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CHAPTER FOUR

KADEN WHEELED HIS bag around the spot where Courtney had come on to him. Unbelievable. Just one more reason to ignore the way his body reacted to her.

Courtney was bored.

He was not here to distract a spoiled rich girl, even if she was gorgeous.

Hell. He’d almost kissed Courtney. She’d pressed up on her toes and her lush lips had been a whisper away.

He didn’t need a distraction like her. This undercover assignment was too important. He needed 100 percent of his energy focused on capturing Heather Bole. That meant ignoring Courtney.

He used the key Abby had given him to unlock the carriage house side door. The lock was so flimsy, he could have opened it with his credit card.

After trucking his bags upstairs and down the hall, he unlocked another flimsy lock. Home for the next little while.

The B and B’s cleaning crew had been through the apartment. Everything was spotless and smelled clean—not bleach, but something tangy.

Granddad had been thrilled Kaden was helping at the B and B. He wanted Kaden to take care of the Fitzgeralds. And he no longer felt guilty about occupying a Carleton House guest room.

After unpacking, he set his computer on the kitchen table. As much as he would like to use the second bedroom as an office, the pink mural would be too distracting.

He opened the file of pictures he’d taken last night. Zooming in, he focused on scars and visible tattoos, trying to match the faces with known drug dealers or cartel members. Nothing.

But he forwarded the file to the team. They could run the pictures against their database, just in case his memory was failing him.

He rolled his neck and the vertebrae cracked. He’d visited his grandfather. Packed and moved. Checked faces. Now what? He always had a backlog of tasks needing his attention at the Bureau. This not working was...unsettling.

Time to check on what Abby needed.

He headed down the stairs. Muffled voices and hammer strikes echoed through the wall. Nathan’s crew was working on the restaurant.

Curious, he headed around the building and ducked through the open door. Letting his eyes adjust to the dim light, he waited. Nathan and three men walked a frame into place on the wall that looked out to the courtyard.

“Be with you in a minute,” Nathan grunted as they shifted, leveled and added shims.

Kaden relaxed as Nathan’s team worked together. Screw guns squealed. Then they set glass doors into tracks in the framing.

“Got this?” Nathan asked one of the crew.

“Yup,” the man drawled.

Nathan swiped off his hat, pushed back his hair and jammed his cap back on. Then he headed to where Kaden leaned against a pillar.

“Great idea, having windows looking into the courtyard.” Kaden nodded at the windows. “People will love looking out while they eat.”