Friction (Red Hot Private Eye, Novella, Vol. 2) by Melanie Shawn Read Free Book Online

When dealing with people like Rodriquez and Pena it was common practice to switch all of the equipment you plant in a room off and then turn it on remotely after the occupants have been inside several minutes. That way if they did a sweep of the room prior to conducting whatever business they had the devices wouldn’t be detected.
    But now the only contact that Mateo had to Raiza was her earpiece. He heard rustling sounds of clothes and then water running, it sounded like a shower.
    He heard Raiza start singing. What was she doing? Did she have a death wish?
    After several seconds he heard men’s voices, but couldn’t quite make them out. Then he heard Raiza scream. Not a scared-for-your-life panicked scream. A what-the-hell mad followed immediately by her yelling, “Aye, Dios mío! ¡Fuera de aquí! Estoy desnuda! ¡Fuera!”
    For a moment there was only static. When it cleared the signal started going in and out. He could hear bits and pieces of Raiza continuing to yell. Loudly.
    Then everything went silent.
    The earpiece must have gotten wet when she pulled that stupid stunt. Mateo knew logically that he should give her time. She obviously had a plan. She was not only one of the most intelligent people he knew she was also street smart and capable.
    Still, every instinct he had was screaming for him to go in and save her. Fuck. He knew he should, but he couldn’t just wait in the van. Not when she was up there with three extremely dangerous men.
    He was stepping out of the van when his phone beeped. It was a text from Raiza.
    In the elevator. Lights on in two.
    How the hell had she gotten in the elevator that fast? He climbed back into the van and set the timer on his watch for 120 seconds. If those screens didn’t come on before it hit ‘0’ he was going in.
    He watched the darkened screens. He didn’t hear anything but the pounding of his heart and his breaths coming in hard short pants. He sat. Waiting.
    The seconds ticked by. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6…and then the screens came up. He saw the three men laughing as they sat around the living area in chairs. After listening for a minute, Mateo was able to pick out enough words to understand the gist of what they thought was so funny which was “the angry naked girl”.
    Just as he was about to call the agency to have someone translate what they else they were saying so he could make sure that Raiza was okay, he saw her strolling out of the front of the hotel with the manager. Hair dripping wet, causing her silk shirt to leave nothing to the imagination. The manager looked like one of those cartoon wolves whose eyes bug out and tongue rolls from their mouth when they see a juicy steak.
    Mateo’s reaction to seeing Raiza was quite a bit different than the hotel managers. Upon seeing that she was okay Mateo felt himself instantly relax. His breathing returned to normal. His blood pressure came back down. All he felt now was relief. Oh, and anger.
    Yeah, he was definitely pissed.

Chapter Eight
    Raiza took her long hair in her fists and pulled down tightly squeezing out the extra moisture before getting into her car. She did not want the seats getting wet. Yes, of course she had had the leather treated for all weather protection, but that didn’t mean she wanted to take a chance.
    She opened her car door and she shook her head slightly as a chill ran through her from head to toe. That had been close. Too close. It had been a calculated risk on her part and she was grateful that it had turned out in her favor.
    Pulling out of the underground parking she tapped the screen on her phone so she could access the monitors now that she had turned them back on. The screen filled with the men she had just left all sitting around discussing her. Well, her body at least. They were all describing what each had wanted to do to her body in graphic, detailed descriptions.
    Dream on.
    She couldn’t believe how easy men were. You put an unexpected naked girl in front of them and it seemed