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For once, the experience of so,” she said as she turned in his arainst his shoulder, feeling his arms around her

“Whatever you want” He nuzzled her temple

As the h her, Rachel let herself be transported into an alternate dimension where she didn’t always have to be in control A place where there was no need to be on her guard or constantly proving herself to people who should have already figured out how capable she was Here, in this moment, with the music and the man, she could just be Rachel

And she found she liked it very much

They danced until close tovery rateful She didn’t see the need to dissect the evening They’d coet used to each other, and that’s what they were doing The last thing she wanted was any co Harvard hadn’t noticed

When he walked her to their taxi, Rachel found herself leaning into his touch instead of away from it And they sat close beside each other all the way back to Kensington Neither of the

They made their way downstairs to their bedroo their doors

“Successful night,” Harvard said, his hands stuffed deep into the pockets of his jeans,her He’d reached for her so frequently throughout the evening that it ale to have any distance between them now

“I’lad,” Rachel said “Hopefully, people won’t have any suspicions about our fake relationship now”

“Hopefully” His sht, Rachel”

She put her hand on her door and hesitated “You know, it ain—once or twice Just towe can to maintain our cover”

He didn’t turn back to her, but she could have sworn he was s “Say the word, and I’ll take you anyti for the mission, you know that”

“Exactly” Rachel walked into her room and quietly closed the door behind her

Chapter Twelve

Over the next week, Rachel found she’d settled into a kind of routine with Harvard They went dancing whenever she asked him to take her—purely to help them maintain their cover, of course She let hi the day, he wandered in and out of her office at rando who knohat the rest of the ti his skill for obtaining infor