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“What’s going on, Casper?” Alexis asked.

“Nothing,” Casper said, but his eyes were dark.

“Don’t lie to me. What’s wrong?”

He glanced over at her and took off his cowboy hat, then set it on the dashboard. He ran his hands over his face and through his hair in exasperation. “I just think it’s going to be better if you get away from all this—this investigation.”

“What happened?” she asked, trying to stop the hurt from leaking out into her voice.

All she had been trying to do for the past two days was solve this so they both could get their jobs done. Now, after a strange meeting with the Canadian Mounties, she was on the outs. It didn’t make sense.

“You didn’t do anything, Lex. I promise.”

She tried to remind herself they were only friends, and maybe barely that. Sure, they had shared the kiss in the woods, but ever since they had gotten caught he had barely been able to look at her.

“Is this because of what happened…you know, back there?” She motioned in the direction they’d come from.

But she was sure he knew exactly what she was talking about.