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She held off the shiver because he didn’t need to know he’d affected her that way He shouldn’t be affecting her that way Her armor—the shield she easily employed with other men—seemed to soften far too easily when he was around

“Business,” she repeated “We have to ress on the leak The news broke on Monday It’s Thursdaythe blabbermouth than I was then”

She’d done a considerable a on her own and had found a couple of proe had arrived, she’d ordered the round check money could buy on every last employee in this company But he didn’t have to know that In reality, she didn’t want him anywhere near her files or ey

His job was to tell her what his connection was to the leak What strings he was pulling Which angles he was playing She needed to uncover every last secret, especially when he looked at her like he was right now, like he wanted to finish what he’d started last night in the gazebo

Because as soon as she handed him over to the authorities, then she could remind herself with cold hard facts that he was the spawn of Satan So that

“It’s a problereed far too easily

Suspicious of his capitulation, she nodded “Right We find the leak and then we can think about pursuing apersonal relationship”

She caressed the terain the upper hand

“Oh, no, sweetheart,” he growled “You have it all backward That orgas of what’s in store for you For both of us It’s an absolute necessity that we start there and then worry about the leak”

His heavy,her Te path, where she craved that pleasure, that connectionelse “That makes no sense”

His intense gaze zeroed in on her and she felt it deep inside, where he’d thoroughly woken up her latent sex drive He didn’t move, didn’t touch her, and somehow that was more powerful than if he had