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“I’m the wrong person to ask then,” she told him. “The last I heard, Sheriff Mayes was investigating that case, not me. ”
His gaze flickered as another smile threatened to curl his lips.
“So he is. ” He nodded. “But men like to share things in the dark with their lovers. And you were related to the twins and their grandmother. I was hoping you could tell me more than he has. ”
She leaned forward, eyes narrowed as her gaze locked with his.
“If you want information, Agent Cranston, then go to the source. I’ve never seen you as a man that likes to pussyfoot around anything; don’t start playing that game now. And while you’re at it, stop with the little innuendoes concerning your suspicions about my relationship with the sheriff. It’s not your business, nor is it anyone else’s. Now, if you have no further questions, I have a bar to run. ”
She rose to her feet, turned, and stepped into a hard male chest that blocked her way.
Damn her temper. Her eyes shot up to stare into Zeke’s annoyed brown eyes as he stared over her head at the agent. If she had been paying more attention, she might have suspected he was there. She realized he must have been there for at least the latter part of the conversation because the agent’s eyes had continually flicked over her shoulder as Cranston fought a smile.
“What are you doing here?” Pushing back from him she tried to still her heart rate, tried to still her hopes.
As Cranston had said, Zeke had never publicly claimed a woman. Had he come here for her or for more information?
His gaze flicked to hers. “Why shouldn’t I be here?”
Great, he was in one of his uncommunicative moods. Answering a question with another question, his gaze flat and hard, his expression honed and savage. She had a feeling he wasn’t there to put his handcuffs to use again. At least, not in the way she would have preferred. Guess that answered the question of whether or not he was there to see her.
“I’ll just let the two of you have your little male-bonding time then. ” She smiled back
at him tightly. “If you wouldn’t mind though, before you leave, I’d like to know what you’ve learned about Grandmother Walker. If you can find the time for me, that is. ”
His brow arched. She hated the arrogance in that smooth, practiced shift of his expression.
“I didn’t come to talk to the rabid little leprechaun,” he told her, referring to the nickname the Mackays had given the agent. “I came to see you. ”
She was certain she didn’t hide her surprise.
“Really?” She couldn’t contain her surprise, either. “Why?”
His gaze heated, moved over her face, touched upon the smooth tops of her breasts that rose above the bodice of the bustier that she had paired with a thin violet silk blouse, a leather skirt that almost showed too much, and over-the-knee black leather boots.
The look in his eyes had heat flooding to her cheeks. For a second she could feel the handcuffs around her wrists again, his hard hands on her thighs as he held her legs apart, and the touch of his tongue at her clit.
Wet heat flooded her pussy, her clit swelled, and her nipples pressed demandingly against the lace of her bra.
“Good-bye, Cranston. ” Zeke’s voice was deeper, rougher as he settled his hand at the small of her back and he moved to her side. “Tell the Mackays I said hello. ”
The hand at her back prodded her to move ahead of him. Surprised, uncertain, Rogue allowed herself to be led toward the bar’s exit before she turned to him with a frown.
“I can’t just leave, Zeke. ” She hadn’t spent enough time there as it was. Working at the restaurant to help Janey out and then struggling to put in enough hours at the bar to keep it running smoothly had her stretched pretty thin for the past six months.
“Jonesy’s still here,” he growled. “Leave a message with one of your bouncers that you’ll check back in later. We need to talk. ”
The chill in his tone had her spine tingling with warning. Looking around, she caught sight of Ronnie, one of the older bouncers, and waved him to her.
“Let Jonesy know I’ll be out of the bar for a while,” she told him. “I don’t know when I’ll be back, but I want him in my office tomorrow at noon. ”
Ronnie nodded his dark head quickly, though his hazel eyes were suspicious as he glanced at Zeke. “I’ll let him know, Miss Walker. ”
Zeke caught her hand then, twined his fingers with hers, and led her out into the night.
The feel of his hand holding hers did things to her that she didn’t want to delve too deeply into. She felt a band of emotion tightening around her heart and a fragile flame of hope burning within her.
He had come to the bar for her. He had taken her out of the bar while damned near every customer in the building had watched them.
