Deadly Desire (Carrington-Hill Investigations Book 2) by Kate Allenton Read Free Book Online

picture…finally. “He doesn’t like it when I make the headlines, and with you…” She motioned up and down his half-clad body. “…we’re going to be in the headlines. I just wanted Lexi to give him a heads-up. If I didn’t, he’d start with a full background check, and you don’t want the FBI in your business. Do you?”
    He moved his head from side to side as if releasing the tension in his neck. “I just assumed…”
    She waved her hand and rocked back and forth on her heels. “Forget it, just next time ask so you don’t go getting yourself worked up over nothing. I’ll be straight with you.”
    He nodded his agreement. “Once you get settled, I’ll meet you in my office. I have that other list you asked for. I’m just going to take a quick shower , and I’ll be down.”
    Her imagination was immediately bombarded with images of streams of water gliding down his tall, muscular body. Now if she could just keep herself from inappropriately groping him while managing to keep her eye on the job, she’d be just fine. Arm’s length , she reminded herself. She turned and started walking back to the pool house. She lifted her hand and wiggled her fingers. “Have fun.”
     
     

 
     
    Chapter 5
     
     
    Thirty minutes later, she was standing in the doorway to Collin’s office and silently watching as he thumbed through his mail, sorting the letters into piles. She felt like she had that night at the exclusive club, a voyeur of sorts trespassing into someone’s personal space.
    “You must be the investigator ,” a deep voice said from behind her.
    She turned to find a man with Collin’s facial features staring back at her. “You must be the brother.”
    He extended his hand. “Drew Martin, the youngest and better looking of the Martin clan.”
    “Sara Johnson.” She chuckled and shook his hand. The similar characteristics between the brothers were uncanny. High cheekbones, tanned skin , and the brightest, clearest eyes; eyes that could see clear down to your soul. Drew’s eye color, however, was more of an ocean green versus the vibrant blue of Collin’s eyes. He had a baby face, where the lines on Collin’s face were much more defined. She’d bet women would find him as equally deliciously appealing as his brother and maybe even a bit more charming.
    She turned to find Collin watching her with his brow hitched. “Knock it off , Drew. She could probably kill you with her bare hands and knows more than a hundred different ways to hurt you.”
    Drew’s voice was velvety smooth and yet playful at the same time. “That sounds sexy and promising.” Oh, yeah, he was a definite heartbreaker.
    Drew threw his arm over her shoulders. “Don’t worry , babe. My heart is already spoken for but, if things don’t work out the way I plan, you’re moving to the top of my list.”
    Collin’s brows furrowed f arther as he shook his head and glanced back down at the mail he had left in his hands. His whole demeanor did a one-eighty right in front of her. He abruptly stood, sending the chair whirling into the wall behind him. Blood drained from his face, and the rise and fall of his chest quickened. He dropped the rest of the mail on his desk and held up an envelope, just like the ones he’d shown her that day at the office. She wasn’t quick enough to stop him from tearing into the envelope and pulling out the paper, so she rounded the desk, moving to his side to read over his shoulder. And there goes any fingerprint evidence she might have been able to collect. It was now contaminated and probably smeared. She let out an aggravated sigh. “From now on, I’ll be collecting your mail and going through it before anyone else touches it.”
    The letter was like the first one. Each individual letter and word was cut from a magazine and glued into place. “I warned you. Number 2.” He flipped to the next page and his hand flew to his mouth. His eyes burned with fury as he tightened his hold on the paper,