else.
“I shouldn’t have done that,” Jackie said and turned to
look away from him.
“If someone should apologize, it should be me.” Michael
heard his voice still vibrating from his emotions. “I’m sorry,” he added and
put his hands in his pockets to keep them from reaching for her again.
“Let’s not talk about it,” Jackie said and turned to
face him. “We’re stuck here tonight. Let’s not make things any more difficult
than they already are.”
All of a sudden, a smile flickered across her face.
“That was a good try, detective,” she pointed out.
He looked at her, surprised. “What do you mean by that?”
“I mean that kissing me was a good try to make me forget
about my question. But still , you have not answered me about the house.”
Michael was taken aback by her remark. “You’re not
insinuating that I kissed you just to avoid answering the question,” he said
and felt his temper rising.
“That’s exactly what I’m saying,” she insisted.
Michael took a few deep breaths. It had been such a long
time, since a woman could affect him like this and make him lose his temper so
easily.
This girl was driving him out of his mind.
***
It was a terrible night. The storm was one of the worst
Nancy Felini, the attorney of the Demiris family, had seen in the last few
years. The wind was howling and the lights kept flickering on and off. She
looked at the man sitting in front of her and shifted uncomfortably in her seat.
She didn’t like him at all. He had shown up at her office just as she was
getting ready to lock up and go home. What on earth had come over her to stay
at her office this late at night? She would usually lock up, and go home long
before seven.
But tonight, she had been waiting for a return phone
call from the man who had called earlier that morning, inquiring about a hotel
deal on the other side of the island—the Evergreens Resort. The man told her on
the phone that he would call back later tonight after talking over the deal
with his attorneys. Nancy had been very worried ever since. Everything had gone
wrong with that damn place so far and now this. Someone knew something…someone
was asking questions.
It was almost nine o’clock and he hadn’t called yet,
when Nancy finally decided to go home. But by the time she was walking out her
office door, this man showed up and inquired about the same property. What
on earth? Nancy wondered, but couldn’t do anything else but ask him to come
inside.
Now, she was having second thoughts. She should have
told him to come back in the morning.
Roussos was watching the attorney very closely,
squeezing the knife hidden in his pocket. He could tell she didn’t trust him,
but he could care less. He would get the information he needed one way or
another. It was all up to her. The boss had said at any cost ….
***
“There is no need to play games,” Jackie insisted. For
some reason, it seemed safer assuming his kiss wasn’t driven by desire. Even
though, deep down inside, she knew she was dead wrong. She had seen the passion
burning in his eyes and had felt the eagerness of his kiss. “I’m waiting for an
explanation. Why did you lie to me?”
“But I didn’t lie,” Michael protested. “I do own the house, and I have the papers to prove it.”
Jackie looked at him puzzled. “And where are those
papers?” she asked, watching him closely with clear suspicion in her eyes.
“I don’t have them with me.”
Jackie burst out laughing. “Yah, right!” she said. “And
I’m Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt!”
“That you are,” he said with an enigmatic smile on his
face. “You’re just as beautiful and deceiving as she was.”
Jackie looked at him surprised and couldn’t handle the
fire she saw in his eyes. She had difficulty breathing and felt the urge to run
as far away from him as she could. No, that was a lie. If she wanted to be
honest with herself, she would have to admit she was drawn to him like a moth
to
“I shouldn’t have done that,” Jackie said and turned to
look away from him.
“If someone should apologize, it should be me.” Michael
heard his voice still vibrating from his emotions. “I’m sorry,” he added and
put his hands in his pockets to keep them from reaching for her again.
“Let’s not talk about it,” Jackie said and turned to
face him. “We’re stuck here tonight. Let’s not make things any more difficult
than they already are.”
All of a sudden, a smile flickered across her face.
“That was a good try, detective,” she pointed out.
He looked at her, surprised. “What do you mean by that?”
“I mean that kissing me was a good try to make me forget
about my question. But still , you have not answered me about the house.”
Michael was taken aback by her remark. “You’re not
insinuating that I kissed you just to avoid answering the question,” he said
and felt his temper rising.
“That’s exactly what I’m saying,” she insisted.
Michael took a few deep breaths. It had been such a long
time, since a woman could affect him like this and make him lose his temper so
easily.
This girl was driving him out of his mind.
***
It was a terrible night. The storm was one of the worst
Nancy Felini, the attorney of the Demiris family, had seen in the last few
years. The wind was howling and the lights kept flickering on and off. She
looked at the man sitting in front of her and shifted uncomfortably in her seat.
She didn’t like him at all. He had shown up at her office just as she was
getting ready to lock up and go home. What on earth had come over her to stay
at her office this late at night? She would usually lock up, and go home long
before seven.
But tonight, she had been waiting for a return phone
call from the man who had called earlier that morning, inquiring about a hotel
deal on the other side of the island—the Evergreens Resort. The man told her on
the phone that he would call back later tonight after talking over the deal
with his attorneys. Nancy had been very worried ever since. Everything had gone
wrong with that damn place so far and now this. Someone knew something…someone
was asking questions.
It was almost nine o’clock and he hadn’t called yet,
when Nancy finally decided to go home. But by the time she was walking out her
office door, this man showed up and inquired about the same property. What
on earth? Nancy wondered, but couldn’t do anything else but ask him to come
inside.
Now, she was having second thoughts. She should have
told him to come back in the morning.
Roussos was watching the attorney very closely,
squeezing the knife hidden in his pocket. He could tell she didn’t trust him,
but he could care less. He would get the information he needed one way or
another. It was all up to her. The boss had said at any cost ….
***
“There is no need to play games,” Jackie insisted. For
some reason, it seemed safer assuming his kiss wasn’t driven by desire. Even
though, deep down inside, she knew she was dead wrong. She had seen the passion
burning in his eyes and had felt the eagerness of his kiss. “I’m waiting for an
explanation. Why did you lie to me?”
“But I didn’t lie,” Michael protested. “I do own the house, and I have the papers to prove it.”
Jackie looked at him puzzled. “And where are those
papers?” she asked, watching him closely with clear suspicion in her eyes.
“I don’t have them with me.”
Jackie burst out laughing. “Yah, right!” she said. “And
I’m Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt!”
“That you are,” he said with an enigmatic smile on his
face. “You’re just as beautiful and deceiving as she was.”
Jackie looked at him surprised and couldn’t handle the
fire she saw in his eyes. She had difficulty breathing and felt the urge to run
as far away from him as she could. No, that was a lie. If she wanted to be
honest with herself, she would have to admit she was drawn to him like a moth
to
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