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calmed her
nerves a bit. “For how long?” she asked after a pause.
    “Two weeks.”
    She looked back at the video on-screen and shook her head.
It had been playing the entire time she’d been in here and had yet to loop.
“That has to be more than four days’ worth.”
    “It is, but you asked me how long I’ve been watching you.
You’ve been recorded since the first day you made a delivery, but I only became
aware of you two weeks ago.”
    “How?” She had a feeling she wasn’t going to like his
answer.
    “You were brought to my attention by one of my security
officers.”
    “So there are two of you?”
    “Three.”
    “Three,” she squeaked. This kept getting worse and worse.
    “Yes.”
    “Are you sure it’s just three?”
    “A hundred percent, no doubt about it sure?” He shook his
head. “No.”
    His honestly didn’t make her feel better at all. “That’s not
reassuring.”
    “I’m not trying to be reassuring, I’m being honest. The only
person I can speak of for certain is myself. I know I haven’t told anyone but…”
    “You can’t say the same for the other two,” she finished for
him.
    “Exactly,” he nodded. “And as the saying goes, three can
keep a secret if two are dead.”
    “I don’t suppose you’re willing to kill them?” she joked weakly.
    “Not both of them. One I actually like.”
    “And the other?”
    “Is negotiable.”
    For some strange reason the sincerity in his voice amused
her. “I’ll keep that in mind.”
    “You do that.”
    Koko licked her lips nervously as she cast a quick glance at
the TV again. “What else is negotiable?”
    He followed her gaze then looked back at her, eyebrow
arched. “What do you have in mind?”
    “The tape?” She gestured with her head toward the video
playing. “What do you want for that?”
    “Nothing, and it’s not a tape. It’s a file on my computer.
One which, if you say the word, will be deleted right before your eyes.”
    “And the copies?”
    “There are no copies. Well, except for the original
recordings, but that’s it, in its entirety. Those we only keep for ninety days
before erasing them.”
    “So three months from now…”
    “This all will be a pleasant but faint memory,” he finished
for her with a smile.
    She wouldn’t say “pleasant” but she was okay with faint. “It
sounds too good to be true.” And in her experience, when anything seemed too
good, it was. She silently pondered him, trying to see the angle he was
playing, but she couldn’t get a read on him. He wasn’t giving off a creepy
vibe, nor had he made one inappropriate move or comment since she walked in.
Reese was a conundrum she wanted to get to the bottom of. “So let me get this
straight. You’re not going to call the police?”
    “Correct.”
    “You’re not trying to shame me into stopping?”
    A gentle light shone in his eyes, putting her immediately at
ease. “I don’t think you have anything to be ashamed of.”
    Over the years, Koko had found many men who liked to watch
or who were into public scenes, she’d just never found one she was attracted
to. Was it actually possible to have her cake and devour the whole damn thing
too? “You don’t?”
    “Not at all.”
    She desperately wanted to ask him if he found it stimulating
but lacked courage, so instead she went with a safe question. “And you’re not
going to try to blackmail me into sex?”
    He frowned. “Definitely not.”
    Relieved, Koko rose to her feet. “So then I’m free to go, as
long as I don’t do this again, right?”
    “Wrong.”
    Koko furrowed her brow in bewilderment. His laconic form of
communication was about to work her nerves. “Which part?”
    “You can you leave if you want, but I don’t want to stop you
from doing this again. Just change it.”
    “Change it?”
    “Yes.” He smiled slow and seductively. “This time, I want
you to do it just for me.”

Chapter Two
     
    Reese had to admit he was surprised she hadn’t gone off