curve of her cheek and traced his finger down into the soft crook of her neck. Aurora held her breath as he leaned in and kissed her there, nuzzling her and taking in the scent of her Bulgari perfume. Aurora forgot herself for a moment as he trailed soft kisses from her collarbone to her earlobe, but when he moaned her name breathily into her ear, she woke from the spell. She firmly placed both her hands on his shoulders and pushed hard.
“Adrian, stop it. We can’t do this; you’re my boss now. Technically.”
“Technically, I’m not your boss yet. Not until Monday morning actually. There’s no need for us to stop, unless you really want me to, of course.”
She cocked her head to one side as if she was thinking about it for a bit, but she was really just admiring his face. The same handsome face she had seen in the mirror of the powder room at Guyton Estate as she was sinking into her darkest hour. When Adrian moved in to kiss her, Aurora did not protest. She surrendered to his hungry lips on hers and pressed her body against his in earnest. His hands found their way under her tunic and cupped the round shape of her breast, sending a gasp up her throat and into his waiting mouth. Adrian’s’ hand went around her back and began picking at the clasp of her bra when suddenly the phone rang.
“Oh my God! It must be Milo.”
She grabbed the cell phone from the side table and answered it.
“Aurora? It’s Milo. I found something in your files.”
“Did you manage to crack them? What’s on the drive?”
“Hey. One sec, Aurora. There’s someone at the door.”
“Okay.”
There was a short pause and then Aurora heard Milo come back on the line, whispering urgently.
“Aurora, there’s two armed men with guns at my door.”
“Get out of there Milo; get out of there right now.”
There was an immense amount of shuffling and Aurora heard a toilet flush followed by more rustling.
“I’ll send the files to your phone as soon as I can, Aurora. I’ve destroyed the flash drive and I’ll get in touch as soon as I can.”
“Okay.”
“Hey, listen. If this attack is about your info, I’ve got to tell you. Get off this island ASAP. What little I saw on that flash drive was heavy shit. Go back to Georgia, Aurora, and be very careful.”
Then Aurora heard the sound of a window opening and the explosion of gunshots before the phone went dead in her hands. She turned to Adrian is what felt to her like slow motion and told him what had happened. He was shocked and asked if she thought Milo was okay.
“I don’t know if he got away.”
She didn’t tell him anything else because as she ran through the possibilities in her mind, Aurora couldn’t forget about the phone call that Adrian had made in her hotel room.
“You didn’t tell anyone where you were going, did you?” she asked.
“Not at all. No one knows we’re here.”
“I only hope he got out with my stuff; it didn’t seem like he had gotten anywhere with it yet and we have no way of knowing if that’s what they were after or if Milo is mixed up in something else. He said he’ll contact me later tonight to tell me what’s happening.”
“We should call the police in the meantime.”
“And tell them what, Adrian? That some hacker we know named Milo just got his home broken into and shot at by gunmen? Maybe that he has a device of ours with secret messages on it that could be highly dangerous information? We don’t even know where he lives.”
“Point taken, Aurora. We can leave it alone and wait for the call. In the meantime, don’t worry about him.”
“In any case, I think that was our clue to get a move on. Let’s head back south and get to the airport.”
“Good idea,” he called after her as she gathered her things.
“Would you call Fitz and see if he’s up for a last minute flight home?”
“Sure.”
Chapter Eight
Milo ducked into a dark alleyway and backed right up against the wall. He held his breath
“Adrian, stop it. We can’t do this; you’re my boss now. Technically.”
“Technically, I’m not your boss yet. Not until Monday morning actually. There’s no need for us to stop, unless you really want me to, of course.”
She cocked her head to one side as if she was thinking about it for a bit, but she was really just admiring his face. The same handsome face she had seen in the mirror of the powder room at Guyton Estate as she was sinking into her darkest hour. When Adrian moved in to kiss her, Aurora did not protest. She surrendered to his hungry lips on hers and pressed her body against his in earnest. His hands found their way under her tunic and cupped the round shape of her breast, sending a gasp up her throat and into his waiting mouth. Adrian’s’ hand went around her back and began picking at the clasp of her bra when suddenly the phone rang.
“Oh my God! It must be Milo.”
She grabbed the cell phone from the side table and answered it.
“Aurora? It’s Milo. I found something in your files.”
“Did you manage to crack them? What’s on the drive?”
“Hey. One sec, Aurora. There’s someone at the door.”
“Okay.”
There was a short pause and then Aurora heard Milo come back on the line, whispering urgently.
“Aurora, there’s two armed men with guns at my door.”
“Get out of there Milo; get out of there right now.”
There was an immense amount of shuffling and Aurora heard a toilet flush followed by more rustling.
“I’ll send the files to your phone as soon as I can, Aurora. I’ve destroyed the flash drive and I’ll get in touch as soon as I can.”
“Okay.”
“Hey, listen. If this attack is about your info, I’ve got to tell you. Get off this island ASAP. What little I saw on that flash drive was heavy shit. Go back to Georgia, Aurora, and be very careful.”
Then Aurora heard the sound of a window opening and the explosion of gunshots before the phone went dead in her hands. She turned to Adrian is what felt to her like slow motion and told him what had happened. He was shocked and asked if she thought Milo was okay.
“I don’t know if he got away.”
She didn’t tell him anything else because as she ran through the possibilities in her mind, Aurora couldn’t forget about the phone call that Adrian had made in her hotel room.
“You didn’t tell anyone where you were going, did you?” she asked.
“Not at all. No one knows we’re here.”
“I only hope he got out with my stuff; it didn’t seem like he had gotten anywhere with it yet and we have no way of knowing if that’s what they were after or if Milo is mixed up in something else. He said he’ll contact me later tonight to tell me what’s happening.”
“We should call the police in the meantime.”
“And tell them what, Adrian? That some hacker we know named Milo just got his home broken into and shot at by gunmen? Maybe that he has a device of ours with secret messages on it that could be highly dangerous information? We don’t even know where he lives.”
“Point taken, Aurora. We can leave it alone and wait for the call. In the meantime, don’t worry about him.”
“In any case, I think that was our clue to get a move on. Let’s head back south and get to the airport.”
“Good idea,” he called after her as she gathered her things.
“Would you call Fitz and see if he’s up for a last minute flight home?”
“Sure.”
Chapter Eight
Milo ducked into a dark alleyway and backed right up against the wall. He held his breath
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