CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
MELINDA
The knock on my door made me jump so hard I nearly knocked over my coffee cup. My hands scrambled across the laptop keyboard, closing browser windows in a panic. I shoved the computer under my bed, the metal frame scraping against the floor louder than I wanted, then stood up so fast my head spun.
"Just a minute," I called out, my voice sounding thin even to my own ears.
I smoothed down my pajamas and ran my fingers through my hair, trying to look like someone who hadn't spent the entire night awake researching illegal ways to get cash. The dark circles under my eyes probably gave me away but there wasn't much I could do about that now.
I opened the door to find Kieran standing there in a perfectly tailored navy suit, his tie straight, his hair still sligh
