Lip Locked in the Library (Love Demands a Holiday Book 3) by McKenna Rogue

Author:McKenna Rogue [Rogue, McKenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anubis Press GP
Published: 2019-09-27T16:00:00+00:00

9

VERONICA

I shouldn’t have let things go so far with Archer last night.

But God, the man was good with his tongue. And spending the afternoon with him had only allowed me to get worked up by his touch and his mind. I was starting to care less about the job and more about Archer. And I wanted to know what he was hiding from. I wanted to know all his secrets. I wanted to know if I could trust him, because I already did, and it was probably going to get me killed.

There was something off about this whole situation. Archer could be conning me, sure. It didn’t feel right. There was a piece of the puzzle missing or something. There had to be. Or I was being an idiot.

I picked up coffee and breakfast at the Bumblebee Café trying to avoid Archer, knowing he’d more likely be at Cherry Blossoms Bakery.

I needed to get my head back in the game. Archer was a mark, a fugitive from the law—not someone to daydream about or masturbate to. And if something was off that was for him and the Chicago police to worry about. I had a list of other jobs I could pick up. Jobs far away from Jubilee Falls.

A buzzing in my pocket drew my attention, and I pulled out my cell phone to see Lieutenant Parsons’ number fill the screen. Cursing under my breath, I ducked down an alley, looking around for anyone who might be able to eavesdrop, before I answered.

“Neptune.”

“Where are you at on the Janson case?”

I rolled my eyes and glanced at my watch. “It’s eight a.m. on Saturday morning. I have to the end of the weekend for that extra ten thousand payout, right? I’ll get him back to Chicago before then.”

“It’s already been almost a week, Neptune. I don’t have to put someone else on this case, do I?”

“Are you sure you haven’t already, Parsons? Someone was following him the other night.”

Parsons was quiet for a moment. “You’re my guy, Neptune. If someone is closing in on him, my guess is he just pissed someone else off or double-crossed. But they ain’t mine.”

“I’m closing in. You send someone else after this guy, he’ll be in the wind before you know it, and I’ll have to start all over. If that happens, you better up the bounty because I’m not paying for your mistakes.” I sipped my coffee, frustrated by the call—and frustrated by the fact I was getting attached to Archer.

“You don’t get him back here by Sunday night, I’m opening it up. Sending other bounty hunters after this guy. I let you have first crack at it because you’ve never let me down before, but we gotta get this guy in. I can’t let you take all year to do your job.”

“Then don’t bother me and let me get shit done.” I hung up before I said anything to Lieutenant Parsons I’d regret.

The Lieutenant was a ponce—a real misogynistic asshole of a cop, who rarely trusted me to do the job he recommended me for.

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