones He loved her hair, how the wispy little curls touched her cheeks, her forehead, the nape of her neck
Was she upset that he hadn’t used protection? He still couldn’t believe it He never forgot Never
And truthfully, with Margo, he still hadn’t He’d known he should stop her, that he should take over and move her aside so he could roll on a condom
But even before her small hand had wrapped fir the need for protection He wanted nothing between theiven in
He’d conveniently pushed aside his responsibilities and taken her bareback, and God, nothing had ever felt so good Electric, hot, e a little guilty--and oddly horny-- he stepped up behind her, putting one hand on her shoulder "Couldn’t sleep?"
For only a briefher focus "I slept--until the stor That’s the best rest I’ve had in a long while" She turned back to the cory or upset, eased some of his tension He looked at the screen "What are you doing now?"
"Researching those rims"
"From the truck that followed us?"
"Yes I can’t ren, but I know they were colorful and unique"
He’d noticed theh to drive you out of the bed in the ht?
"If I can find the exact riain she looked at hi on his seht have his address"
Nothard He was near her, and that was pretty much all it took But he could offer some help
Dash tipped up her chin, bent to kiss her and said, "Be right back"
She watched hiaze until he’d co on his boxers and grabbing his cell phone, he returned and showed her the photo opened up on the screen
"I took a pic," he explained with a shrug "Just in case"
Eyes widening, Margo took the phone She kept staring at it with disbelief
Dash couldn’t resist s his hand over those dark curls, rumpled from sleep She looked so pretty like this, and daentle Cuddly
It was a good look for her
But then, he also liked it when the shrewd gleaenius"
Her enthusiasm made his heart feel full "I orried I wanted to ed to nab you"
"For once I’lad you worried" She quickly eer screen Once there, she zoo at the rims in better detail
Dash took her arm "Why don’t you let me type for you?"
"What?" she teased "You want to be my naked secretary?"
"I put on boxers"