Because of her, he’d almost lost that job. All because she’d told him that she loved him, and he’d been foolish enough to believe her. No one had ever loved him, and he’d never loved anyone. Scarlet had proven that to him all over again. She’d only wanted what she could get out of him.
No woman would ever do that again. Fool him again. He’d be here tomorrow night, meet Lacy, and wouldn’t hold a single qualm in using her to get to the mole. Lacy would soon learn that it would take more than a set of sparkling blue eyes, perfect curves, and a set of sweet lips to fool him.
Anger at himself made his jaw tighten. Those blue eyes. When she’d looked up at him, he’d almost been able to read her mind. She’d wanted to be kissed. He’d complied. This time. But wouldn’t again.
Henry walked down the steps into the long tunnel that eventually ended up at an abandoned house in a neighborhood near the base of the Santa Monica Mountains.
From there, he’d walk up a long trail into the woods and up the mountainside before he’d finally arrive at the cabin that was his hiding base for this assignment.
His thoughts, his determination to solve this assignment, continued as he walked along the dark tunnel. He took pride in being a federal investigation agent. Took satisfaction in how his hard work had made his uncle, his adoptive parent, proud. This job had given him something he’d never had before.
A place where he belonged. Where he fit in.
Orphans rarely fit in anywhere.
He’d learned that at an early age.
Being adopted hadn’t helped.
But the Justice Department had.
He’d finally found a place where he could be alone. That was how he liked it. Scarlet had almost ruined all that for him. That would never happen again. No one, man or woman, would ever jeopardize the oath he’d taken as a federal agent. Especially no little blue-eyed flapper.
Copyright © 2020 by Lauri Robinson
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