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Robin’s face scrunched up, and he knew she wasn’t buying his poor excuse either. “Maybe what you need is some more time to think things through.”
“No, I just want to take things slow. Robin?” He pushed to his feet as she strode for the door with her purse and grabbed her hand. “Don’t go.”
She looked back at him and twisted her arm out of his grasp. “You’re saying one thing and doing another, Harper. Today has been stressful and I’m tired. You said you wanted to take things slow, so why don’t you take tonight and think about what you really want? Hm?”
Harper opened and closed his mouth.
He always had something to say, except now.
Robin quietly left his room and closed the door behind her, all while he stood there staring at where she’d been.
An ache pulsed in his chest, deep and unsettling.
“Damn it,” he groaned.
That could have gone a hell of a lot better.
What was wrong with him?
One of the reasons Zora had wanted him for this job was his ability to think on his feet. And now he had nothing.
Fucking hell.
His phone rang, and he knew without having to look it was one of the guys in the surveillance van.
They were probably having a grand time laughing at his sorry ass right about now.
Harper pulled out his phone and breathed a slight sigh of relief that it was his Team Leader Logan and not Samuel or Baruti.
“Yeah, TL?” Harper said by way of a greeting.
“That was a train wreck.”
“Was it? Because I thought it went kind of well.”
Logan snorted.
“Nah, that was a shit show.” Harper scrubbed a hand over his face. “Signal clear?”
“Loud and clear,” Logan confirmed.
“Do we have any idea where she was all day?” Harper really was worried. No one had visuals on her or the slightest idea where she might have vanished to.
“Baruti was able to find out that Robin’s friend? That Jessica girl? She’s in Miami.”
“Oh. Good.” The last of Harper’s stress drained away, but only for a fraction of a moment. “Wait, that’s not good.”
All different kinds of scenarios flitted through his mind. He didn’t know Jessica and Robin hadn’t talked about her at length, but he knew what could happen when two driven, intelligent women got together.
What did they have planned? And how far would it go?
Chapter Fifteen
Wednesday.PearlPalaceLuxuryResort, Miami, FL.
Robin wiggled her toes in the plush carpet as she stared at her bedroom door. It was past nine, and the house was quieter. She’d heard Harper’s door open and close a few times, but he didn’t seem to be in the villa any longer. At least he hadn’t gone back into his room and she hadn’t seen him when she peaked out of her window onto the patio. He also hadn’t tried to talk to her again last night.
What the hell was going on with him?
