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were still under Isaac’s eyes. His face looked gaunt, cheekbones still prominent. “The case.”
    Ky knew; he could tell. The cat burglar case. “Any progress?”
    “Nah. How’s your hearing going?”
    “Same as every other hearing.” Except the part about seeing Laken.
    Isaac looked at the table behind Ky. “Had dinner yet? Want some steak?”
    “Sure. Let’s go, but it can’t be a late night.”
    “It won’t be. It’s being delivered in fifteen minutes,” Isaac said.
    “Sly bastard.” He handed Isaac a bottle of beer. They made their way to the balcony and looked over the railing. Ky took a long swig, then set the bottle down on the table. “Remember that New Year’s Eve party the night before I shipped out?”
    Isaac cocked his head. “Yeah, that was a long time ago.”
    Ky wasn’t sure he wanted to tell Isaac about Laken. He wanted to savor that secret himself. Then again, he and Isaac rarely kept things from each other.
    “Keep talking,” Isaac prompted.
    “Man, I see how you got your detective’s badge,” Ky ribbed. “I met a girl that night.”
    “Yeah, I remember. You bailed on us. Dark-haired, cute, curvy thing. What about her?”
    Why do I feel like I’m in grade school again?
    “I saw her again recently. Asked her out.”
    More like I blackmailed her into having dinner with me or I’d expose the secret about our one night together that she seems so eager to keep under wraps.
    Now that he thought of it, he felt like a damned creep. Maybe he’d be better off backing out.
    “And?”
    Ky shook his head. “I don’t know. Never mind. Seems pretty dumb, in retrospect.”
    The doorbell chimed.
    “Dinner,” Isaac said and headed for the door. As he opened it, he turned back and looked at Ky, an expression on his face that Ky couldn’t peg.
    “Not dinner,” Isaac said, and opened the door wider.
    Laken.
    Damn.

9
    L aken stood in the doorway . A man who looked a whole lot like Ky was blocking her way. Boy, was he ever. He was as wide-shouldered as Ky, every bit as broad-chested, and he might even be an inch or two taller. He stared at her. His expression was even more unapproachable than Ky’s usual don’t-fuck-with-me look.
    The man didn’t say a word, so she did. “Hi.”
    “I know you,” he said.
    Laken flinched. Did he know that she was one of the judges? “Do you?” She kept her voice cool.
    “Yeah, you were at that party. A few years back.” He stepped aside. “The night before he shipped out.” The man gestured behind him with his thumb. “I’m Isaac. His brother.”
    Laken glanced toward the direction he’d pointed and saw Ky come into view.
    “She’s the one, right?” Isaac said to Ky.
    Laken felt a slow heat raging in her chest, rising to her neck then lighting her face on fire. He knew her from the night she’d her one-night stand with Ky.
    Does he also know what happened that night?
    Ky stepped between them. “Laken, this is my brother Isaac.”
    “Already told her that,” Isaac said.
    “He’s got a problem with his mouth. He keeps shoving his foot in it.” Ky gave his brother a dirty look. “He was just leaving.”
    “But—” Isaac started, then nodded after receiving a pointed look from Ky. He slipped around them, then out the door and down the staircase, not even waiting for the elevator.
    “How’d you know where I live?” Ky cocked his head, a smile playing on his lips that made him so very irresistible and reminded Laken of that night.
    “I needed to talk to you.”
    “Good. I’ve been wanting to talk to you too.” He took a step closer.
    Laken backed up until the doorjamb was pressed against her spine. “I wanted to talk to you about the dinner, the hearing… keeping it a secret… all that.” She really needed to find out what he planned to tell David Partlay.
    “Go on.” Ky pursed his lips, his brows drawing down in a vee.
    “About that dinner. I can’t have anyone thinking I’m not objective. I have to be