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“I should be asking you two that,” Autumn insisted.
“We’re doing just fine,” Miles answered, then looked to Eva.
She’d be more than fine if he were a free man. That was hardly the question. “Yes. We got settled in and slept, just had breakfast. Nothing dangerous here.”
“Besides Mama defending her boy,” Autumn snipped.
Miles bristled.
Before he could open his mouth, Autumn rushed on, “Forgive me, Miles. She had every right and I’m sure she’s an angelic mother. I had no clue she was there and was just flirting but setting my boundaries like I always do.”
“A shallow hookup is a boundary?” Miles asked.
Eva wondered how Miles would survive in Hollywood. Most of the time, nobody was honest enough to admit to a shallow hookup, but that was all anyone seemed to want.
“I never do more than kiss any man.” Autumn’s smile got sneaky and much more like the Autumn Eva had met last night. “When they make any move to do more, I knock them on their butts. It’s so fun.”
Miles half-grunted and shook his head. “My brother would never try to do more.”
“Whew. That man is more appealing by the moment. Except for the fact he still lives with his mama.”
“He doesn’t. He has his own cabin.”
“Yes! Sign me up for a flirting and kissing session with my bull riding cowboy very soon.”
“Autumn.” Miles half-laughed now. “You are a very impressive lady, and a piece of work. Do you know that?”
“Yes, Lieutenant Coleville, I do.” Her voice turned hard. “Now, enough about me. You’re safe there from your perspective?”
“Yes.”
“Our reports are revealing some of the media and Eva’s friends and work associates are buying the sick in bed line and some are not.”
Eva wondered who wasn’t buying the sickness. It was disconcerting not to have her phone and respond to family, friends, and work associates and know what the media was saying.
“I don’t look enough like Eva to venture outside,” Autumn continued, “which is going to drive me insane by the way, but that’s all right. More motivation to catch these losers and restore Eva and me to our happy lives. Anyway, I’ve spotted a few prowlers in the night, but like the good girl I am, I followed Aiden’s instructions and didn’t leave the house. Paul found a VRBO a few doors down and across the street. No beach views for the poor guy. He’s checking in at four and will be able to go after anybody prowling around tonight.”
She took a breath. “This morning has been interesting. Some stiff in a white uniform knocked on the door. I figured if I pulled him into the house and didn’t let him see my face, I could see what he was about?—”
“Autumn,” Eva broke in. “Oh, shoot. I should’ve told you my chef delivers meals on Tuesday mornings.”
“Eh.” Autumn lifted her hands and grinned. “It gave me something to do, and he was surprisingly chill about it. I explained I’d learned how to take a man down in Protecting the Influencer.”
“He never saw your face?” Miles asked.
“No, sir. To more exciting news. I was in the shower when our buddy Agent Ryken Henderson decided to disable the alarms and stroll in the house like he owned the place.”
Eva’s blood chilled. “Are you serious?”
“Deadly serious. He came right into the master. Aiden has Adam tailing him, and I had alerts going off that he was coming so luckily I’d jumped out of the shower and got a robe on and a weapon in hand. Not that I’d need a weapon to take out that pansy. We had a nice conversation through the master bathroom door. I convinced him I was miserably sick, probably had the worst flu virus I’d ever had in my life. I kept sneezing and coughing and sniffling. He kept fishing for why the camera feeds weren’t working. Scum ball didn’t want to openly admit he was watching you on camera. I must’ve convinced him he wasn’t getting answers and he didn’t want the gumbo. He left. Adam said he’s gone to work. I’m fighting Aiden for permission to just thrash him when he comes back. Easiest way to get the truth out of a loser like that.”
Miles smiled at Eva. “Aiden sticks to a code of ethics.”
“Blah, blah, blah,” Autumn said. “You want ethical or you want the innocent to be protected? Agent Henderson doesn’t give two rats about ethics.” She waved a hand. “Anyway. Aiden, Paul, and the tech team are all focused on unraveling who put the hits out on the dark web. It still looks to be seven different parties, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t all related or trace back to one slime ball. Any questions or ideas from your end?”
Eva looked at Miles and lifted her hands. “Besides Ryken, I don’t know anybody who is after me.”
“Besides the millions of men around the globe who are in love with Eva Chevron,” Miles said.
