Once Upon a Time (An Olivia Thompson Mystery Book 7) by Jullian Scott

Author:Jullian Scott [Scott, Jullian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-07T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Olivia was eager to get back to the station. Kimmy’s information had been exactly what she had been hoping to hear. It confirmed all her hunches about the man that had taken Kimmy and the other girls. Now that she had nailed the profile, it should help them focus their search.

“Vince already ran the search for a little girl’s body within the city limits and didn’t find anything in that time frame. I had him expand the search to the surrounding area. I don’t think Joe would leave a body anywhere that it might be tied back to him.” Olivia fell back on old habits and took Nate’s arm as they walked to the car.

“You sound like a cop,” Nate said with a laugh. “I may have taught you too well.”

“Please. Don’t try to take credit for my genius.” Olivia felt a tingling on the back of her neck and she glanced over her shoulder. “Your girlfriend is having a hard time saying goodbye.”

Nate groaned. “Is she really watching us leave?”

“I probably shouldn’t be holding your arm. I can hear her heart breaking.” Olivia was still feeling a little jealous over how Shay had been interacting with Nate.

“Stop it, Liv. Don’t be that woman.” Nate gave her a cautioning look.

Nate never hesitated to call Olivia out when she was being ridiculous. “I can’t help it,” she said. “I don’t want to be the jealous wife, Nater. But you’re just so damn sexy.”

Adorably, Nate blushed. “Get in the damn car, Thompson.” He held the door open for her and she leaned in to kiss his cheek.

“So. Damn. Sexy,” she repeated with her lips pressed to his ear. All pretenses of professionalism had long been abandoned.

Nate slowly shook his head. “Remind me what I ever did to convince you to marry me?”

“You asked,” Olivia said simply.

By the time they made it to the station, Olivia had managed to get her hormones back in check. It didn’t hurt that the station was the least sexy place she could imagine. It always smelled like stale coffee and bad cologne. Middle-aged, overweight men stared unabashedly at her as she followed Nate through the maze of desks. Nate nodded to a few of them and glared at others. Olivia tried to ignore all of them.

“Vince said he’d meet us here, right?” Nate asked when they reached his desk. Vince’s chair was empty.

“He said he needed to swing by Evidence first, but yeah he’s supposed to be here.” Olivia looked around the room just in case Vince had wandered off to chat with a colleague. “Do you think they will ever stop staring at me?”

“Probably not,” Nate said with a resigned sigh as he flipped through the mail that had been left on his desk. “We don’t get a lot of women in here, except for the handful on the squad. And none of them look as good in their work clothes as you do.”

“But they see women out in the world? Possibly have wives? Daughters?”

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