Wild Card Undercover by Kari Lemor

Author:Kari Lemor [Lemor, Kari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“What are you looking for, Dave?”

Dave whipped around, breathing a sigh of relief at Tina standing in the doorway of Moreno’s office. He’d have to be more on alert. He hadn’t heard her walk past. She must have been in the locker room changing for her shift. Moreno was out front with Barone so he hadn’t worried.

He pasted on a smile and took the earbuds from his ears. “Hey, gorgeous. Just trying to find a pencil for this liquor order.” He held up the clipboard and checklist he had. Always have props when you’re going to search someone’s office.

Tina walked over to the desk and dug in a small cup. Her eyes narrowed suspiciously. “This is a pencil. Do you need anything else?”

Dave took the pencil and plopped into Moreno’s chair. He usually did the liquor order in here so it wasn’t any big deal. “I need you.” He winked and reached for her hand.

Tina allowed him to pull her closer but rolled her eyes and stopped before he could get her in his lap. He didn’t argue, wasn’t planning on actually getting her there. Too many customers already treated her like a piece of meat.

He’d been looking for the stamp Shaunessy had told him about. The one used to mark the card left under Eddie Ballantine. Not that he could do anything if he found it. He didn’t have a warrant. But if he knew it was here, he could mention it and maybe the police could get a warrant.

He didn’t mind being interrupted by the mocha-skinned beauty. Spending time with her was nice when it was something other than him filling her drink order. Aside from a few minutes before and after work, they didn’t get much of that.

Her pulse jumped as he stroked his thumb over her wrist. He looked up to see her eyes staring intently at his hand. Was she actually affected by his touch? His pulse hammered faster from simply holding her hand and gazing at her shapely figure, exposed by the ridiculous uniform she wore.

She pulled her hand away with a shaky breath and gave him an impish grin.

“I’ll let you get back to your work. The place opens in a few minutes.”

He missed the feel of her hand in his but nodded knowing he had things he needed to do. “Then you better get out to the club floor. There are two other bartenders right now so I have time to finish this order before it gets too crowded. I’ll see you around.”

She smiled as she left and he wished he knew what she was thinking. Letting out a breath he walked to the door, peeking out. Moreno and Barone were coming toward the office. He settled into the chair, put his earbuds in again, though he kept the volume down. Picking up the clipboard he earnestly looked at the liquor order. Needed to appear busy, doing his job.

Voices carried toward him and he could hear the two men having a disagreement.

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