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He gripped her upper arms, silver eyes gaining a desperate look. “We share information, all of it, so we can solve this. Together.”
She lifted her chin. “Tell me you don’t believe I’m the mole, and I’ll follow your lead.”
“The evidence against you is strong.”
Hurt welled in her belly. He didn’t believe her. “Then arrest me.”
“No.”
“Are you trying to torment me? Is that why you’re dragging this out?”
He said nothing.
“I get it. If I’m this mole like you believe, my people—”
“They’ll execute you!”
“Can’t you believe in me?”
“Magdalena, you are the only one with access to the information in each situation. I need to know how you got involved, and who your contacts are. Then, I’ll find a way to protect you.”
Her contacts… That’s why he hadn’t turned her in. He wanted everyone involved.
All that kissing, those touches… nothing but lies. A GI7 marshal would do and say anything necessary to complete his mission including preying on her desires.
“Where are you going?” he demanded as she turned to leave
“I’m hungry. I’m going to find some place where I can sit and eat in peace, where people aren’t mad at me or accusing me of treason.”
“I’ll go with you.”
“I didn’t invite you.”
“I’m hungry, too.” He tapped his comm. “Better yet, let’s meet in an hour. I have to review a few items with Stenikov before he escorts Sorcha Collins to Ireland.”
“You’re taking her home?”
“Yes. You were right. I ignored the protocols in place. She deserves to be with family after what she’s been through. Dal will have to wait.”
He’d listened to her. Maybe dinner wasn’t such a bad idea after all. “Dinner. In an hour, then.”
“Good. I’m hoping we will come to an understanding.”
“It’s a date then.” She rocked on her heels, straining to hold her enthusiasm in check.
She might never have another chance to spend time with Zirkov outside of work. She wanted to get to know him away from the office and not on an op where people shot at them. Maybe she could chip away at that wall he’d built around himself.
“Not a date,” he said, as stoic as ever. “We will talk about work, nothing more.”
She’d spent enough time with him to know that wasn’t an order, precisely. More like him deciding the course of the evening together, without asking her opinion. She needed to break him of that.
“Yes, work. What else is there? Unless you’d like to hear about my love life.” That topic would take all of three seconds, long enough to confess she had none.
Zirkov’s horns pitched forward like she’d pissed him off.
“You need to loosen up, Z, or you’ll never find a woman.”
His horns relaxed slightly. “What makes you think I’m looking for one?”
