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since he’d kissed a woman, and her full lips kept reminding him of exactly what he’d been missing.
    Sweat broke out along his hairline, but it did little to cool his blood. “I’m afraid so.”
    â€œHere’s what’s going to happen,” she informed him, her tone firm. “I’m going to go home. So are you. We’ll meet tomorrow morning and discuss enough business to make Bella happy, and then we’re done. You’ll go join the brute squad, and I’ll be back to my own, more delicate missions.”
    Delicate definitely suited her. Not that he guessed for a second that what she did wasn’t dangerous. He knew it was. The bruise on her arm proved that.
    â€œThat’s not what Bella wanted, and you know it.”
    â€œWhat I do on my time off is my business. Bella doesn’t get to dictate that. Neither do you. I’ll see you at the office at eight tomorrow morning. Don’t be late.”
    With that, she turned and got in her car.
    Tanner sighed and hurried to his car to follow her. Bella had warned him that Razor wasn’t going to be easy to work with. She’d told him it was his job to make it work, and he planned to do just that.
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    Roxanne’s new home currently looked more like a warehouse than the cottage she’d fallen in love with. Moving boxes were still piled up everywhere, turning her living room into a maze. She’d been here two months now and still hadn’t had time to unpack. Of course, she wasn’t home much to notice the mess, but for the next few days, it was going to be staring at her, annoying the hell out of her.
    Unless she used the time to unpack. That was what a rational person would do.
    Maybe it was best to call a charity and have them come and haul it all away. She didn’t need any of it. All the stuff she needed was already unpacked. These boxes were simply full of memories—most of which she really didn’t care to relive.
    The only thing that kept her from getting rid of everything was that some of these things reminded her of Jake and the time they’d spent together as kids. He and his mom, who was the head housekeeper for Roxanne’s parents, were the brightest spots in an otherwise lonely childhood. She couldn’t toss those memories away with the rest. Nor could she throw away his belongings that had been left behind in his room at her parents’ mansion. Most of his things had been moved to a rented storage facility, but there was no way she’d found them all. Jake was off defending the country, and she wouldn’t repay him by throwing away the things that might mean something to him.
    It was time to bite the bullet, sort out the good from the bad, and face the disappointments of her past. Chances were that her dismal memories weren’t going to make her feel any worse than failing Mr. Chord had.
    Roxanne let out a long sigh and ripped the tape off the first box.
    A heavy knock sounded against her front door, and she knew without looking who it was. Tanner. He’d tailed her from Kurt’s office, and it had taken her a good twenty minutes to lose him. Or so she’d thought.
    She flung the door open, keeping her arm across the entrance to let Tanner know he was not welcome.
    Sunshine backlit him, highlighting the breadth of his shoulders. His posture was straight and confident, telling her without words that he fully expected to get his way.
    She was going to enjoy watching the mighty fall. “I thought I’d lost you.”
    â€œYou did. Nice move, too, by the way. Do you have the train schedules memorized or something?”
    Irritation grated along her spine. “How did you find me?”
    â€œBella. She wasn’t pleased that you were disobeying orders.”
    â€œBella’s my boss, not my commanding officer.”
    Tanner shrugged, making his muscles bulge. The fact that her gaze darted straight to that delicious masculine display