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one on him. She was all he’d been able to think about last night. He’d finally drifted off with thoughts of her naked and writhing underneath him only to wake up with an uncomfortable hard-on. He’d had to think of shitty things to finally get it to go away.
    “You didn’t have to cook,” she said as she pulled a mug down from one of the cabinets and poured herself coffee. The woman had so many different flavors to choose from so he’d gone with the breakfast blend.
    He shrugged. “I wanted to. Did you hear back from your father or his security?”
    Leaning against the counter, mug in hand, she frowned as she shook her head. “No and that’s not like either of them. I called my father this morning and it went straight to voicemail too.”
    “I hope you don’t mind, but I made some calls to a few contacts about your situation.” With the brazen attack still fresh in his mind, he hadn’t been able to sit back and do nothing. Even if Mina kicked him out of her life, he’d had to involve others. Too much time was passing since the attempted kidnapping and he didn’t want to lose any leads.
    At his words, she straightened against the counter and set her mug down. He could see the flare of hurt in her gaze, but he shook his head before she could speak.
    “ Not to the police. People I work with and a couple guys I served with who live down here. What happened isn’t going to be made public and the cops aren’t going to be involved as of yet.”
    The tension in her shoulders lessened some as she leaned back again. “Okay. So who exactly did you talk to and what did you tell them?”
    “I let my boss know everything about the attack. Red Stone has a lot of resources for this kind of thing.” In addition to private security they also had a small branch dedicated to hostage negotiation when wealthy individuals didn’t want to involve the authorities. Their success rate was almost perfect.
    “One of the Caldwell brothers?” she asked, sipping her coffee, her eyes more alert now that she was waking up.
    He nodded. Last night they’d talked about his job and she’d known enough about Red Stone Security that it surprised him. It didn’t now that he understood her father had used Red Stone in the past. “Harrison. I told him who you are, what happened and the sensitive nature of the situation. No details of you and the life you’ve built here will be leaked to anyone.”
    “Why didn’t you just wait until I woke up to ask me?” That hurt flickered in her gaze again, like a punch to his gut.
    Blue turned the stove off and moved the pan to the side before turning to face her fully. “We went to bed late and I wasn’t sure when you’d wake up. I wanted to get everyone in the loop as early as possible.” And he hadn’t been sure if she’d even say yes. He’d figured he could just do it then ask for forgiveness later.
    She rubbed a hand over her face and slightly shook her head. “Okay, so what did your boss say?”
    “They’re looking into high profile kidnappings from the past year that fit a similar MO and one of Red Stone’s security specialists will be looking at CCTVs in the city to see if they can dig up anything from around the time of the attempted kidnapping.”
    “That’s smart… But why are they doing this? I haven’t hired them or anything.” She frowned, eyeing him warily.
    Blue had figured this question would come and went for total honesty. “I can’t be positive, but Harrison is a businessman. I think he’s hoping that by helping you it will secure more contracts from your father. As soon as I told him your last name he was all over this.”
    A ghost of a smile tugged at her lips. Even if she didn’t hire Red Stone, she’d pay them for services rendered. “At least you’re honest.” She took another sip and he let her digest everything before moving on. After a moment she spoke again. “I’d thought Ivan would have called me back by now with instructions on how to