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“It’s not a question It’s an order,” Eve corrected and repeated it “Got that now?”

“Yeah Um, yes, sir”

“And leave your trained monkey at home”

“Sir?”

“McNab,” Eve snapped, and cut transmission

“Party pooper,” Roarke murmured

“Don’t give me any lip” She rose, pulled her shoulder harness out of the desk drawer, strapped it on “Go do some financial adjustments and point by point analyses”

“Darling, you were listening”

“I’,” she told him, and was annoyed because she wanted to “Stay out of trouble”

He only s down the stairs

She was going to ease her way around the seal instead of breaking through it, he thought There was no reason he should have the same limitations

He strolled down the corridor to a private room His voice and paled

“Lights on,” he ordered “Full”

The rooht, blocked from the outside by the secured privacy screens on the bank of s He crossed the wide squares of tile while the door behind him closed, re-secured

Only three people had entry to this room Three people he trusted without reservation Eve, Summerset, and himself