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A deep, unfamiliar voice rumbled along Lily’s spine.

She curbed her irritation. Time to make nice. She had no choice. If she didn’t honor the mayor’s request to hire Vaughn Fulton as her deputy, he’d only saddle her with a seventy-year-old retiree. Or he’d veto every candidate she put forth. When Mayor Whitby was coming off a sugar high, that was just the way he rolled.

So suck it up, Lily Anne.

She swiveled toward the counter that separated the office space from the reception area.

A man wearing jeans and a short-sleeved navy T-shirt that barely concealed a hip holster stood in the doorway, shoulder propped against the jamb, posture as cocky as his voice. Midtwenties, six-one or so, trimmed dark hair and troublemaker eyes. One look and she was as clear about who he was as the muscles stretching his shirt. If the man were in motion, he’d be swaggering.

Beside her, Clarissa hummed her approval. Lily could practically hear the drool hitting the floor.

Yeah. Swagger. He planted his palms on the countertop, locked his arms and leaned in.

“Vaughn Fulton reporting for duty, ma’am.”