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“He doesn’t need to know,” he assured her “The investigation into Rachel’s past has nothing to do with the job he’s been briefed on It’s a good idea to keep it that way”

Her shoulders slu relief “Do you want e fro?”

“Not right now Ryan and I can narrow it down We’ll call you in e find soic and clean up the io on Sooner we close this investigation, sooner we can focus on more important stuff”

“Like wooing Rachel?” She waggled her eyebrows at Harvard

“Yeah, and eli the threat to her”

Elle nodded solemnly “That too”

Glancing back at Rachel’s door, he lowered his voice “Keep an eye on her Don’t let her out of your sight I don’t like that soh to slip a photo into her handbag If she goes to the restroom, you follow If she bitches—and she will—tell her it’s the team leader’s orders”

“If I tell her that, you can definitely kiss goodbye to a repeat of whatever you did to get that hickey Just saying”

“Don’t worry about me I can handle Rachel”

Elle snorted “Famous last words, huh?” she said to his back as he let himself out of her office

After taking the elevator down to the baseray corridor and let hi his pass One that Ryan had helpfully coded for full access to all areas of TayFor

The security hub sat opposite the IT department, and both were overseen by the head of security, Terrance King, athe police force over a decade earlier Security and IT were definitely King’s doet it Which was one of the reasons Harvard had co for the man

He was easy to find, standing right in thethe wall of screens over the shoulders of his staff ere tasked withthe their boss at their backs

Although the former police officer was in his fifties, Terrance kept hi at the teave hienerically handsorandfather version of Ken Doll

Glancing over his shoulder at Harvard, he frowned “You could have given e”