Chapter Nine
What is she thinking about now? Ryan wondered as he wiped his hands on the dishtowel and folded it over the faucet.
The entire time he did the dishes he felt Ajana's eyes burning a hole into the back of his head.
He felt uneasy because he never knew what she was plotting.
Ajana had a lot going for her—looks, a pinup body, and a wicked sense of humor, but what he liked the most about her was her quick mind.
Nothing went over her head when they talked to each other.
A mind like that could hurt her or help her in the end. He prayed that it was the latter. Ajana didn't need to get into any more trouble. He sensed that she didn't completely trust him and, he had to find a way to make her understand he wasn't out to hurt her.
"You know that we have a huge problem here," he stated, spinning around to face her. She might have tricked him on Halloween night, but before this case was over Ajana Bennett was going to be his treat. Now I just have to think of a plan to make that happen.
"What kind of problem?"
"Where you are going to sleep tonight," he smirked as Ajana's beautiful brown eyes shot him a withering glance then narrowed suspiciously.
"I'm not sharing a bed with you if that what's you're thinking," she answered quickly. "I didn't seek you out to gain a lover."
Ryan knew that Ajana had no clue how sensuous her voice sounded to him. Didn't she realize that it was out of her hands now? He had been craving a taste of her lips since he laid eyes on her picture, and she wasn't going to deny him that pleasure.
"There's only one bed in this house, so where do you think you're going to sleep?" Ryan exclaimed, pushing his body away from the sink. "I don't trust you enough to be left alone downstairs on the couch. You might sneak out during the night."
"You should offer me the bed and you take the couch," Ajana insisted, leaning back in her chair as he got closer to her.
He gave his head a quick shake. "No, I don't think I'm going to sleep on the couch the first night of my vacation."
"Why didn't you tell me you were on vacation before now?" Ajana snapped. "How are you going to help me if don't have access to the police database?"
Passion! God, he loved when a woman had a passionate side to her. Ajana was going to be a handful for him and he was relishing every minute of it. "What makes you think I can't log on to the police database from my home computer? All I need is my password and the right access codes."
"Can't you get fired for doing stuff like that?"
Planting one of his hands face down on the table, Ryan used his free one to brush a piece of hair away from Ajana's mouth. "No, Sergeant Carelli gave me permission to work on this case while I was on leave."
"I think your mind is more on finding a way to get me into bed than working on this case, Officer Lerner," Ajana whispered, stroking her fingers across the hairs on the back of his hand.
Keep stroking me like that and I won't be able to control my next reaction, he thought, glancing down at her hand.
"Have you thought about it?"
"About what?" he asked, capturing a pair of chocolate eyes that were beautiful and mysterious.
A pink tongue darted out and licked a full bottom lip. "What it would be like if we finally gave into this heat between us and kiss."