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He shook his head “She wants to talk in person”

Rachel’s shoulders slumped “If I run out on this, I won’t need to worry about what the blacko see what she wants and call if you need me”

His wide hand clasped her neck “I don’t like leaving you alone I’ll call Ryan”

“Oh, please, no Saet food on the dresses, or I’d beat hiun”

His lips quirked as his eyes twinkled with aun? You know it shoots bullets, right?”

“It was brought to ht have soet”

“Rachel,” he purred her na, “we really need to deal with this violent streak of yours”

“But not today Now go I’ll be fine Once we’re finished here, I’ll take a cab back to my place or over to Benson Security if I’m needed In the meantime, I have Mother and Sa her eyes at the thought of how useful either of them would be in a crisis

He lowered hisher dizzy and swaying in place while he sauntered out of the boutique

“Rachel,” her mother called, “you’d better not have left”

With a sigh, she returned to the fitting room

Chapter Thirty-One

“We found a shadow of information in the metadata files of the thumb drive itself,” Elle told Harvard once he was in the IT room at Benson Security “Whoever deleted the ot to write over the space in the trash area to wipe it out entirely”

“Or,” Harry said, looking like he hadn’t slept in days, “they didn’t know enough to clear out the trash storage area too”

With a nod of thanks, Harvard took the coffee Joe offered hiot?”