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She didn’t ask for or want protection from the new recruit.

Heck, she didn’t want it from even the most seasoned of agents. If the head of Orion couldn’t even protect herself... Her anger quickly turned to embarrassment. She’d frozen when she should have fought. If Jackson hadn’t shown up... Then all Nikki could feel was gratitude and admiration for the man standing in a puddle of spilled red wine.

And then Nikki felt anger again.

“I’m going to call the cops and then we’re going to talk about what the word privacy means,” she said. If Jackson felt underappreciated or shortchanged, he didn’t show it. Instead, he nodded, as if resigned to her future wrath.

Nikki turned and finally left the bathroom.

They both pretended not to hear how much her voice broke as she spoke. Or the way her legs still shook as she walked away.