Button-down had a naughty side. Damn if that didnât do his heart good.
With blood giving fresh life to his unflagging erection, he dashed out to the family room and scanned her e-mails in less than two minutes. Most were from family members sending jokes or the parents of her students asking questions. A quick scan of the documents saved on her hard drive only proved that she kept her checkbook in Excel and she was a good little saver. Her Facebook was squeaky clean. He uncovered nothing suspicious.
On her way through the house, Rachel had flipped on lights. Decker finally got a good look at the comfortable place, ducking into each room to scan her pictures. He didnât see anyone who resembled the guy whoâd hired him to kill Rachel.
Then again, if her ex was the guilty party, she wasnât likely to keep heart-shaped photos of him lying around after the divorce.
From down the hall, he heard her cut off the shower and he ducked back into the guest room closet to wait for her to fall asleep. He wasnât keen to spend the night against a wall, shoved behind a bunch of coats, but heâd slept in worse places. Afghanistan came to mind. Heâd been through a few South American jungles in his time, too. At least here he didnât have to worry about terrorists or snakes.
A moment later, the disposable phone in his pocket vibrated, and he pulled it out.
Are you still awake?âRachel
Oh, now, this was interesting. It was just after midnight. Did she want to reach out and touch him?
Y
es
,
beautiful. Thinking of you. What are you wearing?
Since sheâd just stepped out of the shower, heâd bet it was nothing or damn close to it. He looked forward to seeing how sheâd answer that.
Rachel waited a long time to reply, and he was just about to tap out a little something designed to calm her nerves when she finally sent a message back.
Feel like coming over to see?
Did he ever . . . His cock completely approved of the idea, twitching at the thought of getting deep inside her and spending most of the night. Heâd been on one case after another lately, and it had been way too long since heâd had a willing female in a warm bed. The fact that heâd get to end his drought with Rachel was even sweeter. Now heâd see that lush ass under the tight skirtâand fondle it, and bite it, and . . . anything else sheâd let him do. The fact that he couldnât remember the last time heâd been this into a woman heâd just met was a bonus.
Yes! Can you guess what has 142 teeth and holds back a hungry beast?
No idea
, she sent back.
My zipper, beautiful. Text me your address and Iâll show you.
Decker heard her giggle from the next room. Then her address flashed on his screen. Oh, it was on now.
Iâll be there in 15.
After a little squeal, she tossed her phone down and tore into the bedroom. Music started blaring a moment later, and he heard her opening and closing the drawers and doors in the bathroom cabinet. The hair dryer flipped on. That was his cue to leave.
Slowly, Decker opened the closet door, ducking out from under the coats and setting the table leaf back in place. He eased the window open and crawled through, landing on his feet on her little back patio. Her yard was small, but sheâd made it her own lush little garden with ivy and delicate flowers in white, gold, and purple. He was clueless about their species, but heâd bet that Rachel loved it out here. Sheâd made this her little oasis, complete with a padded wrought iron chaise in one corner where she likely got the most shade. Sheâd left behind an empty teacup and a magazine on the little wooden table beside it. He kind of wished that heâd get to spend time with her in this space. As she lifted her face to the sun, she would smile and glow.
And he needed to get his head out of his ass. He wouldnât have long to right this wrong. S.I. Industries