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Jack

Jack checked his Rolex as the cab pulled curbside next to Eva’s apartht

He wouldup to her place to continue their lessons in seduction¸ but he was accustoears quickly It was part of what otiation table He didn’t have asthe seek-and-destroy part of hiht noas ready to tear the son of a bitch who had broken into Eva’s apartment to pieces with his bare hands

What if Eva had been home? Alone? What would the bastard have done to her?

The thought was enough to make Jack’s jaw clench and his hands ball into fists at his sides

Eva’s aparthtly lit lobby, and an address in one of the best neighborhoods in the city One of the safest, too—Antonio had made sure of that That safety ca, but Antonio had spared no expense where his little sister was concerned The day they’d closed on the aparto, he’d had a team install a top-of-the-line security systeht the cameras in every room were overkill

But now, as he stepped onto the sidewalk to greet the police, he wondered whether Antonio’s instincts had been spot on

“Were you the officer American Security sent to follow up on the break-in?” he asked the young policeainst a squad car

The baby-faced cop stood up straight and waved hi, sir This is an active criht now”

Jack’s jaw clenched Ordinarily, the kid cop’s tough-guy act would have loosened the sharper edge of his tongue But tonight he needed answers—fast—and there were tiar “Look I’m Jack Bennett, Miss Fiorini’s friend I’ve known her since she was a girl, and I ith her when she got the call that there’d been a break-in I didn’t want her co here until I made sure it was safe I’m worried about her and would appreciate any information you’re able to share”

The other ot two little sisters”

Jack nodded, though he certainly wasn’t thinking about Eva in a sisterly fashion any ht

“It’s safe,” the cop continued “The perp got away, but we’ll need the resident to deter I’ot so far”

Valentinedoors to where the doorray hly spooked “Nothing like this has ever happened here before,” he said as they approached “Been here ten years, and we’ve never had a break-in”

Well, that makes sense This place is like Fort Knox If the intruder was a junkie looking for soet his next fix, there were about a et into