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He thought he knew her

Yet he hadn’t considered that she had a ripe figure under those boxy suits she’d always worn. Hadn’t guessed her laughter was so husky and stimulating, or that her smile could do things to...

A tightening in his gut caused his grin to fade. He gripped the metal rail. Peabody was not a woman to him. She was more than that. Women were replaceable. Peabody was essential She had a good, sharp mind and ran his office like a top sergeant.

“I will not mess up a perfect working relationship simply because her laugh.”

He turned around and propped a hip against the railing. The bed snagged his gaze He eyed the thing, concerned He’d had every intention of platonically sharing that puny mattress with Peabody The idea of anything physical going on between them had no more entered his head than if he’d planned to sleep beside his briefcase.

Until now.