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Carys hurried from her apartment building, a niggling sensation bothering her. She paused beside a parked car, trying to remember what she’d forgotten. She had her phone, her wallet, her keys, and…? Carys sighed in frustration.

Rafi’s lovemaking over the past few days was messing with her head.

She was frazzled to the point of distraction!

He still traveled a lot. But lately, he had started asking her to come with him.

Since she couldn’t do her job from a distance, Carys kept telling him no.

But as soon as he returned, he took her into his arms and made love to her.

It wasn’t sex; it was so much more. Every time he touched her, every beautiful orgasm they shared, was like he was reaching into her soul and telling her… something.

Carys didn’t like it. In fact, she hated it! She hated the way he looked at her now. She hated the fact that she felt only half alive when he was gone. She hated that she could barely sleep when she couldn’t feel his warmth against her.

“This has to stop!”

Now she turned, heading for the subway station two blocks away. She was nearly stomping, so angry and irritated and…lost.

If she’d been thinking more clearly, Carys might have noticed the woman sooner. But Tanya was nearly on top of her when she looked up and…Tanya’s shoulder slammed into hers.

“What…?” Carys gasped, spinning around, wondering if she’d been seeing things. Tanya? From the office? Why in the world was Tanya jogging down her street? That didn’t make any sense! Tanya didn’t live in this part of the city, did she? Carys hadn’t ever seen Tanya around this neighborhood before.

Sure enough, Tanya continued jogging down the block, but turned to wave at Carys. “What in the world?” she whispered.

With a shrug, Carys turned and headed toward the subway station.

It occurred to her that maybe Tanya was the one breaking into her apartment.

And the shoulder-slam was more evidence that Tanya was trying to irritate Carys.

But why? Carys hadn’t had anything to do with Tanya being demoted.

The woman had been a terror in the office for years!

Taking her out of the assistant director’s role was Rafi’s choice. Not hers!

Moving quickly, she hurried down the street. Carys had to run to catch the subway, slipping through the doors just as they began to close. Carys’s imagination was working overtime, trying to figure out why Tanya would be in her neighborhood. Should she mention it to Rafi?

No, Rafi would just fire Tanya. Right now, the other woman was working in the human resources office.

Besides, Rafi had mentioned going away together for the weekend.

So, if Tanya was looking to cause problems over the next few days, it wouldn’t work.

Carys would be out of town with a gorgeous man, escaping the city for a while.