Page 45 of Guarding Adelaide

Tate sucked in a deep breath and let it out before answering. "Casper chose wisely."

Rafe's jaw twitched again, but his shoulders relaxed. "I'll ask him to contact you Tate."

"Thank you. Addy, I have a few more things for you."

She picked up her phone, tapped the speaker off, and put it to her ear. She stared at Rafe a moment, he never looked away from her. They were in this together, and it felt right. She trusted he'd do anything he could to watch her back and she'd do the same. That felt good. He had honor, and values. All the things her parents taught her to value.

She grinned then padded across the floor to her desk and sat. But Rafe still watched her, and she found it impossible to look away from him.

"Okay. What else do you need Tate?"

"Upload your report on the two assailants. Then, we need to find Jensen Gable. And, the red-haired man in the bar the first night, I think he's the main henchman. The senator thinks his name is Brett or something."

She sat up straight in her chair and stared across the room at Rafe. "Brett Selisen?"

"The senator didn't know his last name. Why do you know that name?"

"Brett Selisen is an aide in Rafe's office and the person we believe planted the tracker in Rafe's phone."

Tate's chair squeaked again, but her eyes never looked away from Rafe's.

Tate's fingers flew over his keyboard, the tapping sound was unmistakable. She could see him furiously searching. "Okay. We need to find Brett Selisen."

"Rafe's working on that now."

"Okay. Talk later." Tate ended the call and before she could say anything Rafe's phone rang.

He moved woodenly as he lifted his phone to his ear. Their eyes locked as if unable to look away.

"Rafe Martin."

He listened for a few moments, then his spine stiffened. "When was this?"

"I'll be right there."

He ended the call and stood from the desk. "My house was broken into an hour ago."

She shot up from her chair, already moving toward the office door. "Did they catch anyone there?"

"No. The police are dusting for fingerprints now. But I suspect if the burglar was sent by King's men, there will be none."

"Were any other homes broken into?"

"Just mine."

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Rafe drove as fast as he dared. Getting stopped wouldn't do any good at this time. Especially if King had the police already on payroll.

"How long have you lived here?"

"About five years."

Addy let a whoosh of air from her lungs. "You said it had security at the gates and you have cameras."

"Yes. My camera alerts didn't go off. Security was breeched."

"Selisen could have shut your notifications off on your phone when he accessed it to add the tracker. As to the security here, what do they have at the gate?"

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