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“I never said I thought she was.”But I wondered.
“Uh-huh.” The amusement in his voice was unmistakable. “Why would I be calling you if I had a girlfriend?”
She sat down at the small table she’d purchased at a second-hand store. “Whyareyou calling me?”
“How else am I supposed to ask you out? Unless you want me to come over and do it in person cuz I’d?—”
“I’m not giving you my address.” She smiled. The guy was tenacious, she’d give him that.
“Right. Serial killer. Gotcha.”
A laugh bubbled up before she could stop it. “I don’t know you.”
“No reason not to go out with me, then,” he rationalized. “Most killers know their victims, so you’re safe.”
“Not the best argument,” she said, “since I’m apparently safer if I don’t know you.”
“Touché, but we’ve met three times,” he pointed out. “That constitutes knowing in my book.”
“So, now I need a restraining order and a bodyguard?”
The deep rumble of his laugh heated her body. How could a laugh turn her on? The man was lethal.
“Let me take you out.”
“I don’t know...”
“We can go someplace public.”
Should I?
“With lots of witnesses.” He drew the word “lots” out for so long, it warranted its own zip code.
She laughed. She had to admit, talking with him was fun.
What’s the worst that can happen? Aside from being murdered, and all.
“If you’re worried about me stuffing you in my trunk, how ’bout a double date?”
This is the weirdest conversation ever.
“A double date?” She hadn’t been on one of those since high school.
“With Emery and Gage. Officer Bennett,” Jake clarified. “You’ve met him, and you’d like Em.”
“Wait. The serial killer lover is dating a cop?”
“It works for them,” he said. “I’ll tell him to bring his gun. That should make you feel safe. If I pull out a knife, he can take me out.”
“Oh, my heck, you’re crazy.” She giggled.
“And persistent,” he added. “Verypersistent. You don’t stand a chance.”
The guy wasn’t lacking in the confidence department, that’s for sure. It was sexy.
She caved. “Okay.”
“Okay?”
