Reunited with the P.I. by Anna J. Stewart

Author:Anna J. Stewart
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“I don’t need a babysitter, Vince.” Simone exited the elevator and headed toward her office. Late night and two bottles of wine aside, she’d been up since the crack of dawn, pounded out a good forty-five minutes on the treadmill and drank enough water to fill a canal. By the time she’d gotten showered and dressed, she found Vince in the kitchen brewing coffee.

While he hadn’t said anything about the white-and-blue flowered shirt she’d found in the back of her closet, the approval in his eyes when he’d looked at her boosted her confidence. “I need time to get my head together before meeting with Ward.” She needed to get her head around a lot of things.

“Is my presence that distracting?”

“We both know it is.” Few people had arrived yet as it wasn’t even eight, but she found Kyla, bright-eyed and eager, sitting behind her desk, typing hard on her keyboard as if exorcising a demon.

“Good morning.” She stood and walked around the desk to take Simone’s jacket. “I’ve got a new pot of coffee brewing. All your notes on the Denton case are arranged on your desk. I’ve also got Judge Buford’s and Mr. Poltanic’s phone numbers for you in case you need to contact them.”

“Thanks, Kyla.”

“Poltanic is Denton’s defense attorney, right?” Vince asked.

“Slime bucket.” Kyla looked a bit sheepish. “I’ve heard. Sorry.”

“Apt description.” Simone nodded. “I can’t recall any client he represents who shouldn’t be on the FBI’s most wanted. Did you bring something to keep you occupied?” she asked Vince.

“You mean my coloring books? Absolutely. I even sharpened my crayons.”

“A simple yes would have sufficed.” Simone flipped through the stack of phone messages from last week as she wandered into her office. She heard Vince ask Kyla a question and caught the flash of color as her assistant headed to the break room. When the door clicked shut, she spun around. “Vince, I don’t have time—”

“Make time.” He moved toward her like lightning. His arms were around her in no time; she could feel every inch of him pressing against her. She didn’t have time to catch her breath before he kissed her.

It took a lot to surprise Simone, and that Vince could still manage to thrill her to the point of breathlessness said a lot about him. Every kiss felt like the first one. The way his lips devoured hers had her abandoning all thought other than how much she wanted him.

Her hands went slack. The papers she was holding fell to the floor. She reached up, locked her arms around his neck and opened herself to him.

She heard him sigh in approval as he sank into her, his mouth on hers. Simone urged him back, guiding him until he was against the door and rattling the glass wall beside them.

“This distracting thing is becoming a habit.” Simone used a finger to trace and tease his lips before she dived in and took more.

She loved the feel of his mouth, his strength, his confidence.

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