Little Secrets by Kally Ash

Author:Kally Ash
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
Published: 2023-04-05T00:00:00+00:00

16 Cox

ANOTHER FUCKING MURDER. ANOTHER FUCKING kid. As I pulled up to the house on Carlin Street in West Adams, I blew out a breath. About a dozen marked cars lined the street, the red and blue lights strobing across the surrounding houses. I got out of my car and approached the police line. The tape was raised before I even got within six feet of the thing. Ducking underneath, the cross around my neck swung free of my blouse, catching and reflecting back the flashing lights.

“Detective Cox,” a masculine voice said.

I turned at the sound of my name. “What do you want, Bridey?”

The other detective walked toward me, a smug smile on his face. “How’s the case going?”

“Fine.” I folded my arms across my chest, making my jacket inch up a little.

“Getting any closer to figuring out who is making all these hits?”

“It’s my case, Bridey, which means it’s none of your business.”

He smirked like he knew he was getting under my skin. “And how was dinner at Rivera on Monday night? Did you have a hot date?”

I blinked at him, suddenly too stunned to speak. “I wasn’t at Rivera on Monday.”

“I saw you, Cox. My wife wanted to eat there. She’d been begging me for months.”

Keeping my face completely blank, I said, “Yeah, I had a date. What of it?”

“Did you have fun?”

I frowned at his line of questioning. “If you’ve got a point to make, I suggest you make it.” Irritated didn’t really begin to explain how I was feeling.

“Well, I guess I just wanted to know how often you let your date fuck you against the wall outside?”

I froze, a terrible stillness settling over me. Bridey already thought I was a dirty cop—and he wasn’t far off it—but if he saw that it was Bane’s right-hand man who’d pressed me to that wall and taken me so hard and so thoroughly that I hadn’t been able to think straight afterward, well, then I’d be up shit creek.

Swallowing past the lump in my throat, I decided to play it cool. “He’s an exhibitionist. Likes to fuck in public places.”

Bridey’s brow winged up. “Which would mean you’re into it too?”

Was that fucking anticipation in his voice? I glared at the man, giving him my best dead stare. When he didn’t back down—when he only stared back at me with the corner of his mouth curving up—I knew I was fucked. “I try not to deny my lovers what they really want.”

His blue eyes darkened, and I could practically see the man’s thoughts flash across his face. I knew he viewed me as a serious professional rival. But now, he saw me as a piece of ass. “Maybe you shouldn’t deny me what I want then?”

I gave him a cold look. “And what might that be?”

He stepped closer, lowering his face to mine so it looked like we were discussing something sensitive in nature. “I saw who you were fucking. Rivera’s man, Tony Harrison.” Reaching out, he ran a fingertip over my collarbone, but I jerked away before he could drop any lower.

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