Scandal Exposed (The Lust List: Kaidan Stone #4) Read Online Free Page A

tosses them all to the desk, then pounds it with his fist. Jillian jumps beside me.
    “He cleaned them out,” Kaidan says with disgust. “Every one of the clients who lost money. He took the files with him. It’s him. He did this.”
    He sits down at the desk and turns on the PC just as the FBI agents push past me and Jillian. “You’re not allowed in here while we’re conducting our investigation.”
    Kaidan glares at them and slowly stands. “Then I suggest you start right here. James Nordstrom missed work on Thursday and Friday, isn’t answering his phone, and cleaned out his files ahead of your raid .”
    Everyone’s crowding Kaidan and looking at him or the computer, so now’s my chance. I stealthily slide my file off the desk and cover it with my purse.
    The agents exchange tense looks over Kaidan’s accusation, and then one of them nods. “We’re done in your office, Mr. Stone. You can wait there. We’ll need to ask you some more questions.”
    Kaidan moves around the desk to leave, and I scurry out of the room. I can’t let Kaidan see the will before I tell him the truth. I have to confess first. Because the game is up. My money’s gone, he’s going to see my will, and he sure as hell will hear about Serena’s diamond going missing. There’s no way out now.
    Jillian stays behind as Kaidan walks with me back to his office. We step around the boxes against the walls—filled with papers seized from Kaidan’s office. An FBI agent guarding the boxes shoots Kaidan a distrustful look as he and I pass by and get into the now empty room. It’s just a desk and some chairs, all the shelves stripped.
    I stand next to one of the chairs, clutching my file to my chest as Kaidan closes the door behind us and locks it. He comes over to stand near me and sags against his bare desk, rubbing the bridge of his nose. “I’m such an idiot. I trusted him.”
    God, this is horrible timing, but it’s now or never. “I need to tell you something.” The words spill out in a rush, and Kaidan looks up. His brows furrow as he notices the folder in my arms.
    I hold my breath as he plucks it from my grasp. “You shouldn’t have taken that out of there,” he says, but he sounds like he doesn’t really care.
    He tosses it on the nearby empty chair, and I watch, horrified, as some of the contents slide sideways, exposed. But he’s not looking at it. He’s looking off into the distance, pensive. The expression of betrayal on his face is awful. And it’s only going to get worse from here.
    “Kaidan.”
    He meets my eyes and draws me closer without a word.
    “Listen, I—”
    He presses his lips to mine, kissing me with such intensity my body responds without my permission. His hand slides down my back, aggressively kneading the sensitive depressions in my lower back, and longing awakens within me, making my whole body hot. I’m positively buzzing as his tongue finds mine, and his hands sneak up my shirt. He squeezes my breast roughly, and I moan a little into his mouth.
    I should stop this, but my body wants it too bad. I want it. And once I tell him the truth, he’ll probably never touch me like this again. It’ll all be over. I kiss him with a sort of desperation, matching his intensity, and he unhooks my bra and helps me pull my shirt over my head.
    He whirls me around so the backs of my thighs are up against the edge of the desk and takes one of my breasts in his mouth hungrily, sucking on my nipple. I bite back a gasp and remember there’s an FBI agent on guard just outside the door. We shouldn’t be doing this.
    But Kaidan twists my other nipple with his fingers and then returns his mouth to mine, seeking my tongue. My hand moves to his pants, and he’s hard already, bulging against the fabric. As he kisses me, my bare breasts rub against the smooth fabric of his shirt, nipples hard in the drafty air.
    Electricity dances between us, trapping us in a haze of lust, the heat of this moment. There’s only us