Bite the Bullet by April Canavan

Author:April Canavan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: April Canavan

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Emma

Stryker waited for me outside the police department when I first got there in the morning for my second week of work, with two cups of coffee in his hand.

“I’m sorry, Emma.” He started speaking before I could walk by. “You know I don’t think you’re a badge bunny. I never did think anything bad about you. I just got thrown by seeing you with Dom, that’s all. I never expected to see you sleep with your training officer, and it threw me completely for a loop.”

“Please.” I groaned, trying to fight off the migraine I could already feel forming. “Just leave me alone. I don’t want to have to fight you about this, and it’s clear that we just aren’t going to get along. That’s fine.”

“This is for you.” He held out the precious caffeine like that would buy him back into my good graces. “And again, I’m sorry.”

I wasn’t above a bribe, but that didn’t mean I’d be forgiving him anytime soon. Instead, I took the coffee and walked by. “Maybe one day, Eddie. But not today.”

He rushed to open the door for me. “Okay. You know I’ve never been good at thinking things through before I jump to conclusions.”

I didn’t say another word to him as we walked into the bullpen. Mostly because I saw Dom and Linc standing there watching the two of us with matching expressions of rage. When Dom’s eyes landed on me, they softened, and I swear I saw him actively reliving the weekend we’d spent locked in his house. I was pretty sure there wasn’t a room or surface that we hadn’t had sex in or on.

But we agreed that at work, it had to be hands off.

“What’s wrong?” I turned to Linc, who hadn’t taken the thunderous expression off his face.

“Hayes,” Chief Townsend barked from his office.

Both Linc and I turned around.

“The pretty one.”

Linc snorted and I glared him into submission.

“Sir,” I greeted. “Do you need me now or can I change first?” I looked down at the clothes I’d worn into work, regretting choosing comfort over professionalism.

He eyed me up and down quickly and shook his head. “Changing can wait. Come here for a minute.”

I walked into his office, making sure to take the coffee with me. If I had to face the firing squad, I was going to do it with caffeine.

“Yes, sir.”

He shut the door, which surprised me, because I hadn’t expected him to wait for me before he took his usual seat behind his desk.

There was a single sheet of white paper sitting on it, and instinctively I swallowed.

“Am I being fired?” Panic filled my veins, and the tremor in my hand was almost unmistakable with the coffee cup held tightly. “I didn’t do anything wrong, did I?” Even my voice was shaking.

“What?” He stared at me, trying to figure out where I’d gotten that impression, when he saw the piece of paper on his desk. “Oh. No. This isn’t to fire you. You’re required, by the

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