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“With me, you get more access. I have the incident report from the night your parents…” I trail off, not wanting to say it. An ache of sorrow moves through me for the little sister he never got to meet. Licking my lips, I go on. “Look, helping you is the only way I can think to make up for my broken promise. Will you let me?”
The shadows in his eyes kill me. As soon as the impulse grips me, I take a step, bringing our bodies close together. I touch his chiseled jaw lightly and press up on my toes to kiss him.
Fox allows it, releasing a low rumble as my lips slide against his. He doesn’t let me in, so I start to pull away, but then he grips my waist and unleashes his storm on me. My heart sings when my back hits the wall of the warehouse as he claims my mouth with a deep kiss that sweeps me up in its possessive force.
This time when I pull back, lips swollen and tender, the shadows have cleared.
We gaze at each other and his thumb moves back and forth at my waist. With a sigh, he rests his forehead against mine. “There’s so much you don’t know still.”
“So tell me. Don’t push me away again. Let me in.”
Fox’s throat works with a swallow. “You want to help so bad? Fine,” he murmurs in resignation. “Just remember—you asked for this.”
Twenty-Two
Fox
Continuing my search for the truth with Maisy at my side wasn’t the plan, but she does everything her way. I almost laugh because I should’ve known better than to try to control her free-spirited nature. Maisy is only controlled by her wild heart.
After leaving the warehouse, I led her to a place to stash her brother’s car. As soon as she slid into the passenger seat of the Charger, my grip tightened on the wheel as my mind jumped back to the last time she was in my car. We drive to the diner near the interstate where I want to stake out a meeting Colt intercepted the details of.
The whole ride over, she had the window down with her arm hanging out to ride the waves of the warm air with her hand. More than once my attention snagged on the old leather bracelet she wears, the one with stones I gave her. She still never takes it off.
“I’ve never been on a stakeout before,” Maisy says after we’ve been parked for twenty minutes. She digs through the glove compartment. “We should’ve stopped for some snacks.”
I run my tongue over my teeth. “Stakeouts usually require quiet and concentration.” I gesture with the hand resting on the wheel to the target. “So keep those pretty lips shut before I find a way to make you be quiet.”
Maisy shoots me a look full of heat at my threat and I bite back a groan. God, this is torture after so many days away from her. The faint scent of sweet coconut on her skin is killing me.
“All right, grumpy.” With an impatient huff, she falls back agai
nst the seat and props one leg up against the door to get more comfortable. “You don’t have to be so bossy.”
“You don’t have to help,” I remind her, trying to find something to distract myself from admiring the length of her toned legs as the hem of her dress lifts higher from her position. “You’re only here because I’m allowing it.”
Letting her in is probably my worst idea ever.
After what she said at the warehouse, I considered that I’d been going about this wrong by pushing her away. She should learn the truth about her parents. Besides, by keeping her close I can keep an eye on her. She’ll either be an asset I can use against her parents, or if she picks them over me I’ll be aware of it before she betrays me again.
My gaze drifts to her for the third time in five minutes instead of where my focus needs to be and I bite down on the inside of my cheek. If she slouches anymore, I’ll be able to see right up her dress. A bolt of heat shoots to my dick. Damn little temptress…
Maisy draws me in with this crazy force made of the fabric of the universe. I drag my teeth over my lower lip and give her a subtle once over, wondering if her habit of forgoing underwear leaves her pussy bare beneath that dress. The last time I had her in my car, I couldn’t stop the fantasies from coming and they’re back in force now as the arousal builds, clouding my head with a hunger for her to ride my cock until she screams for me.
This time the want is even more intense, now that she’s forced her way back into my life, demanding to help after I kept her at a distance. She won’t let me go and it does things to my heart that make it twist around on itself and thump hard.
Blowing out a breath, I rest my hand on the gearshift between us and barely brush my fingers against her smooth thigh while fighting off the desire to drag her across the center console into my lap where I could kiss her.
After a couple of minutes, she adjusts in her seat, bringing her closer to me as she scans the area we’re staking out. “So what are we on the lookout for?”
“I had a tip off for a meeting going down here today. I don’t know who with, so I’m prepared for anything. Whoever it is, I’ll document it.”
“Cool. Got it.”
I consider how dangerous it is to poke the sleeping bear while I hunt for the truth, but she would only prove to me once again that I have zero chances of keeping her out of this anymore.
“When the meeting goes down, I want you to make sure you duck out of sight. You understand?”
She peers up at me. “Why?”
