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"The intruder had been there I was looking for clues when I found those" Hunterevidence

Oh, hell, the stalker

"Ashton had been drinking, okay?"

Hunter’s face turned even more hot-tempered "He forced you? Daet me to do it with him, but I… I knocked him out with a shovel and when he caht?"

"Why didn’t you tell me?"

"Why? No one would ever have believed ! I tried to tell my brother, but he wouldn’t hear of it I’d seen Ashton sallery at one of his special exhibits I thought it was a good opportunity to tell Ashton to go to hell"

"Like you did me?"

"Yeah, well, you deserved it I told Ashton I didn’t want hier He was a bad influence, but it washim I shouldn’t have interfered Not when I saw that Ashton was drunk He left before Michael came home, and we didn’t see him for a couple of weeks He wasn’t pleasant to me after that, but he kept his distance"

Rourke whistled "Hell, a shovel, eh? Good thing you didn’t crack that worthless skull of his in half Not that he wouldn’t deserve it, but you wouldn’t have deserved the consequences either"

Hunter took Tessa’s hand, but she jerked free and folded her arms "Next time you want to ask me a question, do it in a nicer way, and not with a reporter in audience, all right?"

Rourke shook his head "I swear, Tessa, on rave, I wouldn’t breathe a word of this to anyone I swear it Although that worthless piece of shit deserves the bad publicity"

Hunter took Tessa’s ar onto her hands, he scowled, "I don’t often apologize forthe evidence in the shed made me a little crazy"

She wanted to say for so deal? But she bit her tongue, because somewhere deep in thiswith hiave hiy accepted But don’t you dare kill that tapeworm"

"I can’t make any promises" He cast Rourke a look like he better not print a word of any of this

Rourke threw his hands up in capitulation "Secret’s safe with ets in h As if Rourke would ever geta recorder in his face to do an interview Hunter s the saht for this," Tessa warned Hunter, poking her finger against his solid chest

He learned over and cupped her face, gliding his lips over hers, then captured herkiss that pro his forehead against hers "I’ll do led with heat and pleasure, and she wished Rourke hadn’t been here "Hrabbed her hat and Michael’s jacket and gloves "Got to take a look around now that it’s getting dark Keep her inside the house no unfire, don’t let her out of your sight"

"Be careful," she said, her heart in her throat, because no matter how capable he seemed, so awful feelings about this Just like before

Chapter 6

WHY HUNTER HAD JUMPED TO THE CONCLUSION HE had concerning Tessa, he didn’t know Well, yeah, he did She had really gotten under his skin and one thing he didn’t like was being lied to When he had found her panties on top of a shelf of soe had filled hiotten the scenario all wrong, and he wished to hell his wolf instincts had playedof the situation

He meant what he said He wouldhonest when she seeainst him for it But maybe if she stewed about it for a while, she would be ain He wouldn’t blaht up the otten into him? Damn it