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“Wouldn’t dream of it,” I reply dryly

Kynan heads to the o to my office It takes only a second for me to pull my laptop out of sleep mode and open up Gmail

Mo “Apple Hickory Pork Loin”

“Perfect,” Ithe cursor to open it so I can print the recipe, but so catches my eye

It’s the eht below

The subject line says, “Naughty Girl”

I focus on the sender The enize it—

It’s the “Naughty Girl” that has er over the track pad and double click to open the email

I quickly scan over the words, and nausea rises within me

You’ve been a very naughty girl, Joslyn Actually hiring someone to try to thwart me But don’t worry I’m not mad about that—more like amused

What pissesto anyone but me

You are mine

And when I finally have you, I’ another man touch you

Until we ain…

He’s co This is proof positive he’d taken the bait It had pissed him off just as Kynan said it would

I should feel relieved Instead, I’m terrified

“Kynan,” I call, raising h he should be able to hear it above the sound of the shower Then I up the volume just a little more “Kynan”CHAPTER 21Kynan“Tell rowl as I pace the interior of Joslyn’s office with lued on me

Bebe’s voice comes to me over the speaker on my phone She’s remote accessed Joslyn’s coas “I’ll try, but I doubt I’ll have any luck This guy has major skills I’m sure he’s used a VPN or even the dark web to obscure his location”