Tempting Target by Addison Fox

Author:Addison Fox
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-06-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“Do they always argue like this?” Reed’s voice was low, audible only to her, as they both kept their attention firmly on Violet and Max.

“Always seems like a stretch since they haven’t known each other that long, but...” Lilah hesitated, running through all the previous times she’d been in both their company. “Well. Yes, they do.”

“It’s fascinating and a bit daunting, all at the same time.”

“That’s because it’s the verbal equivalent of foreplay.” Cassidy murmured the words from across the coffee table, the twinkle in her eyes evidence she hadn’t missed their discussion.

Laughter welled in Lilah’s throat and she reached for her glass of Chardonnay to keep the giggles at bay.

Violet and Max were a sight.

They’d all arrived at Violet’s for light hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and an elaborate crime scene re-creation.

“Where’d you get the whiteboard, Vi?” Cassidy piped up from the rich leather couch that separated the kitchen from the living room. Violet and Max quieted, Cassidy’s question like the bell at the end of a prize-fight round.

“Our storage closet.”

“We have a whiteboard?” Cassidy’s eyes widened. “At our shop?”

“Yes, we have a whiteboard.”

Amusement tinged both their words, but it was Violet’s long-suffering sigh that had them all smiling. Their acute businesswoman was surrounded by creators and Lilah knew they drove her nuts.

The city’s lights filtered through the window of Violet’s high-rise apartment. Lilah loved this place, the city spread out before them. As someone who had lived in Dallas her entire life, it was fascinating to see how the city had changed and grown, and Violet’s building was just one more example of Dallas’s progress.

Floor-to-ceiling glass rimmed half the apartment, the exterior giving way to exquisite views of downtown.

Reed had again chosen a nonalcoholic drink and he settled the soda on the coffee table before leaping up and crossing to the whiteboard, his patience clearly at an end.

Lilah gave him considerable credit for the spry moves, even as she noticed the distinct stiffness in his back. For a man who’d spent the previous night getting bandaged in the emergency room, he had retained a remarkable sense of nimble grace. “Do you mind if I write down a few things?”

“Of course not.”

He made a quick map, placing X’s at various points and a small bulleted list of notes beneath.

“You look like you’re teaching class, Graystone.” Max tossed the good-natured jab before shoveling in a beef crostini.

“Of a sort.” Reed turned around and capped the dry-erase marker. “We have a lot of leads, but once you dig underneath them, what looks like a connection seems like a dead end. What we need to figure out is where there’s a real connection.”

“But we have one. Steven.”

Lilah fought the knee-jerk nausea that swam in her stomach at Violet’s reminder, frustrated that even after talking about the man for two days he could still reduce her to jelly.

“Yes, but how?” Reed asked. “He’s a connection to Robert and Charlie, but we’ve pretty much ruled out his involvement in last night’s violence.”

“Why would you rule him out?” Tucker spoke up from beside Cassidy.

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