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“Of course he was. I’ve never spoken to him personally, but I pointed out some holes in his security measures. Maura seemed pretty happy to tell him about them too.” She snorted. “FBI, they spend more time shopping for ray bans and suits.”
He couldn’t stop his lips from twitching. Her voice was filled with arrogance and, dammit, he found it attractive. He always hated women who played the victim. Ali was definitely a woman who would always stand and fight. It made her almost irresistible. Her outward confidence had attracted him as much as that tight, athletic body of hers. He remembered the taste of her flesh, the way she moaned his name…
“Earth to Devon.” Micah said.
Devon blinked, coming back down to earth. When Devon turned to look at his brother-in-law, he found Micah smiling at him.
“What?”
“Nothing. Maybe we need to bring the girls out here, and you can go take a nap.”
He rubbed his hand over the back of his neck trying to ignore the pulse of lust that now beat through his blood. He was still pissed at Ali, but the attraction was as strong as ever. Worse, he kept seeing her steal glances at him, and he was starting to realize the mutual attraction was still there.
He was insane to be so damned hot for a woman who could kill him.
“I think the house is fine, but I told him I wanted a review of the security we have on it.” He looked at Ali. The images of the night before came flashing back to him. “I just realized that you were on your way out of the house the other night. How did you know?”
“I have silent alarms set to go off if someone breaches my land within 100 yards.”
He looked at her. “That’s kind of fanatical.”
She shrugged. “If it was just me, I could handle the typical alarm, but Bridget brings other concerns. The silent alarm allowed me to get her out of there without frightening her too much.”
Of course, Ali had thought of that. Being raised by someone in MI-6, there was a good chance she could run her own security company. Considering the measures she took just to protect her house, Devon was amazed that she’d been found out.
“I’ll talk to Evan and let him handle most of the Rough ‘n Ready issues right now,” Micah said. “Hopefully, we won’t have to do this for very long.”
“Evan?” she asked. She looked at Devon. “I don’t want any more people involved.”
“He’s my business partner and he’s family,” Micah said. “It’s going to be impossible to avoid telling him. Our lives, personal and business, are intertwined. He’ll be good at deflecting questions about my absence at work. It will be noticed.”
“If it’s noticed that my brother-in-law is missing or taking a long absence after what happened in Seattle, that will get noticed. You and I both know that.”
She opened her mouth but Dee stopped her. “I know you’ve handled this by yourself for so many years, that it’s hard for you to accept help, but believe me, Evan is trustworthy. And, we won’t tell him anything more than is necessary, for our safety and for his. Evan and his wife are expecting their first child.”
She studied Dee for a second then nodded.
“Do you think it will be suspicious that you aren’t around the club?” Devon asked.
Micah shook his head. “I was supposed to be off until the end of next week anyway. By then we should have a better handle on this. We can always blame it on Dee.”
“Thanks a lot,” she said with a laugh. Then she sighed. The tired sound reminded Devon that she was pregnant, and she hadn’t had a good night’s sleep.
“Why don’t you go take a nap?” he asked her.
“The girls are back there.”
“Well, go recline somewhere. I don’t think any of us want to relive the horror of your previous bed rest.”
She frowned at him then looked at Ali. “See what I have to put up with?”
Ali laughed and the sound danced through his blood. It was so rare to hear that he felt like a junkie waiting for the next hit.
“Yes, well, be happy with it, and I suggest you take advantage of it too.”
Dee yawned. “I guess I will. Especially since I have a sexy man to rub my feet.”
“I love you, but I will not rub your feet,” Devon said.
