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“Hi.”
Claudia yelped—she couldn’t help herself—and then grabbed for her gun.
Michael had simply appeared close by her shoulder. Trisha squealed in surprise. They’d been keeping watch. She had intentionally landed the helicopter facing down the beach. Between the two of them, they’d been watching the whole strip.
He continued to grin at her like an i***t. She checked her watch to see it wasn’t yet half past eleven.
“What are you doing here?”
“Aren’t you glad to see me?” He was teasing her and enjoying himself entirely too much.
Well, two could play at that game. She grabbed the front of his vest by the D-ring mounted there and hauled him in. He tasted and smelled like the rest of Baku, but she was so glad to see him that she didn’t care. The heat flashed through her and she could
