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“Peabody! Move your ass!”

“You better go” He smiled as Eve’s irritated voice boomed up the stairs “I’ll catch you later”

And because he was feeling lucky, he cru

shed hisuntil the kiss broke with a wet, sexy sound

Peabody stuered out the door

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Eve grabbed a cup of coffee and was forced to settle for an energy bar as the candy thief had hit her again The first chance she got, she was setting a trap for the sneaky bastard But at the moment, she had other priorities

She caught the glide to the interview area and picked up Feeney on the way

“This guy likes to role play,” Eve began “I don’t want to give him the chance to latch onto a character type Let’s mess with his rhythm”

“I want to be bad cop this time”

“Feeney, you’re—” She stopped, sniffed the air “What’s that smell?”

Feeney hunched his shoulder “I don’t s bad cop” He said it so decisively, Eve rolled her eyes, then shrugged

“Okay, fine I’ll start off being pleasant and reasonable, then we’ll ja the air like a bloodhound as other cops and Central personnel streareen,” she decided “Like a salad”

“I don’t knohat you’re talking about Let’s keep focused, okay? A guy whips hell out of soot a temper Let’s see if we can heat it up”

“Fine” As they stepped off the glide, she leaned in, sniffed at Feeney “Hey, it’s you”