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“I expect you will. But there I am, Saturday night, so worked up and all alone.”
He sat back in his chair and picked up a fry on his plate. As if he couldn’t get that close to her and talk, let alone think about what he’d left.
“Did you do what I think you did?”
“Did you?”
“You first,” he said.
“You want to play that way?”
“I always play that way.” His eyebrows lifted, his gaze burning right through the top of her dress, her nipples hardening and triggering a twitch between her legs.
He was going to be dangerous.
Very, very dangerous.
“Then I’m going to hold you to that also. And to answer your question, I did. No need to even open a drawer.”
She took another bite of her salad after all but laying it out there what she did and what she had if she needed it.
“Damn. Good to know.”
“Your turn to answer the question, Detective.”
“I think you know that answer.”
“Ah, but in a court of law, the person must confess without all the facts.”
He laughed. “You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?”
“As much as you.”
“Then yes. I confess.”
She picked her napkin up and wiped her mouth, then set it on the table. She didn’t have much more time and this would signal the check to be brought over.
“So there I am, thinking of that also. Sunday morning rolls around and I should feel more relaxed.”
“But you’re not?”
“Almost more wound tight. I got to vent to Regan. More like whine.”
“I don’t think you whine about much in your life,” he said, his napkin following on the table. His sandwich was gone at this point anyway. “I think you just go right after it even harder.”
“Then I’m glad to know we are on the same page there.”
He laughed. The sound shooting arrows of pleasure through her veins, making her wish they were anywhere but here.
Hell, the courthouse room had more privacy than they had now.
“Time to flip the page. Continue.”
She paused when the bill was brought over, reached for it before him, was glad he didn’t fight for it, then put her card in the billfold.
“Did that hurt you right there?”
“Nope. I’m a progressive man. You asked for this date, if you want to pay, that’s fine.”
