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I drank in that faint, gorgeously peaceful smile on his face as he looked at me, unsuspecting.
“Let’s tell her,” I said, a thrill tingling over every inch of my skin as I watched the excitement flash in Adam’s eyes. He held his stare on me, the satisfaction spreading his lips till he was hiding his grin behind his hand, which stroked across his jaw.
I knew all he wanted right now was to touch me. Put his hands all over me. But with the office still full, he disguised it, letting that electric gaze linger one more second before he simply nodded.
“Sounds good,” he said in his most professional voice.
I knew it had both of us laughing to ourselves as he walked off.
To be perfectly honest, it had me laughing to myself several times over the next twenty minutes, which probably explained the new nickname Josh MacMillan had for me when he swung by my desk.
“Hey, Giggles. Congrats on Knox.”
I looked up. “Thank you,” I said as he nodded at my garment bag and striped pouch sitting on my desk.
“What’s all this?” he asked.
“A dress. And makeup.”
Josh wagged his eyebrows. “Hot date tonight?”
Technically, I thought, though I answered, “No. Adam’s little sister is in town so we’re going to meet up with her.”
“Got it,” Josh said before lifting an eyebrow. “You gonna invite me?”
“No, Josh,” I snorted. “Is there a reason you’re at my desk, by the way?” I asked.
“Yeah. Adam was supposed to email me the Slater contracts, but then he got drunk with Engelman in the middle of the day and forgot,” he answered. “Can you do your boss’s job and send it to me?”
“Sure.”
Getting up, I went into Adam’s office, leaning over his desk and typing in the password to his laptop that he’d given me years ago for these specific situations. They happened often enough, which was why I knew where everything was organized on his desktop and was able to find the Slater contracts within ten seconds. Once I was done emailing it to Josh, I closed out Adam’s mail window.
But as soon as I did, I saw another window hidden perfectly behind it.
For whatever reason, a chill shot up my spine as I stared at the image in front of me, which was a Facebook picture of a pretty, smiling blonde flashing her tongue and a peace sign for the camera while grilling in some big, suburban backyard.
My eyes shifted to the right of the photo to read her name.
Lyla Townsend.
I could see the first four letters of her name in the seven other tabs open. The next four tabs were both from her Facebook. Then there were two Instagram tabs. The last one was from YouTube and though I told myself not to click on it, I did exactly that.
And what I found was a video of Lyla.
With Knox.
Sean’s first playoff win/Our anniversary!!!
One look at that title and my heart was suddenly pounding, and before I could stop myself, I was Googling “Lyla Townsend Sean Knox.”
The results I got confirmed what was already obvious. She was his girlfriend. His current girlfriend.
And someone Adam clearly had a vested interest in.
Stepping back, I stared at the screen, feeling a sudden pit in my stomach despite my mind racing to give me a dozen explanations.
He was just trying to do research. To know everything he needed in order to land Knox.
