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left the premises.”
    â€œUm, who’s that?” Sveti kept compulsively smoothing her hair.
    Tam rolled her eyes. “Who, she asks? You were having a seizure about Oleg fifteen minutes ago.” She gave Sam an appraising glance. “Never thought I’d say this, cop, but it appears you’re good. Who knew?”
    He didn’t dare reply. Acknowledging that dangerous compliment could be his definitive bolt-cutter moment.
    Sveti tossed her hair back. “Good, then. I’m glad he’s gone.”
    â€œSo are we all,” Tam said. “Time for you to call it a night. I’ve told Josh to get your coat. He’ll—”
    â€œI’ll give her a ride home,” Sam said.
    â€œNo!” Everyone in the room, including Sveti, said it in unison.
    Sam sighed. “Or not.” Fuck him. Whatever.
    Cattrell strode in. “I couldn’t find her jacket. Tell me which—”
    â€œNo, you stay here,” Sveti said. “I’ll go alone.”
    â€œAlone?” Cattrell looked confused. “They said you needed a ride!”
    â€œI’ll get home by myself,” she said. “Give the ride to the lucky girl from the catering staff. Whichever one you pick for the night.”
    Cattrell looked huffy. “We’ve been through this. I told you that I’m not interested in—”
    â€œShe knows,” Tam cut in. “Don’t flatter yourself. Puppy.”
    â€œStop interfering, Tam!” Sveti snapped. “It’s okay, Josh. I appreciate the thought, but I can call my own car.” Her eyes flicked to Sam. “Thank you all for a truly memorable evening.” She swept out.
    Shit. The point of coming here had just walked out. The point of staying away was arrayed before him, between him and the door.
    Josh Cattrell whistled softly. “Jeez. What’s up with her?”
    Tam pointed at Sam. “Him,” she said. “He’s up with her.”
    â€œHim?” The guy’s eyes got round. “You mean, you’re the cop?”
    His fists clenched. “You were supposed to scare me off, right?”
    â€œDidn’t work very well,” Nick observed.
    â€œSure didn’t,” Sam agreed. “The human shield here was too busy playing grab-ass with the catering staff to do his fucking job.”
    â€œYou sound like you are blaming him.” Val’s faintly accented voice sounded amused. “It was lucky for you that he failed, no?”
    â€œNo, love.” The sweetness in Tam’s voice made his neck prickle. “He’s not feeling lucky. Maybe if we’d arrived five minutes later.”
    He would have made it last longer than five minutes, but this hardly seemed the time or the company for that particular assertion.
    â€œWhat the hell are you doing, Sam?” Nick’s voice was menacing.
    â€œMinding my business,” Sam said, from behind clenched teeth.
    â€œSveti is our business,” Tam told him.
    â€œSveti’s an adult.” He barrelled through them, promptly disgusted at himself for stating it, which implied that it needed to be stated.
    â€œI’m not comfortable with this,” Nick growled.
    â€œNobody asked you to be.” Sam struggled not to cringe as he brushed past Tam, who could poison him with an earring post. Tam’s exclusive jewelry line was named Deadly Beauty. Costly bling loaded with blades, explosives, or poisons. Sam wished he didn’t know about it. Not that he currently represented the law, but ignorance was bliss, if you could maintain it with any sort of credibility.
    He slunk out of the place like a whipped hound and drove one-handed, to keep the hand that had gotten inside Sveti’s sweet body right under his nose. He would have licked it clean, but then her heady scent would be gone from his finger too soon.
    And that kind of waste was criminal.

C HAPTER 2
    Rome, Italy
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    S asha peered out from behind the