Coming Clean by C. L. Parker

Author:C. L. Parker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2016-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Cassidy

Letting my baby, my three-year-old baby, leave my side to go a million miles away for an undetermined amount of time was not an easy thing to do, but I’d done it. With the help of Abby, anyway. Shaw and I had paid for her to fly in so she could fly right back out with Abe in tow because no way was I going to trust a total stranger with my unaccompanied minor. I’d felt bad about the long trip for Abby, knowing she had to have been exhausted, but she’d looked fresh as a dew-drenched daisy on a spring morning once we’d finally met up with her. We’d only been able to spend half a day and one night with her before she and Abe left for the return trip this morning.

Abe hadn’t even shed a tear over leaving his mommy. Mommy had cried buckets.

So there Shaw and I were, sitting at a private booth in a quaint little bistro. We had two nights before our next session with Katya, and I was very anxious to see if Shaw would be able to find out the trick to her assignment. I already had, of course, and not because I’d cheated. I’d known because, quite frankly, it had been a fantasy of mine, something I’d gotten myself off to on more than a few occasions.

“Are you thinking about Abe?” Shaw asked.

I shook my head, pushing the salad around on my plate. “I’ve come to terms with that, somewhat.”

“Then where were you just now? You seemed a million miles away.”

“Actually, I was just thinking about Katya’s assignment. Have you figured it out yet?”

The corner of Shaw’s mouth lifted into that signature smirk that always made me want to rip my panties off. Directing his attention to the steak before him, he plunged a fork into it and began to carve away a bite-sized piece. “Maybe. Anxious to find out?” The morsel disappeared into his mouth with a purposeful chew.

I met his smirk with one of my own. Hopefully, it was at least half as sexy. “Maybe.”

Shaw’s eyes did a slow perusal of my face, drifting down the line of my neck to hover over my exposed cleavage. He licked the juice from his lips, nearly accomplishing the feat Katya had given him on the spot.

“Katya. What did she whisper to you before we left?” Ah, so he’d been thinking about the same thing. I’d bet it was torture for the man who’d always found a way to get what he wanted to not be able to throw money at this one.

“I already told you the only part I could disclose.”

“Tell me again.”

Nice try. “The only thing I can tell you is that she told me I can’t tell you anything at all…until after you’ve succeeded.”

Shaw arched a brow. “Have you forgotten how persuasive I can be?”

“Not as persuasive as you used to be. Hence the reason we’re seeing Katya to begin with.” The words were out before I’d thought out the repercussions.

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