FIVE
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Brodie was still there when she went to sleep, and she’d expected him to be gone before first light. But he was still holding her and wearing his jeans when she woke up. They had breakfast together, and he was vague in answering questions about his plans, cryptic was his specialty. With a smack on her a*s, he sent her out of the apartment and on her way to work, closing the door, and staying behind himself. Though he’d insisted she return to the manor after work, he hadn’t confirmed or denied whether he was going back to join Tuck.
Entering the CI building through the executive parking lot, she got off on the floor below hers to make her way through the law bullpen to the offices beyond where she knew she’d find...
“Julian,” she said, taping her knuckle on his open door c
