He leaned over and gave her a slow, thorough kiss. “And a woman of rare appetite,” he said in a low rumble.
They’d made love. Of course they had. Like she could take him to her bed and not touch him. Not have him touch her. Impossible.
He’d been so tender it nearly broke her heart. It almost felt like…No, she wasn’t going there.
They’d just nestled together into the propped-up pillows to eat the savory breakfast, when his cell phone rang. He checked the screen.
“It’s the office. Guess I’d better get it.” They rarely called him on weekends, so when they did it was usually important.
“Conner here.”
“It’s your father.”
Hell. “Hi, Dad. What’s up?”
“You got an e-mail about a surveillance from someone named Barton.”
Conner glanced at Vera and smiled. “Yeah?” How the hell had his father gotten hold of that?
“It came in on the general e-mail account,” his dad said, answering the unspoken question. “You’re surveilling Vera Mancuso? What’s that all about?”
Double hell. “Hang on, Dad.” He climbed out of bed, giving Vera a kiss. “Reception’s bad in here. I’m gonna take this outside.” He grabbed a towel to wrap around his waist and trotted out the double sliders to the huge tiled patio that circled the penthouse, closing them firmly behind him.
“I told you about the case she’s helping me on. The whole Quetzal thing. She could be in danger, so I’m making sure she’s safe.”
“From between her sheets? Mike says—”
Anger shot through Conner. He tamped it down. “That’s none of Mike’s business, Dad. Or yours.”
“It is if I think you’re getting personally involved with this woman.”
“Why would that matter?”
“You have the family name to think of.”
“Oh. You mean like Uncle Harold? Or Candace, or Silver?” All stars of the local gossip columns due to their endless “inappropriate” love affairs. Although Silver seemed to have settled down now that she was a newlywed and expecting a baby.
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