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“Get the fuck out of my way!”
Erin flinched at the raised voice. Her gaze locked on her closed door. That voice—she hadn’t heard that deep baritone in months.
“Back up, Boy Scout, or I’m gonna have to hurt you.” Zane. Loud, confident, pissed.
“What the hell?” Jude strode toward the door.
Erin, moving much slower, did the same.Shit for timing. Always.
“Try it, asswipe. I’m a cop. Put the first finger on me and?—”
Jude yanked open the door, a snarl on his lips.
Erin scrambled after him. She caught sight of the two men in the outer office. Tall and strong, almost nose to nose. And she knew that her day was about to get even worse.
The throbbing in her temples flared again. Harder.Aspirin. Need aspirin.
“Zane!” Jude’s voice snapped. “Who the hell is this guy?” His nostrils flared once more, and Erin knew he was trying to catch a scent.
But he’d only smell a human because Lillian Detective Ben Greer was human through and through.
Ben shoved Zane out of his way and locked his warm chocolate eyes on her. “Erin.” Softness there, and anger.
She eased to Jude’s side, far too conscious of all the curious stares. Way too many people were around. Amy. Another assistant, Donna. And Karrie, the ADA next door was also peering at the scene, though it looked like she was trying hard not to be obvious. Erin cleared her throat. “Ah, Ben, it’s been a while.”
“A while since you left me bleeding out in a hospital bed, you mean?”
Okay, no softness that time, only anger. She stiffened and took the hit because the way she figured it, she deserved his rage. He’d been hurt because of her.
“Aw, Jude, come on! Let me take this prick outside and teach him some manners,” Zane wheedled.
Ben jerked out his badge. “I’m a cop. I’d like to see youtryto teach me some?—”
Zane grinned and stepped eagerly forward. The fact that Ben was a cop didn’t seem to matter much to him.
“I take it you’re Ben Greer?” Jude asked quietly. His legs were braced apart. Hands loose at his sides.
Ben’s gaze raked him. “And I take it you’re the bastard who’s sleeping with Erin now?”
Amy sucked in a sharp breath.
Jude just smiled. “Yeah, I am. I’m that lucky bastard.”
“Then you’re also the prick who was screwing around with my case files.”
Jude just shrugged.
Erin knew it was time to take charge. She stepped forward and put herself between Jude and Ben.
Ben.He looked the same. Handsome face. Thick, slightly curling brown hair. A dimple in his chin. A solid guy. A good cop.
Human.
Not for me.
He didn’t understand her. Never would.Not like Jude.
“Ben, perhaps we should go into my office and talk.” Away from all the watching eyes and straining ears.
