“Just trust me.”He pulled her in and hugged her tight to his chest.“We should be able to put all of this behind us.”
“Wasn’t that the point of what I did today?”she asked as she reluctantly wrapped her arms around him.
He nodded.“Yes.”She wasn’t wrong.“But I like to make sure.”
“So, if we had delayed my meeting,” she began.“And you did whatever it is you did,without me, mind you.I could’ve avoided having to meet with the prosecutor and Marco?”
Well shit.He hadn’t thought of that.Guilt swirled in his gut.Now he felt like an asshole.“Maybe.”He had to make this better.“But because you were there and answering questions, there will be absolutely no doubt in their mind that you weren’t involved.”
Pulling back from him, she peered up at him.“I wish I was.”
He nodded and ran his hand through her hair.“I’m sorry.”
She had a point.This was their thing.He was a dick to deny her the opportunity.Especially because he was supposed to be teaching her.
“You didn’t miss much.Honestly, this was kind of boring.”He tried to make it better.
She pouted.“I doubt it.That’s not your style.”
He chuckled.“No.Seriously.In this one, I didn’t actuallydoanything.”
“What?”
“For some jobs, it’s not aboutwhat, but ratherhowwe carry it out.Sometimes we merely give people the tools and they take care of themselves.”
Confusion screwed her features.“That makes no sense.”
“When I left, my target was happily flittering about her house.”
“How does that even work?”
He grinned.“We’ll find out in the next few days.I suspect you’ll be getting a call explaining the case is dropped.”
Shaking her head, she pushed against his chest, putting more space between them.
He didn’t like that, though he fought the urge to drag her back into his embrace.
“Can’t you just say it?”she groaned.“I don’t really like riddles.”
He sighed.“It’s a surprise,” he said and booped her nose.He didn’t want to take a chance that anyone could be listening.
She wrinkled her features and took another few steps away.Completely out of the bathroom, she was now in the hallway.
He enjoyed that even less.This wasn’t going how he’d hoped.Fink had done this to protect her—them.She should trust him.They couldn’t move forward and be what he hoped they were if she didn’t have confidence in him.
“Promise me something.”
“Anything,” he said without question.
“No more lone missions,” she said.
“Absolutely not.”
“We’re a team now.”
He nodded.“Agreed.”
“So anytime you get dressed up, I do too.”
