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ALISON
Icontinuedtohopefor the chance to blow the whistle on wrongdoing in the military right up until the next day, when I officially received my assignment.
I couldn’t believe my bad luck. Out of all the military branches and departments, I had been assigned to investigate the Navy SEALs.
Things went from bad to worse when I walked into the office of the noncommissioned officer I’d been instructed to meet with and saw that it was Brian Clark.
Fuck.
He looked up at me, his eyes widening. “Alison?”
“Hi,” I croaked. Not wanting to sound timid or overwhelmed, I paused to recollect myself.
“What are you doing here?”
“I’m the analyst,” I managed a quick, professional smile. “You were not informed I would be coming?”
“The FBI analyst.”
“That’s right.”
“That’syou?” He cocked his brow.
I was a little annoyed. “Who were you expecting?”
“I don’t know. Someone older.”
“Okay, well, surprise.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t realize you were with the FBI!”
“I told you I was working for the government.”
“You told me you were working with the government to try to make your father proud. What does Henry think of this assignment? Does he know you’re investigating the SEALs?”
“Excuse me?”
“This is a damn brotherhood. There was no way he would be okay with that if he knew.”
How could this be the same guy I’d hit on at the bar? He had been so muchfunthe other night.
Of course, I was probably more fun at the bar than I was today.
And it was for the best. Finding out I would be investigating the SEALs was hard enough, given the conflict of interest with my dad. I didn’t need to think about Brian Clark’s tight butt and muscular thighs while trying to get my job done.
I lifted my chin. “Maybe we shouldn’t talk about Dad.”
“Sure,nowyou say that.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
He sighed. “Nothing. Do you want to come into the conference room?”
“You don’t have an office or something?” The conference room was separated from the rest of the office by a solid glass wall. I would feel totally on display in there.
Brian gave me a grim smile. “I’m afraid you’re not going to get me to usher you right into my office, Alison.”
“It doesn’t matter what room I work out of,” I said. “I will need to look through the same files regardless.”
