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"Your boyfriend’s not out there," he said, gesturing with a nod of his head "That other guy’s hardly a threat He’s asleep in his car"

I rolled my eyes Garrett really needed to screen his applicants better

"And what the hell were you thinking, getting into that car?"

"That was you in the shadows?" I should’ve known I really should’ve "Are you just begging to get caught? Because I can callin a blink"

"I have no intention of getting caught Hoas he killed?" he asked, changing the subject rabbed another towel to dry my face

"Was his throat cut?"

I froze How did he know that? "Yes"

"With what?" he asked

"Probably so really sharp" When he didn’t respond, I asked, "Is that what he does?" I stepped out of the shower, and Reyes’s gaze wandered to my lower extre up

"I thought Earl’s MO was to bash people in the head"

"Only when he has an ulterior o back there," he said, lifting a corner of the towel

After slapping his hand, I asked, "Where? Corona?"

He’d grinned when I slapped his hand "Yes"

I took the towel and tried to sop up the dripping water from my hair "I have to The sheriff wants to talk to ed the second towel from me, draped it overHe moved closer, and I couldn’t help but take hold of the jacket he earing For stability purposes

"Don’t go," he said again, only this time it sounded more like an order

"I’ll take it under consideration"

"It’s not a suggestion"

What was it with men and their belief they could order me around? I pushed back the towel and leveled a hard stare his way, trying to decide if I should clock hih I rarely had a steel pipe or an eighteen-wheeler on et to tell er to e visibly, but to his credit, he didn’t say anything else He probably knew payback was a cold hard bitch and ever so slightly overdue

"You look tired," I said, grabbing the towel, "and you need a shower" I turned and left hi in the bathroom, the disappointment in my loins palpable Five minutes later, the shower came on

I dressed in a pair of nice jeans, a caramel button-down, and a killer pair of wraparound Dolce & Gabbana pu school rebel and part naughty librarian It tickled me to know that Cookie salivated every tied from the bathroom in wrinkled yet clean clothes and a s in wet clu his dirty clothes in a knapsack

"Yes, but you still look tired"

His brows rose playfully "Have you looked in the ht I looked horrid Self-induced insohed and surveyed every inch ofarly "You should co

It was an invitation that I felt deep in the pit of odlike and otherworldly, and before I could say no, I took a minuscule step toward him