Page 149 of Dangerous Mission

Biting words come out of her pretty mouth. “You need to leave me alone. You could die. All of you could die because of talking to me.”

Like that’s going to happen. “You’re not walking away until you give us answers.”

Closing her eyes, she mumbles something under her breath that ends in a snarl of her broad, pink upper lip that makes cold sweat bead between my shoulder blades.

“What was that, ma’am?”

“I shouldn’t have come.”

Too late for that. She’s caught now.

“Why did you?”

She exhales, and shakes her head causing her damp hair to cling to her cheek. “I couldn’t live with myself if something happened to innocent men who dive in that lethally dangerous cave because of some bullshit story my father sold you on.”

I know I’m staring, but there’s nothing I can do. And when tears build on her lashes, I curse silently.Don’t cry. Don’t fucking cry.

I might not trust myself to keep my act wired together when a woman that looks like my former fiancée is crushing my careful façade, but she will be safe with our team.

That’s guaranteed.

“You can trust us.”

The first tear falls.Then I do.

“I don’t have anyone that I can trust.”

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