Undercover Shift (Bears in Blue Book 2) by Mia Taylor

Author:Mia Taylor [Taylor, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Beauty and the Bear

Charlotte was seething with anger as she paced around the apartment.

“You’re making me anxious,” Rand sang in a teasing voice. “Why don’t we order something to eat?”

“Why don’t you go back home!” Charlotte shot back.

“Now, now,” Rand said condescendingly. “You don’t need to take it out on me. I warned you that Kelly was going to tell you exactly what I did.”

“I don’t understand why you need to be here! This is a simple job! I have a mic, cameras everywhere—”

“Obviously, they think you need backup,” Rand growled, sounding sick of the same conversation. “I’m starving. I’m ordering a pizza.”

“Do whatever you want.”

She wanted to scream at him that they were both bears and she didn’t need his backup anymore than he needed hers, but she didn’t. Charlotte couldn’t be sure who was listening and Kelly certainly wasn’t one of them.

I hate this, she thought, flopping onto the couch as Rand called in his pizza order.

“You’re not a vegetarian or anything, are you?” he called and she gave him a scathing look.

“What do you think?” she snapped.

“Great.” He turned his attention back to the phone. “Two extra large meat pizzas with extra meat and extra cheese.”

She gritted her teeth together to keep from screaming.

When he got off the phone, she spun her head to look at him.

“I’m not wasting another day,” she told him. “I don’t know how much you’ve been briefed but tomorrow, I’m making contact with Mia and—”

Rand clucked his tongue rudely. “Stephanie,” he corrected and Charlotte’s face turned crimson.

“I know!” she howled. “But there’s no one around but us, is there?”

“I’m starting to see why Kelly sent me now,” Rand sighed, cupping the back of his head with folded hands as he stared at her lazily. He tipped back on his chair so that two legs were off the ground and Charlotte silently willed him to fall.

Maybe Kelly knew I’d flat out refuse to do it if I’d known. It’s not too late to bail. I haven’t started anything.

“Couples are always less suspicious in a mob sting,” Rand said unexpectedly.

“What?”

“That’s why Kelly sent me. A single girl hanging out with a bunch of mob guys is only asking for trouble.”

She blinked and considered his words. “Is that the sell, then?”

“It’s not a sell,” Rand replied, setting the chair right. “I’ve worked enough undercover gigs to know the deal.”

Charlotte was taken aback by the admission.

“You’ve worked undercover?” she asked in disbelief. “I thought…”

She trailed off but Rand seemed to understand what she wanted to say.

“I only work undercover but I’m a background guy,” he explained. “I don’t really get my hands dirty. It’s a good gig. You should try it.”

“What does that even mean?”

“It means that I am a support system to the detectives involved. I don’t make deals but I’m what you might call a supporting actor.”

Her brow furrowed. “Still…”

“I just make sure the scene runs as it should.”

Charlotte almost felt guilty, knowing that she’d been putting the guy through the ringer since she’d first met him, but his presence was both annoying and alarming.

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