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find out about Ms. Jansen?”
    Daniels chuckled. “Make that Dr. Jansen.”
    “You can’t be serious?” Erik laughed. “The woman’s a walking disaster. What kind of patients?”
    “Students. She’s a physics professor at Wakeburn University .”
    “A professor? She seems young.” And not at all like the stodgy teachers he remembered from college. He bet her classes attracted every male on campus, despite the somewhat dry nature of the course. Hell, he’d attend her class just to admire her ass while she wrote on the blackboard.
    “Child prodigy,” Daniels read from the folder. “Finished college at seventeen, earned her doctorate at twenty three. And, you’re gonna love this. She spent four years working in a nuclear research lab on a top-secret project for the defense department. All they would say is that she left over philosophical differences.”
    “A disgruntled employee?” Erik grabbed the report. Now, that would make more sense. If Victoria had felt passionately about an issue and clashed with her superiors over policy….
    Good reasons or not, she’d crossed the line between legal protest and illegal action.
    Victoria Jansen presented a unique mystery. The department issued information on a need to know basis, and the guys upstairs obviously didn’t feel Erik needed to know. Her project must have required she hold a high security clearance higher than his. What motivated a twenty-seven year old woman to walk away from a lucrative career to teach at this small, obscure college? With her credentials, she could have worked at any one of the top universities.
    Her involvement might be deeper than a mere courier. What if Becker wanted her to take a look at the information first? With her background, she would smell a set-up immediately. “I’m going to scrounge up some coffee and then I’d better get back inside.”
    “Need help, Romeo?” Daniels razzed.
    Eric cringed at the use of his codename. A name linked to a professional reputation he couldn’t seem to live down. “I can handle it.”
    Daniels shook his head in warning. “I don’t know. The woman’s got a lethal style.”
    In more ways than one, Erik thought. Dr. Jansen had a potent effect on him. He swallowed a groan. A courier or an active participant? Did it really matter? His job demanded he bring all guilty parties to justice. He needed a stiff drink and a cold shower. “I’ll be back later,” he said.
    “Don’t turn your back on her.”
    Erik shot him a nasty scowl but he understood his partner’s concern. Victoria was an accident waiting to happen. Not to mention a disaster in the making if he didn’t get his hormones under control.
     
    * * * *
     
    Victoria woke up to silence. Blessed quiet and solitude—her two best friends. The Windsor Water Authority had obviously finished with her. Why did she feel disappointed? The absence of a man who’d witnessed her at her most clumsy should be a relief.
    She tossed the pile of papers onto the coffee table. Her glasses fell to the floor. Strange. She didn’t remember removing them. Her muscles cramped with fatigue. She still wasn’t back on Eastern Time. That would explain why she couldn’t get her thoughts, or her dreams, off the hunk in the khakis.
    Oh, Lord, she was beginning to sound like her students.
    Her stomach rumbled. A drop in her blood sugar level must have been making her delirious. She stumbled into the kitchen to check the contents of the freezer. A small lasagna she’d made before leaving for Mexico would have to suffice. She still needed to unpack and go food shopping. She popped the aluminum tray into the oven.
    From the kitchen window, Victoria caught sight of the Water Authority van. She cursed the rush of excitement that made her heart beat faster. None of the men strutting the beaches of Cancun in Speedos caused her to lift an eyebrow in interest. Yet this man, whose hair was too long and his eyes too blue, gave her hot flashes?
    She found safety in the