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Victor sighed again and stretched his right are of her coat “You know I can’t do that”

She growled The woman would probably freak if she knew he found that sound sexy

“I aer!” Zoe said “You can’t ent Monroe”

He heard the ru around the station for pickup It looked as if he’d arrived just in the nick of ti her out of the station would beher sweet ass off a bus And it would be less memorable, too

“Easy or hard?” Victor asked her

She shot to her feet

Okay, he figured that h

She was trying to hurry toward the boarding area

He rose, pushed back his shoulders and called out, “Sweetheart, I am so sorry” Victor made sure that his voice was plenty loud and would reach everyone in that room

Zoe froze

“I was an ass An absolute, unforgiveable ass” He walked toward her Her back was still to him—and to everyone else in the station Good “But I swear, baby, I will spend the rest of s up to you”

“Aw, isn’t that sweet?” The gray-haired lady to his left said, grinning

Victor gave her what he figured would look like a hopeful smile in return Hopeful, but not cocky

Then he focused on Zoe A still unht now He’d have to deal with that rage soon enough For thethem out of the bus station

He put his hand on Zoe’s shoulder Zoe’s rather puffy shoulder That coat was alain, his voice carried easily

But hers…

“Never,” Zoe whispered Her voice only reached him

“Oh, thank you, baby!” Victor cried out He spun her around—fast—and lowered his head over hers He made sure to cover her with as much of his body as possible and then—

Victor kissed her

For the scene, of course Because he had to s look real for his audience

And not, not because he’d wanted to taste Zoe Definitely not because of that reason He was a professional An FBI agent who took his job seriously

He was just doing a very, very thorough job, that was all

Such bullshit