Page 12 of Dangerous Devotion

His gaze snagged on her smooth, bare shoulders and collarbones. Below that, her dress plunged, exposing the tops of her rounded breasts and a line of tantalizing cleavage.

His mouth dried out.

She looked gorgeous…but all he could think about was how they were going to stand out in a sea of navy and black.

“You do realize we’re undercover, right?”

“Your point?” She moved toward him, walking confidently in high heels. When she swept past him, he gaped at her back. The gown plummeted clear to her ass.

He marveled at the engineering of such a garment. How the hell was it even staying on her body?

“Undercover should mean understated.”

She fiddled with one earring dangling from her lobe. “Are you a fashion guru now?”

“No, but I know what blending in means, and that’s not it.” He jabbed a finger at her dress.

Her rosebud lips twisted. “I’m blending in by sticking out.”

“That’s not how this works.”

She shrugged one lovely shoulder and looked pleased with herself.

Henner slowly approached and circled behind her. The dress was held up by…nothing.

“What are you doing?”

“Trying to figure out the engineering of this dress.” He waved a hand at the bright pink satin. “How do you know this thing isn’t going to fall off and cause a…slip?”

She rolled her eyes at his obvious lack of knowledge of women’s attire. “Double-sided tape.”

“That’s a thing?”

“Ugh.”

“Okay, I’ll give you this much. But let’s make a code word in case you start showing too much…” He waved his hands in front of his own chest.

May narrowed her eyes. “What do you suggest?”

“Titties.”

“Absolutely not!”

“C’mon. It gets straight to the point. And you’re a straight shooter.”

He was going to shoot something if he didn’t tear himself away from the sexy swells of her breasts.

“How about something more subtle?”

“What about…” he racked his brain for a code that would work for her. “Do you know where the ladies’ room is?”

“Fine.”

“Good. It’s still a shame. Titties would be way funnier.”

“No, Henner.” She looked him up and down as if noticing him for the first time.

He already knew he looked good, but the way her eyes froze on his chest for a long beat was all the compliment he needed.

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