Concrete-Evidence-Kobo by Rachel Grant

Author:Rachel Grant [Grant, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Higgins Boats, underwater archaeology, romantic suspense, Andrew Jackson Higgins, artifacts, romance, Aztec artifact, treasure hunting, Iraq, archaeology, political
Publisher: Rachel Grant
Published: 2013-04-16T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Lee was stunned by his own reaction. His last thought before he shoved Erica away had been that she would have sex with him, not because she ached for him like he did her, but because she wanted him to forget he found her clutching a too-heavy box of Jell-O as though it were her only friend in the world.

Ironic that she’d merely done what he’d been doing to her from the start: using the attraction between them to redirect attention. It was his comeuppance that he detested having her use the same technique to manipulate him.

Her eyes narrowed. She straightened her spine and transformed from sensual woman to angry ice queen.

“Good. Now you’re as pissed as I am,” he said. “Don’t ever use what’s between us as a weapon.” Hands on her hips, he pulled her back against him and locked his arms around her waist. “Don’t demean this—us—by making it a tool.” He was the worst sort of hypocrite. Someday she’d know it and hate him.

And then he’d lose her.

She shoved at his chest. “I wasn’t using you—this—us—”

“Then what were you doing?” He let her go, and she stumbled again.

“I wanted to kiss you. You saved my life, and I’m grateful.”

Her words were a kick in the gut. “You kissed me because you’re grateful.”

“No. That didn’t come out right.”

“I’m sick of your lies,” he said.

She jerked and looked him in the eye. “What lies?”

“Do you know who destroyed your apartment?”

“No!”

“Let me rephrase that. Do you think you know who destroyed your apartment?”

“No.” Her mouth was a thin line, so different from a moment ago when her hot kisses had him seconds away from pulling down her shorts.

“Who do you think tried to kill you?” he persisted.

She flinched but said, “No one. I think it was an accident.”

“Dammit, Erica, I want to help you!”

Her harsh, brittle laugh echoed through the empty room, filling the air with grief. “No. You just want to fuck me.”

A new wave of anger washed through him. “That’s only part of what I want from you,” he said, his voice low and tight with barely controlled temper.

Her gray eyes lit with cold contempt. “Yeah, I know the rest. You need me to sign off on your internship or Mommy won’t pay tuition in the fall. Since you suck at the job, you’re trying to screw your way to a pass.”

It took Lee a moment to understand; in the midst of the argument, he had forgotten his role. She had no clue who he was, what he was doing. She was so focused on her own deceptions, it hadn’t occurred to her that he had his own agenda.

When her words did sink in, his anger peaked. He had to marvel at her methods. She’d managed to neatly turn the tables, charging him with the exact same thing he’d accused her of moments before. The shit of it was he couldn’t demand the truth from her without tipping her off that he was more than an idle intern.

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