Envy and Magic by Melody Raven

Author:Melody Raven
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Derek had managed two hours of sleep between work and the last minute he could wait before getting ready. Everything in him wanted to cancel the whole thing. Even if he wasn’t catching up on some much-needed sleep, he had to worry about a serial arsonist, and the knee surgery lead from the medical examiner had gone absolutely nowhere.

Which meant he’d spent five hours chasing a dead end. He was used to dead ends in his line of work, but not when he was also expected to dress up in a suit he couldn’t afford and have dinner with the mayor. The same mayor who would have him out of a job in a heartbeat if he didn’t solve this case before the press got rabid.

He should be annoyed that Sam was coming with him. If he showed up with Samantha Harris, people were going to talk. A guy like him didn’t casually bring a girl like that anywhere. There would be a big fuss. The guys would give him knowing looks as though to say “way to go!” and the women he worked with would start asking how serious things were. Well, a few of the women he worked with would probably give him the “way to go” looks too. And as much as he’d love to brag about having the most beautiful woman in the room as his date, it felt dirty to lie to his coworkers.

No matter what had happened in the past, he and Sam were nowhere near together. She’d made it clear over the phone that this wasn’t a date and her grandmother’s opinion of him hadn’t changed. Which was a good thing, he reminded himself. He was going to go as deep as he needed to in order to figure this out, and her family stood directly in his way.

So even if working with her felt like second nature, this was just like any other investigation. You didn’t fuck a person of interest, no matter how interesting.

He brought the car to a stop in front of Sam’s new building. It was a no parking zone, but he wasn’t going to get out of the car. They were already arriving fashionably late, and Sam was meeting him down here anyway.

But, most importantly, this wasn’t a date. He didn’t need to get out and open the door. The more he distanced himself from what was happening, the easier it would be to maintain a professional—

All rational thought fled when Sam emerged from the building and, after nodding at the doorman, made her way toward his Crown Vic.

Derek jumped out of the car and crossed to the passenger’s side to get the door for her. Once she was closer, he leaned in and whispered, “What are you wearing?”

Sam frowned and looked down.

The dress was insane. Like, the kind of thing he expected to see on some LA party girl, not on someone going to a party of bureaucrats and politicians.

“It’s a dress.”

“Where’s the rest of it?”

Sam rolled her eyes and set her arms flat against her sides.

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