Only Obsession (Rogue Security Book 3) by Marissa Garner

Author:Marissa Garner [Garner, Marissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Wednesday morning, Sean Burke leaned against the counter in Jake’s kitchen. “I can’t believe Luke’s not up yet. He’s always been a damn early bird, always the first one out of bed.”

Jake arched his eyebrows as he peered at his employee over the rim of his mug.

“Shit. You don’t think…?” Burke set his cup on the Keurig coffeemaker and tapped the button. “Sure, I was messin’ with him about it, but I never seriously thought… Nah, never happen.”

Jake cocked his head. “Why not? They’re both single and unattached, as far as I know. And she’s damn hot.”

Burke glanced over his shoulder. “She’s a reporter.”

“So?”

“Luke hates reporters.”

“Didn’t look like he hated her yesterday. More like…overprotective with a heavy dose of lust,” Jake said.

“Yeah, well, maybe he had a lapse in judgment. He could’ve been thinking with his dick for a moment, but I’m sure he would’ve come to his senses before he did anything stupid.”

Jake frowned and straddled a chair at the table. “Okay. What’s the source of Johnson’s issue with reporters? Anything I should worry about while he’s here? He’s not gonna go postal on her, is he?”

Burke removed his mug from the machine and took a long drink. “Not postal, but he could get damn pissed. And you should ask him about the ‘source.’ Like I told you before, it’s not my story to tell.”

Jake shrugged. “Fine. If you’re not going to give me the background necessary to make my own decision, I’m putting this one on you.”

“I don’t like the sound of that.”

“Too bad.”

Wearing a worried expression, Burke settled into a chair at the table. “What do I need to make a decision about?”

Jake checked the monitor on the wall that showed the outside of the guesthouse. Earlier, he’d set the security system to beep if either of its external doors opened. He didn’t like to be surprised or overheard. “One of my FBI contacts came through.”

“No shit? How’d you manage that on such a high-profile investigation?”

“I gave him closure on those partial prints from your wife’s missing-mother case.”

Burke’s eyes narrowed. “How much closure?”

“Just enough to get what I wanted from him.”

“You didn’t tell him—”

“Dammit, of course not. But since you brought it up, how much does Johnson know?”

“Nothing. Absolutely nothing.”

Jake studied his new employee for several moments. It amazed him how things had turned out. Burke had still been an LAPD detective during Angela’s case in August, and he’d seemed like such a straight arrow. But when things had gotten tough, he’d gone rogue right along with Jake. After they’d handled Jessie’s missing-mother investigation together a short time later, Burke had realized he didn’t like the straitjacket of police work anymore. Now they made a great team. They just needed to figure out how to clone themselves because there was too much demand for their services.

“Good. Keep it that way,” Jake finally said.

Burke rolled his eyes, rested his elbows on the table, and leaned forward. “What’d you get from the FBI?”

“All of it.”

“Awesome. Sooo…?”

“I haven’t had time to review it thoroughly.

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