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It was a threat.
I had to put that device in his computer system within the next three hours or me and my friends would be toast.
When time ran out, the creatures would turn up.
I shivered again.
They would be here.
Which meant they were probably somewhere close by already.
I clenched my hands but I was no longer in possession of my clutch purse. The floor was. I grabbed it and squeezed it tight.
A knock came at the door.
This time, I almost dropped the communicator.
I shouldn’t be trusted with electronics.
“One second!” I said.
I accessed the communicator’s settings and switched the noise and vibration settings off. Then I shoved it back under the mattress, got to my feet, and smoothed down my dress.
I cleared my throat.
“Okay,” I said. “Come in!”
The door squeaked as it opened.
Kal stood framed in the doorway. His broad shoulders took up the entire space. And these were not small doors.
His eyes scanned the room.
“I heard a noise,” he said. “Are you all right?”
Probably me practicing my pitch with the purse.
“Fine,” I said, my throat giving out. “Fine.”
He performed one more sweep of the room before settling on me.
This is it, I thought. Showtime.
I thrust one hip out and pressed a hand to it. I let the other arm hang by my side. I crossed my legs so they looked longer (apparently) and sucked in my cheeks to make my face slimmer.
I wasn’t sure if I was meant to do all the tips at the same time but it was too late to pull out now.
The look on his face, as they say, was priceless.
He was too much of a gentleman to ogle me openly, so his eyes flew over me, top to bottom, and then back up again, taking everything in. Hopefully, he’d ogle me later during the party while my back was turned or I was busy talking with someone else. I might wrap the necklace around a finger as if I didn’t notice him checking me out. And then I would glance in his direction and catch him looking. He would turn away suddenly, caught in the act and, flustered, commit a pratfall or two.
Yes, that was what I wanted.
Oh, to hell with it.
I decided to throw the poor guy a bone.
I struck a pose.
