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how we do things around here.”
    â€œNo.” Rhys turned his phone over in his hands and swiped at the screen. “This is the opportunity I’m giving you. Take it or leave it.”
    â€œSince when do you play hardball?”
    â€œSince you decided to argue with me. I like having you on my team, Quinn, but damn, you’re difficult sometimes.” He laughed, shaking his head. “Now, are you on board or not?”
    She rolled the proposal around in her mind. Her gut told her she’d be stupid to turn it down. Rhys was trying to make things right and, given he was the head of IT, she’d still be working for him.
    â€œWho’s going to cover my job while I’m on this case?”
    He shrugged. “We’ll get a temp in.”
    â€œWill you let them sit at my desk?” She shuddered at the thought of someone touching her things.
    â€œYes. Where else would they sit?”
    Crossing one leg over the other, she leaned back in her chair. “Do I get a raise?”
    â€œWe’ll talk about it if the assignment goes well.”
    â€œDo I get an office?”
    Rhys laughed as if she’d asked for a life-size statue made of marshmallows to be erected in her honor. “No office. What you get is the opportunity to do something different, which I believe is what you’ve been hounding me for. Do it well and then you can negotiate with me.”
    â€œOkay.”
    â€œOkay?” He stifled a smile as he checked the clock. “You’re not going to chase the new guy away?”
    â€œIf he’s chased away so easily, he probably isn’t a good fit for our team,” she said. “So, when do I start?”
    â€œRight now.” Rhys motioned to the conference room door as Jin, one of the senior security consultants, held the door open for the person behind him.
    â€œHey, Quinn, glad you could join us.”
    She opened her mouth to respond but the words evaporated right off her tongue as the new hire walked through the open door.
    The intensity of his blue gaze hit her immediately, followed by the sharp cut of his jaw, the tangle of dark hair and broad shoulders. Magic hands...hands that had been on her all night long.
    Jin closed the door behind them. “This is Aiden Odell, our newest team member.”
    * * *
    A IDEN THANKED HIS lucky stars the FBI had trained him to be calm in a crisis. And finding out Quinn was his new colleague definitely counted as a crisis. Not only because he’d been pissed that she’d sneaked out without so much as a “so long, thanks for the laughs,” but also that she’d now see him as a liar and a fraud.
    In his defense, he’d tried to come clean but she’d shut him up with her “this is just sex” spiel. Though, judging by the daggers she was shooting at him now, she must have forgotten that little nugget of information.
    â€œQuinn Dellinger is our IT support guru, but given her unique skill set, we’ve assigned her to this case,” Jin said, motioning for Aiden to take a seat at the conference table. “She studied game design at university and has strong ties with the gaming community.”
    â€œNice to meet you,” Aiden said, sticking out his hand.
    She let it hang there for an excruciatingly awkward moment, only accepting the gesture when Jin cleared his throat. “You, too,” she finally said.
    â€œI believe you’ve already met Rhys?” Jin continued and Aiden nodded. “For your benefit, Quinn, Aiden will be working in the security consultant pool with myself, Owen and the others. But he’s mainly going to focus on the information and cybersecurity jobs, so he’ll be reporting to Rhys.”
    Quinn looked as though she’d eaten something sour. But Jin proceeded as if nothing was wrong and ran them through the assignment with Third Planet Studios. There wasn’t a whole lot of extra information than the briefing Aiden had been