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He let out a sigh Ryan was right “Okay, just install caain But I have a bad feeling about this whole thing, and I’ Rachel come back here”

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?She isn’t alone,” Ryan said “We’ve got her back She et practice if she finds out we’re looking out for her, but she’s still one of ours”

“Yeah You’re right”

“Wait,” Ryan said “Can you say that again? I need to hit record first”

Harvard hung up and turned to fix his coffee There was no denying soht affect the job they were on And Harvard didn’t want his tea, which meant he had to talk to her about it

It would be easier to squeeze blood from a stone

Chapter Seven

Just before lunch, when Rachel had given up on her PA ever turning up for work, she bounced through the door to her office

“Should I have knocked?” Elle Roberts, Benson Security’s resident hacker, said “Do PAs knock when it’s their own boss’s office? I’ve never been a secretary before Guess I’ll have to o How do I look?” She held her ar this outfit Office Minnie”

She was dressed in a full red skirt, à la nineteen fifty It was covered in white polka dots and tealove She’d buttoned it right up and wore it as a top, with a silver Minnie Mouse brooch pinned to it There was a black and white polka dot bow in her bright red hair, which, if Rachel wasn’tTo finish the outfit off, Elle wore reading glasses with cat-eye-shaped frames

“I thought the glasses made me look more secretarial” Elle was obviously proud of herself

“I would never in a million years hire a PA who came to work dressed like that,” Rachel said

“I know” Elle looked particularly pleased “It will help our cover We aren’t supposed to get on People will take one look at you in your boring black Gucci dress and me in this awesome outfit and instantly know that there’s no e’re best buds” She grinned at Harvard, who’d gotten out of the seat he’d been parked in allto offer it to Elle “I rock,” she told him as she plopped into the vacated chair

“I’ more coffee,” Harvard said with an amused shake of his head “Want some?”