To All a Good Night by Donna Kauffman

Author:Donna Kauffman [Kauffman, Donna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780758228499
Amazon: B002QHATZG
Publisher: Brava
Published: 2008-10-01T07:55:00+00:00

Jacob was still trying to find his legs and gather his senses when he heard it, a soft click, like a door closing. With Maggie plopped against him like a rag doll, he lifted his head but the lab door was closed.

In his arms, Maggie stirred, and frowned. “Was that the door?”

“I thought so but—”

“No.” She peeked over his shoulder. “Couldn’t be. It’s locked. Oh my God, do you think someone saw us?”

“Who has the key?”

She blanched and straightened. “My bosses. And probably others. But they’re all gone for the day, or so I thought.” She pushed at him and he released his hold on her, stepping back as she hopped down and tried to put her bra back on. “Someone was in here.”

Yeah. Very likely, which pissed him off.

“But why? No one could have known we were going to…”

“What do you keep in here? Anything you don’t want anyone to see?”

She struggled with her blouse a moment, then whirled around, snatching her panties off a microscope with a sound of distress. “Plenty.”

Her answer had him taking a second look at her as she fumbled to right her skirt, which was all twisted around her waist, a hot look he might add. He knew Data Tech specialized in the latest technology and inventions, putting new and innovative things on the market, often years ahead of their competition, but he had no idea what Maggie did exactly except make edible honey lotion. She limped away and into her office, still trying to fix her clothes. “I don’t know what anyone could have been looking for…” Then she turned back to him. “My briefcase. I left it and my purse in your temporary office—”

“Wait here.” He ran back to the other side of the building, grabbed her briefcase and purse and turned to head back to her, but she’d come up behind him, standing there pale and quiet as he handed everything over.

“There’s no one on my floor,” she said. “No one who might have come into my lab. Everyone’s office is dark.” She opened up her briefcase, searching inside for…

A glass vial.

Looking extremely thankful to see it, she flipped through the rest of the briefcase, checked her laptop, and then took a deep sigh of intense relief.

“Important stuff?”

“Two years’ worth of work, and this sample is definitely valuable enough to steal. If you know what you’re looking for.”

“What is it?”

“Transdermal drug delivery.”

“Trans what?”

“It’s a way to get cancer prevention and gene repair medication through skin care.”

“Impressive,” he said, staring at her, suddenly understanding exactly what someone was doing snooping in her lab. “And definitely worth stealing.”

“Yes. When the formula is right, just a little bit of this stuff could deliver a critical dose of meds, and if done correctly, virtually eliminate the side effects common with injections. I’m in testing now, the dosing is still inconsistent.”

“But you’re close,” he guessed.

“Yes. I believe I’m nearly there.”

“That’s amazing.”

“Not yet it’s not. At the moment what I’ve got is some fairly fabulous face cream

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