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She felt his muscles lock more than saw it.
“You can stop suggesting that I knew where it was. Unless you make it a habit of kissing your suspects.” He fisted his hands.
Her mouth opened and then closed again. What could she say? She was making as much of a mess of this case as the local PD. First by hitting Bryson in the parking lot with her car and ending when they broke from a kiss to find themselves standing feet from a dead person.
Bryson raked his fingers through his hair. “Forget I said that.”
“Good. I will.” Her tone was haughty.
“I’m sorry.”
His words hooked her in the soft parts she rarely connected with because all her time was spent looking into horrific events.
When he didn’t move or speak, she inched closer. “Bryson…”
“At least I didn’t let Kelsey down. I promised her that I’d find her boyfriend. I’ve been kicking myself for months. I mean, what kind of guy with military training can’t find a person?”
His words and the haunted tone he spoke them in left her stomach aching. She placed a hand on his chest in a show of comfort.
He swallowed. “I feel worse that I doubted her boyfriend. And now there’s a killer on the loose.”
His matter-of-fact statement shouldn’t send shockwaves through Alexia, but they did. Her insides trembled and nausea she’d been battling ever since seeing that body bubbled up her throat.
He looked at her hard. “You’re cold.”
“I’m fine.”
“We can go back to the Humvee and warm up.”
“I’m okay. I was thinking maybe we should take another look a-around.” Her words ended on a chatter of teeth.
Reaching out, he wrapped his fingers around her forearm. One tug and she’d be securely in his arms again with her head on his chest and he could absorb all her cares—for a moment, at least.
“You’re not okay, Alexia. You’re shaking.”
What was she going to say to that? He could feel it for himself.
“Dammit. Come here.” He yanked her into his arms. His body heat enveloped her, and she couldn’t resist burying her face against his chest covered in a thin layer that seemed to keep him warm even in the quickly dropping temperatures.
He brushed his lips across her temple. “I’m worried about you. I’m not sure you’ve seen anything like this.”
“Yes, I have.”
“Oh yeah. I bet you make plenty of pitstops on the road. You’ve seen all the terrible gas station bathrooms.”
She shoved away from him. “At least I get bathrooms. You get a log behind a tree!”
He chuckled. “You’re not wrong. But I dare you to tell me something that you’ve seen that’s worse than what I have.”
“Is this another dick-measuring contest?”
“I’m certain mine’s bigger, princess.”
She issued a sound that was part scream. How did he make her go from aroused to furious to aroused again in the blink of an eye? A warm brown eye, to be exact.
Truth be told, shewasaffected by what they’d stumbled upon.
“I’ve seen worse. It’s just…” What? She’d never been so close to any case before because she was feeling too close to the man who was investigating it with her?
