Chapter 5

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There’s a slight pause as Sullivan regains his breath. He tries to gather his mind that has been scattered by the sight that had greeted him in Tim’s dressing room.

“I—uh.” His mind is full of those lips, that skin, the column of the neck exposed as he received the kisses, the soft fluttering lids closed over the eyes Sullivan knows always glare at him in defiance.

The same green eyes that are now sending him flames of fury.

“Uh, sorry, I don’t mean to interrupt. I didn’t know—”

“Detective Sullivan, what brings you here?”

Despite his scrambled thoughts, Sullivan knows the answer to this one. He’s almost smug when he answers, “You.” That is so true. Tim is his assignment right now and he is glad Dan has to investigate other suspects in the robbery. Sullivan won’t have to share Tim with his partner.

“Me, huh? So you really have no interest in the state of this room or whoever might have caused it?”

“My partner is looking into it.”