Seduction Game by Clare Pamela

Author:Clare, Pamela [Clare, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2015-10-19T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Holly propped her sunglasses up on her head, sat at one of the computers, and logged in to her IP blocker, trying not to scratch.

Oh, these damned stings itched!

While the IP-blocking program booted up, she ordered a skinny no-whip mocha from a young blond woman in a Taylor Swift T-shirt and tight Levis, put a pound of ground beans on the counter, and paid, feeling strangely nervous.

What if her CO wanted her to turn Nick in? Once she’d received his orders and deciphered them, she’d be obligated to carry them out.

She’d taken a vow to the Agency. That had to come first, didn’t it?

And yet as much as she trusted her CO, she didn’t want to unleash a chain of events that got Nick thrown unjustly in prison or killed.

She carried her drink and the coffee back to her computer and logged in to her secret Twitter account. She had six private messages. She printed them, then went to her CO’s secret Twitter account and printed the key. She would have to be quick if she was going to decode these and craft a response before Nick came for her.

She took a sip of her mocha, spread the printouts on the table, and was about to reach into her handbag for a pencil when a man’s hand closed around her wrist.

“So you believe me, do you, honey?” Nick whispered in her ear.

Her pulse skipped.

He’d doubled back to check on her.

“Yes, I do,” she whispered back.

“You’ve got a damned peculiar way of showing it.” His gaze traveled over the screen, took in the string of ciphertext messages, including the one she’d sent. “Print all of this—with the keys.”

“I just did.”

“Print the one you sent, too.”

“I can—”

“Do it!”

“Calm down or you’re going to make a scene.” She did as he asked.

“And the key.”

“That’s in my head.”

While he watched, she logged out and deleted her browsing history, then gathered the printed pages, folded them, and tucked them in her handbag. She picked up her latte—she wasn’t leaving it behind—and stood.

Nick’s arm went around her shoulders, turned her toward the door.

She drew back. “We need to pay for the printing.”

He tossed a five-dollar bill on the counter, smiled at the woman behind the counter. “This is for the printing. Keep the change.”

The woman stared at him like she’d never seen a man before. “Goodnight! Come back and see us again.”

He pressed his lips to Holly’s ear in what probably looked like a kiss and whispered, “Move.”

His arm still around her shoulders, he compelled her toward the door, his body so close to hers that she could feel steel in his jeans.

“Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you happy to see—”

“Just walk.”

When they stepped outside, Nick took Holly’s arm. “You know, I almost bought your act. What a fucking idiot I am!”

“Yes, you certainly are, but not for the reasons you think.”

He walked her to the passenger-side door, opened it, crowding her, making it clear with his body language that he’d stop her if she tried to run.

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