Diamonds for the Holidays by Nicki Night

Author:Nicki Night
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-08-14T11:48:21+00:00

Chapter 18

A sliver of trepidation rode Nixon’s spine when he saw Jade walk through the door. Alex’s last visit to his office raced to the forefront of his mind. Nixon went from enjoying every second in Jade’s presence, and tasty thoughts in her absence, to wondering what it would be like when he saw her again after Alex’s interrogation. They were getting closer and his feelings for her grew deeper with every conversation and intimate caress. But now Alex had put him on notice. They expected whatever kind of intelligence they could gain on Jade and Chandler Food Corp, and had put him right in the center of it all. He felt like a traitor. Somehow he was going to have to work his way around those feelings and be normal for the day’s sessions. How would he manage that?

Usually their sessions started with Jade and him sharing knowing glances and sexy smirks as they playfully avoided one another, risking the possibility of getting caught gazing. That had become such indulgent fun. Once they left their sessions, they’d hurry to one of their houses to put out the fires they’d fanned all day. Today was different.

Nixon put on his game face, ready to swap sensual gazes, but found the usual light in Jade’s eyes gone. She didn’t glance at him the way girls do when they’re crushing on boys. Instead, blank eyes and a stoic expression stared back at him. Nixon felt as if he’d run into a wall. Furrowing his brows, he questioned her reaction in silence. She cleared her throat and swallowed. Nixon wasn’t close enough to hear the gruff sound, but he knew Jade well enough and he’d seen the shift in her throat many times before. She walked to her seat, put down her coat and headed to where the coffee and bagels were set up without saying a single word.

What had happened? Not wanting to make a scene, Nixon picked up his phone and texted Jade. Are you okay?

Nixon placed his phone facedown on the table. Jade sat right next to him, so there was no way she could completely avoid him. He watched her look at the phone and sigh. She didn’t respond to the text. Instead, she looked at him briefly, frowned and averted her eyes.

Something inexplicable swirled in his chest. He wanted to know what troubled her and he didn’t want to wait until the end of the day. A part of him thought it best to just let her be. If she didn’t talk to him, he wouldn’t have anything to report back to Alex and his team. Having her so close, yet seemingly untouchable, made him want to leave and not come back for the rest of the day.

Everyone chatted over breakfast except Jade and him. Both kept to themselves until Julia showed up at his side.

“You’re awfully quiet today.” Julia spoke to him, but her eyes were on Jade.

“I’m a little tired.”

“Oh, is that it?”

Her skeptical tone annoyed him.

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