me that you won’t send the information you stole from Just Eat It to any of my competitors, nor share it in any way.”
He frowned, then shrugged, his eyes on her mouth. “Sure, what the hell? I have you.” He smiled wickedly, adding, “And I plan to have you a lot tonight.”
He moved in, kissing her neck, and she knew she needed more of a confession from him.
“How did you break in, anyway? I had a good alarm system on the building,” she asked, sighing as he bit her ear though her hands were fists behind his back. “Not as good as what I have now, but—”
He moved backward, looking at her with glittering, lust-filled eyes. She saw it then—he wanted to brag. Perfect.
“That pathetic thing? A fourteen-year-old kid with basic computer-hacking skills could have broken in. It took me less than ten minutes to get in here. I’m surprised you hadn’t been broken into before, honestly,” he scoffed.
“But why not make it look like more of a robbery? You really messed the place up,” she said, pouting.
He kissed her bottom lip, making her want to gag. “Sorry about that, but I had to make it look convincing enough for the police. No way would I take your earnings, though,” he said, as if that was a saving grace. “I knew your insurance would handle the rest, and frankly the place needed some updating.”
So he figured he’d done her a favor. Jodie had to stifle a laugh.
“I should have figured you’d be smart enough for something like that. It’s kind of exciting,” she said with an admiring smile. “Dan would never break a law,” she added, baiting the trap.
“He is annoyingly strait-laced. I bet he bored you to death in bed,” Jason said, taking her wrists unexpectedly, planting her hands above her head.
“But I won’t,” he said, pressing his hardness into her thigh, leaning in for another kiss.
Jodie gasped, about to yell for help when Jason was pulled back roughly, and she saw Dan there, fierce and standing over Jason where he’d punched him in the face, knocking him to the floor.
“DAN!” JODIE SAID, grabbing his arm as he pulled Jason up by the collar, ready to hit him again.
She’d never seen Dan so incredibly angry and rawly masculine. He was quite a sight, and it distracted the woman in her for a moment, before she stepped forward.
Her hands closed around Dan’s hard upper arm, knowing that if the timing and situation were different, she’d be ripping his clothes off by now. She definitely would be later, she promised herself.
Jason laughed, watching them as Dan released him, letting him drop down to the floor. Dan’s arm closed around her tightly, his eyes dark and flashing as they met hers.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine, really. But…thanks,” she said, shuddering and sneaking in closer. She hadn’t expected things to get quite as physical as they had become, and was more than glad for Dan’s interruption.
“You can’t be surprised, Dan…how long did you think a hellcat like her would stick with you?” Jason said, wiping blood away from his lip, obviously still not clueing in to what was going on. “Besides, it’s not what you think. I wasn’t attacking your woman. She invited me here. Offered herself to me. Whatever was happening here, she was willing.”
Jason stood, a malicious light in his eyes as he faced them.
Dan nodded. “I know.”
Jason stilled. He was obviously confused by Dan’s reaction.
“What do you mean, you know? How could you know?”
“We’re going to have a talk, Jason, just you and me. But first, I think you need to listen to something.”
“Ellison, what are you pulling? You’re severely going to regret—”
“No, I don’t think so. Listen.”
Dan placed his iPod on the desk and suddenly Jason and Jodie’s voices played clearly among them, silencing Jason as they all listened to a crystal-clear recording of the events that had happened since he’d come into the bakery.
Jodie felt renewed disgust as she listened, and stood closer to Dan, who hugged her in.
Jason’s sallow, angular face was accented with anger, and maybe a hint of fear.
“You bitch!” he said, glaring at Jodie again. “This was a setup. I should have known.”
Dan spoke up. “We have the whole thing, and in case voice isn’t enough, the time signatures on the films from the security cameras that Jodie had installed should match the ones on our video, proving it’s you who’s mauling Jodie and willing to trade sex to cover up your other crimes.”
They watched