The Chameleon by Michele Hauf

Author:Michele Hauf [Hauf, Michele]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-12-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

An hour later, Jack’s hands were numb after taking them off the drill. He shook them out and paced behind the crew as they waited for Clive to move the drill away from the opening, which was now approximately two and a half feet wide by one foot high. More than enough room for them all to slip through and into the darkened depths of what should be the bank’s utility room. They had drilled through the thin brick wall of the accountant’s office and then one and a half feet of concrete on the outer bank wall.

If they would have drilled directly into the safe room from the basement, Jack estimated another three hours of drilling to get through the thick, reinforced concrete. This way had cut considerable time off the task.

He’d glanced over his shoulder while drilling to find Saskia pacing. Every time she’d meet his gaze, he’d look away. He didn’t want her to get inside his head.

Not that she wasn’t already deep in his thoughts and his very being. Would it be worth it to stick around and see what could develop between the two of them? It had been a fling between the two of them. Asking her to go along with him had been a foolish thing, spoken while he’d still been riding the high of some great sex. Now that he knew the truth about her? He wasn’t about to stake his entire future—and his freedom—on a wish for something that would never come to fruition.

Hell. He was starting to think words like fruition. What was wrong with him?

Maybe she had turned his head and his heart a little too far for him to disregard this time. She was a singular and intriguing woman. And her body was so hot, like it had been meant for him, and him alone. He did want to know her better, longer and—

“Jack?”

He jerked out of his thoughts and saw that Saskia was the only one left in the room.

“Right. Was just calculating when I should head back out to the vehicle. It’ll need time to warm up again. Did you uh…hand over the you-know-what to Clive?”

She nodded. “Fingers crossed it isn’t questioned. Can we do this, Jack? I mean… You know?”

He pulled her against his body and kissed her hard. There was that strange feeling again. The one that made him wonder why he couldn’t have the life he wanted and Saskia as well. Because she fit him. And that had never happened with a woman before.

“I need you tonight,” he said quietly. “We have to work together. We’ve got to find out if Clive has a hit list. And I will have to catch him with his hand in the cookie jar.”

Her fingers clenched against his chest as she processed that information. She nodded. “I’m here for you. I’ll be at the vault. But I can take a break, maybe wander down to check on Clive.”

He nodded. “Give it half an hour, then take a break to stretch.

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