She shook her head.
“They’ll never realize we were in the house,”
he said. “We didn’t disturb anything and left the locks on both
doors set. Burglars don’t generally bother.”
She remained quiet and his heart contracted.
Maybe she was right; he wasn’t the man for her. He’d taken her
quiet, well-ordered life and turned it upside-down. Turned her into
a criminal. He should have made her stay in the hotel room. Not
that she would have done it. But he could have told her to stay
outside while he went inside the house.
“Kristie, I don’t usually do things like
that. Usually? Hell. Never. I’ve never broken into anyone’s house
before. Never. I’ve always been just as law-abiding as you. Well,
except for those red lights late at night. I’m a law enforcement
officer. As an SBI agent, eve
