Page 39 of My Temptation

“Yep, your flight leaves tomorrow morning at seven.”

I nodded. “I need to meet with Brody and go over everything I’ll need, so that’ll give me time.”

“Sounds good.” She smiled and took a few steps back. “You picking me up in the morning, or do you want me to drive to the airport?”

“I’ll pick you up, probably around four. It’s a two-hour drive.”

“Okay.” She smiled. “See you in the morning.”

“Yeah,” I agreed, and she turned on her heel, but it wasn’t hard to miss her excitement.

I didn’t share her feelings.

In fact, all I felt was dread.

11

MILA

I was walking down the hallway toward the reception area, already planning everything I’d need to take on the trip, when I heard my name. Turning, I faced Brody, who gestured behind him at his office door.

“Need to see you in my office before you leave.” He gestured toward Kyle and Ethan, who’d just stepped out of the conference room. “You too.”

Turning, I made my way back down the hallway to follow Kyle and Ethan, who were already heading toward Brody’s office. Kyle stood to the side of the door and waved us in ahead of him.

Brody looked up as we entered his office and called out, “Close the door behind you, Kyle.”

Once the door was closed, I glanced between Kyle and Brody before my stare landed on Jax, who stood across the room. “What’s going on?”

“We need to talk about identification,” Jax replied.

“What do you mean?” Ethan asked, but I already suspected where this conversation was headed.

“We can’t send you as Ethan and Mila,” he clarified. “Ethan and Mila can easily be linked to Elite, which we don’t want for obvious reasons.”

Ethan glanced at me before looking between Brody and Jax. “So who are we?”

Brody lifted two manila folders from his desk, and I saw the tabs, one folder for each of us. “Ethan, your name is Joe O’Neill, and you’re an electrician from North Carolina.” He handed him the folder. “Everything you need is in there, including your new ID.”

His eyes widened. “You already have it done?”

Brody jerked up his chin. “When we hire new employees, Kyle creates an alternative identification in case it’s needed.”

“How?”

“Leave that to the expert.” Kyle pushed off the door and stood near Jax so we were facing all three men. “The identification in that folder will pass any test. Don’t worry about using it.”

“Who am I?” I asked, but from the way Brody was watching me, I had a bad feeling I already knew.

He glanced at Jax and tapped the folder with my name against the palm of his hand. “We want you to use an existing ID.”

My body tensed because I knew where he was going with this. “From my time undercover.”

He studied me carefully, just watching for my reaction. “It’s established. It fits what we’re doing here, and it gives you a history to talk about if you need something.”

“Makes sense.” I shrugged because it did. However, it being logical didn’t make me feel better about using it.

“But you don’t like it?”

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