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He raised a brow. “Of course it doesn’t. Come on, be serious for a minute.”
“For a minute,” I said, smirking.
His expression darkened. “Something felt off about her. Why would she suggest transporting you and me here from Zurich when Nemesis arranged for the helicopter?”
“Maybe she took one look at you and couldn’t resist.”
He rolled his eyes, then smirked like I had. “Do you speak from experience?”
“Hardly,” I snapped.
“She’s supposed to join the Swiss task force, for God’s sake. Although…”
“What?”
“Magnet did say some of her previous missions involved being a honey trap.”
I groaned.
“Whether accurate or not, her behavior made me uncomfortable to the point of wanting to ask to have her removed from the op.” His eyes met mine. “Just so you know, female agents don’t come on to meall the time, Ver. I’m here to do a job?—”
“Ah, you remember?”
He shook his head again. “You just love busting my balls, don’t you?”
I wrinkled my nose. “Such an American expression.”
“I spent a lot of time there.”
“That’s right. A lengthy stint with the CIA.” I dug into my food, and he did the same.
“I also did private security work for a brief while. With the same firm that employs Reaper, in fact.”
“Why’d you stop?” I asked.
“Honestly? It was boring.”
“So back you came to MI6.”
“Yeah. You know, I have a lot of respect for Z too.”
“I wonder if there’s been any update.”
He pushed his chair back. “I’ll take a look.”
“I can do it.”
He raised a brow when I took another bite of food rather than stand too.
“Sorry, haven’t eaten today,” I muttered.
Zeppelin nodded, then studied his mobile’s screen. “Nothing yet.” He lifted the final dome. “Ready for dessert?”
“Maybe in a bit.”
“Right. I’ll message Nemesis about Schön, then shall we get to work?”
I much preferred to work alone, whereas Zeppelin seemed the type to collaborate. “I’m going to read through the AMPS briefs one more time, just to see if anything different pops out at me.”
