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has told me so much about you,” Erin went on as she shook my hand firmly.
    “Funny,” I retorted, “Adam hasn’t told me a single thing about y—”
    Adam cleared his throat and shot me a chastising glare.
    Oops.
    I smiled sweetly at Adam, and he rolled his eyes at me. Agent Lenehan took no notice of our exchange, or else she pretended not to see. She smoothed out her cream-colored blouse and dark gray pencil skirt, then sat down gracefully in the chair next to mine.
    I guess my smile had turned to a frown, for as I compared my far-shorter legs, clad in boring old denim, to the agent’s toned, silk stocking–wrapped limbs, I heard Adam clear his throat again…loudly.
    I glanced up to find my man eyeing me warily. He appeared slightly aggravated—he knew me so well—but then he smiled resignedly.
    I knew Adam loved me, but I couldn’t deny what I felt. This woman made me feel inferior. I hated to think in such petty terms, but I couldn’t help myself. Agent Erin Lenehan was the exact type of stunning beauty the powerful and successful Mr. Ward would have pursued in the past. Not to mention, Erin had the whole sexy secret agent thing going for her.
    It nauseated me to picture her working closely with Adam, like they’d been doing for months. All hidden away down there in Boston, meeting in secrecy, the two of them rendezvousing in clandestine locations.
    I knew I was overreacting, so I tried to push my disturbing thoughts away and focus on nothing in particular. It worked for the most part, as I was good at zoning out. Still, I caught bits and pieces of Adam and Erin’s conversation. And to my surprise, as the meeting commenced, my silly fears were somewhat alleviated.
    Adam behaved in a purely professional manner with Erin. His interplay with the pretty agent was all business. The two spoke of things I knew nothing about, technical elements regarding the Wickingham Way project that went way over my head. It was all pretty dry and boring computer-speak crap.
    When Erin placed her briefcase on the desk and leaned forward to pop it open, I was sure Adam would take notice of her substantial cleavage right in front of his face. But his eyes remained averted. He glanced out the window, then at me. He caught me red-handed, side-eyeing Erin…and scowling.
    The corner of Adam’s mouth turned up in a grin, and even I had to snicker a little in recognition of my oh-so-obvious jealousy.
    “Sorry,” I mouthed to Adam.
    He just shook his head once, chuckled, and then focused back on the papers Agent Lenehan was pulling from her briefcase and spreading out on the desk.
    “Nate has made some great progress here,” Erin said as she tapped at a sheet of paper filled with lines of complicated-looking computer syntax.
    Adam picked up the page and peered at it closely. “Hmm, it looks like there’s only one more code left to break. Once that’s done, the final offshore account should be completely inaccessible to our enemy.” Adam set the page down. “I’ll work on it tonight.”
    The agent smiled. “We have this organization running, Ward,” she said with confidence.
    Adam smiled, smug himself. He had every right to be. It was largely his knowledge of how to hack into the most complicated computer systems that was crippling a previously untouchable organization. Damn, my man was good.
    Suddenly, just as Adam was about to say something, a volley of shots rang out from the direction of the private dock.
    “Maddy, get down,” Adam yelled as he stood and withdrew the formidable firearm he’d gotten from Nate, the .45 ACP.
    I froze as I turned in my chair. Agent Lenehan was still next to me, standing now and brandishing a gun of her own. When I remained frozen, she shoved me off the chair and to the floor. “Stay down,” she hissed in my ear.
    I knew she meant business, so I obeyed.
    Silence descended, but only for about half a minute. As I pressed my cheek to the carpeting, more shots pierced the stillness. This time