Page 22 of Fool Me Once

“Men lose their heads overwomen.”

She folded her arms acrossher chest and offered him a glare. “All men?”

“Yes, all men. Let’s faceit, I lost my head over you,” he said.

This surprised her. Leahstared at him for several moments before she turned back to look at thecomputer, but then she didn’t know why she was bothering. If Cain knew what shewas doing, all that information was going to him.

“Maybe this will be a goodthing,” Leah said.

“How?”

“It might make Frank happy,or happier.”

“Is this really thatimportant to you?” he asked.

“Yes.”

Cain stared at her forseveral moments. She didn’t know how much time had passed, but then he noddedand handed her his cell phone.

“Lewis already forwardedyou her information?” Leah asked.

“I needed to know why youwanted it first.”

She didn’t even need toask him why. Cain was trying to protect her from her own desires as well.

She took his cell phonefrom him and scanned through the document. “She’s here,” Leah said. “It lookslike she was never married and literally moved back a year ago.”

“And she never camelooking for Frank,” Cain said. “I think you need to prepare yourself for thepossibility that she doesn’t care.”

Leah glared at him. “Or,she doesn’t have the means to track Frank down.”

“I love how important thisis to you,” Cain said.

“And it is going to beimportant to you as well. Tomorrow, you’re coming with me,” she said.

“I know.”

Leah smiled at him.

Silence fell between them,and in that moment she couldn’t help but remember the way he kissed her. Hiskiss had been something else, and she wanted to feel his lips again.

This was a disaster.

“Uh, Frank left your foodin the oven. Also, he has asked that if you ever get the sudden urge to cookfor me, he’s going to list several of your favorite takeout places, and youjust need to call them,” Leah said.

“You’ve eaten?”

“Yeah, I was hungryearlier.”

She handed him back hiscell phone and then pulled away, leaving his office. She wanted to ask him somany other questions, but instead she stayed quiet and slowly made her way upthe stairs to their bedroom.

Leah knew she could havespent all day putting her clothes and belongings back in her old room, but shedidn’t. She rather liked staying with Cain. Waking up next to him hadn’t beenthe worst experience in the world.

She smiled to herself asshe made her way to their room. There was just something about Cain shecouldn’t deny was so attractive, and even though he’d acted that way when hetook her virginity, it didn’t stop her from wanting him.

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“This building is shitty,”Cain said the following day.

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