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passed through the door and, without looking at Cody, took a seat. She kept her eyes on the desk where an open notebook lay. Cody turned to a new page and tapped his pen.
    “You look good,” he said.
    She couldn’t think of a way to respond. She wanted to yell at him. Ask him why he hadn’t let her know that he was back. Instead, she pulled in the memory of him leaving and replied coolly, “So do you.”
    “You are second-in-command of the security team under Mike?”
    “Yes,” she answered shortly.
    He dropped the pen. “Look at me.”
    She raised her head and locked gazes with his sharp, brown eyes.
    “I’m sorry,” he said.
    That was such an open statement. Sorry about Gregory? About leaving her? Coming back?
    She shrugged.
    “I didn’t know I would see you here today. I didn’t know you were still in town.”
    Of course he didn’t. He hadn’t kept tabs on her. Why would he? Just because they had been in love once? She snorted.
    He sighed and picked his pen up again. “Why would someone kill Gregory?”
    She couldn’t look away from him. “I don’t know.”
    He shook his head. “You have to have some idea.”
    “I don’t know,” she said, voice trembling. She pressed her lips together to regain some composure. She wouldn’t be any help if she fell apart.
    “You liked your boss?”
    “Liked?” Anger replaced her despair. “I loved my boss.”
    His brow lifted.
    “Not only was Gregory the Cast leader, he was also my uncle. His sister is my mother,” she explained.
    He frowned and started writing in his little notebook. It pissed her off. He’d never met her family. In the past it hadn’t been important.
    “I didn’t know you were related to him.” Concern filled Cody’s voice. “This will be even tougher for you than the rest of the security team. I wish I could give you some time, but the sooner we start the investigation, the quicker we’ll find who did this.”
    “I know.”
    “Good.” He nodded. “Tell me about your uncle.”
    “Gregory was a good man,” she told him. “He was a great leader and without him, my Cast will be in turmoil.”
    He opened and closed his mouth several times before clearing his throat. “He’d have a successor,” Cody replied.
    “Yes, and I’m sure you’ve already been told that Adrian Brown isn’t even here,” she snapped.
    “Yes, I’ve been informed. Convenient that the second-in-command is out of town when the Cast leader was killed.”
    Fury rolled through her. She slammed a fist on the desk. “Adrian did not do this!”
    “Why not?” he questioned and leant back in his chair. “Because you’re sleeping with him?”
    Aubrey was out of her chair before she knew what she was doing.
    Cody was faster.
    She found herself pushed up against the wall with his body holding hers in place.
    “Temper, temper,” he taunted.
    Aubrey bared her teeth. Cody knew how to push her buttons. He always had.
    She tried to ignore the feel of his strong form holding her in place.
    He held her arms firmly, but it was his chest and legs against hers that had her swallowing a whimper. He was solid in all the right places.
    “So your boyfriend goes on a business trip and your leader is murdered,” Cody stated, voice not entirely steady. “That’s an avenue we will be following.”
    “Follow it all you want,” she provoked. “Waste time.”
    “I’m wasting time?” he scoffed. “We need your help. But every member of the security team has held back. I want answers, Aubrey, and you’re going to give them to me.”
    She couldn’t think when he was touching her. “Let me go.”
    He smiled then, and it wasn’t friendly. “Or?”
    If he didn’t release her, she wasn’t sure what was going to happen. Her mouth watered for a taste of him.
    She struggled to get away, but that only brought her body tighter to his. And her stomach brushed over his hard cock.
    “Cody,” she whispered his name, as she froze, feeling his hard-on.
    “Are you going to