Frannie and The Private Dick (Night Fall Book 7) by Delilah Devlin

Author:Delilah Devlin [Devlin, Delilah]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Romance, Novella, Fiction
Published: 2016-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

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“Can you believe the nerve of that man?”

Niall paused mid-stroke and gritted his teeth. Once again, he was an inch from orgasm, but Frannie kept returning to the scene at Vinnie’s apartment. “Can we do a play-by-play afterward, love?” He flexed his cock inside to remind her where they’d left off.

Frannie slid her legs from his waist. “I can’t help it. I feel like such an idiot.”

Sighing, he pulled out of her warm sheath and rolled off her body. He bunched a pillow beneath his head, prepared for another round of ‘What’s-the-matter-with-Vinnie?’. Reminding himself women had to talk their problems to death, he said, “Don’t take it so hard. The one I feel bad for is Raeline. She has to deal with his tomcattin’ now.”

Frannie sucked in a deep breath. “Wait a second!” She rose up on her elbow and stared at him like she’d never seen him before. “You seem to know an awful lot about Vinnie.”

Niall cursed his loose tongue. “It’s in his nature. Cheat one time—”

“Don’t give me that horse shit.” Frannie’s eyes narrowed dangerously. “You weren’t looking for a fare that night—you were on the job, weren’t you?”

Niall raised his hands. “Now, Frannie—”

“And don’t give me a line about you just happening to pass by on your way to the office.”

Niall clamped his mouth shut. That was exactly what he’d intended to say.

“Lie one time…” She threw his words back in his face.

Niall pulled the sheet over his loins. He needed to keep his wits to dig his way out from a hole that was getting deeper by the second. “You’re gonna chew on this until all the flavor’s gone, aren’t ya?”

A frown drew her dark eyebrows together. “You had Vinnie staked out.”

Niall felt a guilty flush heat his cheeks.

Her eyes glittered as she mulled over the problem. “Who hired you? Was it someone connected?”

Niall fell back on an age-old escape. “That’s privileged information.”

“Privileged schmivileged!” She sat up on the bed and reached for his robe. “I know—I’ll just go through the files.”

“You won’t find anything there.”

“Then I’ll go through the ones stashed in your desk!”

“What the hell were you doin’ goin’ through my desk?” Niall stopped himself from heading down that path. One problem at a time. “You won’t find anythin’ about Vinnie in there, either.”

“Then I’ll look through your bank records. Someone had to pay you a retainer for that piece of work.”

She had him by the shorthairs. Niall grabbed her arm and pulled her down to the mattress. “There’s something I’ve got to tell you.”

“What? You’ve got more secrets? I’m so surprised,” she said, acid dripping in her tone.

“Look, Frannie,” he said, trying one last time to get her to let go of this bone. “Knowin’ the truth isn’t gonna make you happy.”

Frannie’s eyes teared up. “I have to know who set this whole thing in motion. Don’t you see?”

“Why? So you can pin the blame on that person? Or so you can thank them?” Her answer mattered. More than he was comfortable admitting.

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