That the code has been changed and?—
Two-six-nine-five. Enter.
The lights on the keypad turn green and there’s a soft click.
“Holy shit,” I whisper and reach for the handle…
Right as an arm winds tightly around my middle and yanks me back against a hard, strong chest.
And I hear Brooks growl,
“What the fuck do you think you’re doing?”
THREE
BROOKS
She freezes.
Then the woman darts out a hand, reaching for the handle of the safe.
Caught and still trying to go for whatever she wanted to steal.
Fucking ballsy.
Or maybe fuckingstupid.
Growling, I yank her back more firmly against me, ignoring the odd sensation that I’ve held her just like this before, that I’ve felt the lush curve of her ass brushing against my pelvis, that I’ve wrestled with her stubbornness.
I spin her away from the safe, shove her toward the far side of the room.
I don’t know why I don’t call out. Security could be here in ten seconds, could take care of this tiny woman and discover what she’d been trying to steal—and do it all faster and more efficiently than I can.
My specialty is finance.
Not interrogation.
But I don’t open my mouth, don’t call down the hall.
Instead, I drag her across the room and toss her on the couch.
She immediately bursts up to her feet and lurches toward the window.
A window she somehow knew wouldn’t alarm when she broke in.
That pings around my brain, raising the hairs on my nape, but I don’t have time to truly process that realization.
Not when she’s reached the window, is yanking up the frame.
I grab her arm.
“Fuck!” I growl when her elbow digs into my side, sending pain radiating through my ribs, and she slips free, grabbing at the window again. I grind my teeth together, ignore my aching torso, and grab her before she can crawl out, gripping both of her shoulders from behind.
“Stop,” I grit out, pulling her back.
She struggles against me, but I just wrap my arm around her middle and turn us, pinning her body between mine and the wall.
We’re both breathing heavy and maybe I’m a fucking creep, but that lush ass is brushing against my pelvis again and my dick is getting hard and…
