Vendetta by Cheyenne McCray

Author:Cheyenne McCray
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781939778079
Publisher: Cheyenne McCray LLC

Chapter 16

Surveillance can be a bitch

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A door thumped shut. Hard. I jerked awake and realized I had drifted off and the lipstick tube had slipped from where it had been keeping the stairwell door from closing. I held my breath for a moment, hoping no one had heard the door close. I let my breath out in a slow rush. Damn. I never fell asleep on the job and today was not a good time to start.

Especially with my sister missing and potentially being inside the penthouse.

My head and heart ached as I thought about my sister. If anything happened to her, I would never forgive myself. Never.

I reached in my bra for the lock pick set and started in on the lock again when I heard the sound of a door opening and then closing on the other side. Damn, damn, damn. I couldn’t pick the lock while someone was out there, and I might be missing something important.

The elevator dinged and I assumed whoever it had been was stepping into it now. I waited several more heartbeats before I went after the lock. I had it open in moments and looked back out into the semicircular area then rubbed my temples, trying to massage the headache away.

I heard the stairwell door open from below and my heart jumped into my throat. I let the door slip back into place and silently scrambled to my feet. As footsteps started up the stairs, I scooped up the tube of lipstick and shoved it into my purse, grabbed my shoes, and started up the stairs to the roof.

“It’s me, Steele.” Nick’s voice came over the earpiece and from below in stereo.

“Don’t do that,” I grumbled as I came to a stop on the stairs. “You scared the crap out of me.”

He appeared from below. He looked so damned hot and sexy that it was criminal. No man should look that good, especially when I was this tired and disheveled. So not fair.

When he reached me, he brought me into his arms and brushed his lips across my forehead. I wanted to relax against him, feed on his power and strength to renew my own.

He pressed me closer to him and I did just that. I let his presence fill me and complete me.

Zane cleared his throat and I heard it over the earpiece. “It’s awfully quiet up there.”

I tried to step back but Nick had a good hold on me, and he was smiling down at me.

“Just doing our jobs,” I managed to get out. “How about you?”

“No luck picking up any call girls.” Zane sounded frustrated. “I must be losing my touch.”

“You’re probably projecting that married vibe and the fact that Willow might kill you if she knew what kind of assignment you’re on.” I smirked to myself. “We should have let Ryan take the inside job after all.”

“Trade you,” Ryan said.

Zane gave a low laugh. “In your dreams.”

“How’s Georgina?” I asked.

“Saw her go in a while ago,” Ryan said.

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