Page 25 of My Temptation

“Dammit.” Brody ran his hand around the back of his neck.

“We know anything else?” Jax asked.

“He has experience with computers,” Kyle added. “He hides his shit well. I have to dig for just about everything.”

“That’s not what I wanted to hear.” Jax groaned and shifted his attention back to Striker. “Anything else?”

“Nope. I followed him for a while but got nothing else,” Striker stated.

“Can Beth offer any more information?” Mila asked.

“Don’t think she knows much.”

“Shit.” Jax sat back and ran his hand around the back of his neck. “So we’re right back where we started.”

“Cam have any luck tracing the arsenic back to any one person?” Ethan asked.

“Not yet.” Jax frowned. “That’s what Kyle was looking for when he got the lead, and we sent Striker out yesterday.”

“I thought you were taking on other assignments while I worked this one?” Mila teased Kyle, knowing full well he’d never stopped working this case.

He might have handed the biggest portion over to her while taking on more assignments, but as long as this case was open, he was working on it. We all were. Every one of us on this team had an investment in putting this case to bed, whether it was personal or professional. It was one of the few cases that affected all of us in some way.

“And I thought you were into the ladies.”

She tilted her head to the side. “What makes you think I’m not?”

“Christ,” Jax swore. He hated when Kyle pulled the team’s attention from the meeting with what he considered frivolous shit.

They both ignored Jax, and Kyle smirked. “Just a hunch.”

“Does this have anything to do with jobs we’re working?” Jax asked, frustration clear in his tone.

Mila laughed. “Are you ever not annoying?”

Kyle leaned back and grinned. “Can’t seem to help myself.”

“I feel like I somehow inherited an obnoxious little brother when I took this job.”

“If you want me to be obnoxious—” He started but was cut off.

“Enough,” Jax stated. “Moving on.” But he didn’t even take a breath before diving right back into work, probably assuming he just needed to shut Kyle down.

He wasn’t wrong.

“Ethan.” I looked at Jax and waited, knowing he was about to start handing out assignments. “I need you to work with Brody installing systems this week while Pike is out of town unless Mila needs you.”

When I nodded, he moved on to Mila. “Any plans?”

She opened her mouth to answer but stopped when Leah’s voice came through the speaker. “Striker. Bridget Hollis is here to see you.”

Kyle leaned forward. “Who the hell is Bridget Hollis?”

With a shrug, he stood. “No idea.”

“We’ll finish up,” Brody announced. “Get us if it’s important.”

Striker grunted as an answer before leaving the room and closing the door behind him.

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