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“It, ah, cos”

“Outrageously,” he agreed

“Roarke, we don’t even know each other Outside of the bedroom”

“Yes, we do Two lost souls We’ve both turned away fro else It’s hardly a wonder that fate decided to throw a curve into what had been, for both of us, a straight path We have to decide how far ant to follow the curve”

“I have to concentrate on the investigation It has to be my priority”

“I understand But you’re entitled to a personal life”

“My personal life, this part of it, grew out of the investigation And the killer’s un so that suspicion would swing toward you was a direct response to my involvement with you He’s focused on me”

Roarke’s hand jerked up to the lapels of her robe “What do you mean?”

Rules, she reminded herself There were rules And she was about to break the dressed”

Eve went to the bedroo in front of her “Do you ree that you’d found on the floor?”

“Yes, it upset you”

With a half laugh she peeled out of her robe “I’ve got a rep for having the best poker face in the station”

“I ”

“Really?” She tugged a sweater over her head, re of Lola Starr’s murder He sent me Sharon DeBlass’s as well”

A cold lance of fear stabbed “He was in your apartment”