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"My secretary will email theoodbyes and Julie watched him leave Why did she feel so out of sorts, like she’d been set up?

She tried to dial Luke, but he didn’t answer She felt unco today She didn’t want to cancel lunch with Gina, but maybe they could order in and talk She headed to the lobby to find out

"Hoould you feel about Chinese?" Julie asked Gina as she came up behind her

Gina jumped "Oh, you scared me" She shuffled a few papers and quickly shut a file as she swiveled her chair around to face her boss "I guess I’htly today"

Julie s jumpy It’s not every day a woman walks into our offices and then dies days later"

Gina shoved her hair out of her eyes "I must admit it’s a bit creepy If I were one of the fa questions about her death"

"Did you know she had a twin sister?" Julie asked, leaning a hip on the desk, and wondering just what Elizabeth ht have chatted about in the lobby the day of her visit

"Really? I had no idea"

"Neither did I until she walked up tosohost"

The buzzer on Gina’s desk went off, ringing from the main reception area on the floor above theirs that handled ten attorneys "There is a man here to see Julie, a Luke Walker I sent hio Sorry Would have called sooner but I got busy"

The elevator dinged just beyond the lobby and Julie stood up and s the butterflies in her stoiven her before, to calood, I hope?"

Luke ambled into the room, tall and lean in a pair of black jeans, a black t-shirt and a leather jacket, looking as predatory as a panther on the prowl The instant his eyes touched Julie, sweeping her from head to toe, it was clear she was that prey

"Yes," Gina whispered "Soot over the impact he ood news visit" Like Elizabeth wasn’t murdered and all her paranoia wasn’tGina a polite nod and then fixing Julie with a hot stare from which it was impossible to misread the personal nature of their relationship "I was hoping to steal you away for lunch"

Oh how she wanted to have lunch with Luke, or better yet, have Luke for lunch, but she wasn’t going to forget Gina Not this ti how hoarse her voice sounded, how easily he affected her, and how good he smelled, "My assistant, Gina, and I planned to have lunch today"

"I need to cancel anyway," Gina said quickly, but she didn’t look at Julie "I forgot I have to run an errand at lunch"