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his thumb.
    He should have given that some thought.
    Because even though it’d been an innocent gesture, it sure didn’t seem like it.
    “All right,” Grayson said, rubbing the back of his neck. “I’m going in there to see if he’ll spill something. So far, no luck. He keeps insisting that he wants to talk to one of the former hostages.”
    Grayson left, and Josh continued to read the backgrounds while trying to forget about the sugar-licking episode. Jaycee had a look, too, and continued eating.
    “Bryson owns a successful investment company,” she pointed out. “Plenty of money to put a baby farm operation together.”
    Josh tapped Valerie’s page. “Ditto for her. She’s a prominent attorney. Once served on the city council.”
    Hardly the profile of someone who would be involved with black-market babies. Still, he’d seen stranger things. And Valerie definitely had the cash to front such a business.
    Josh looked up from the pages to see Grayson walking into the interview room. “I’m sorry, but I can’t get one of the former hostages here,” Grayson explained, sounding very believable.
    But Bryson glanced in the mirror. Scowled.
    “I doubt that,” Bryson grumbled. “You appear to be a resourceful man, but obviously you haven’t understood me. I’ll only talk to one of the hostages. I need answers to some questions before I’ll tell you what I know.”
    Jaycee huffed. “He’s not buying it.” She turned to leave. No doubt to go in to the interview room.
    Josh caught her arm to stop her. Dropped his gaze to her stomach. “There’s a reason you’re craving doughnuts, and it’s the same reason you should stay put.”
    She huffed again and turned around to face him. “Look, we both know I have to do this,” she argued. She crammed the rest of the doughnut in her mouth, licked her fingers.
    And his body tightened.
    Hell. Not now.
    What the heck was wrong with him? He was acting like a teenager.
    “Are you listening to me?” Jaycee asked.
    “Not really.”
    That answer got her huffing again, but it was the honest truth. He wasn’t listening in part because his body was acting crazy, but another part was because he knew what Jaycee was going to say, and he was pretty sure that he wasn’t going to like it.
    Her hands went on her hips, and the breath she blew out carried her scent. Or rather the sugary sweet scent, thanks to her doughnutfest.
    “Both Grayson and you will be in there with me,” she argued. “Besides, they were checked for weapons, right?”
    They had been. That didn’t mean this couldn’t get ugly. Jaycee had already been through way too much, and he hated putting her through more. And an interrogation would definitely qualify as more.
    She lifted his chin. Made eye contact with him. “This could save those women’s lives. Heck, it could save our lives. Because if we manage to close down the baby farms and arrest those guards, then the danger will be over.”
    Josh had known this was a battle he was going to lose from the moment he started it, but he’d had to try. A lot was at stake here, and he just wanted to make sure he was thinking straight. He still wasn’t certain he was, but he didn’t see a lot of options here. They needed Bryson to talk, and he clearly wouldn’t start doing that until he laid eyes on Jaycee.
    Josh had to make certain that was the only thing Bryson laid on her.
    “Don’t make me regret this,” Josh mumbled.
    The relief on her face was instant. Followed by a quick smile. In midsmile she dropped a kiss on his mouth.
    Then froze.
    “Sorry,” Jaycee immediately said. And she winced. “I just got caught up in the moment because I’ve never won an argument with you. Or maybe it’s the sugar high from the doughnut.”
    Yeah, Josh knew a little about being sorry. The kiss had been hardly more than a peck, but he’d felt it, all right. It must have made him even more stupid, because he started to think about what it would be like to kiss her