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for him. Those feelings are the perfect cover to get this job done without Walker being the wiser. We have other female operatives willing to go the distance, but they don’t have the knowledge you possess without even having to pretend.” He crossed his arms, looking at her from beneath his brows.
    “Go the distance?”
    “Yes.” He watched her without blinking.
    “You want me to sleep with him . . . with Rex?”
    “If needed for your cover, yes.”
    Her face heated. A mixture of embarrassment and anger spread down her neck and torso. Her nipples beaded.
    Embarrassment could do that. It had nothing to do with remembering his cock yesterday, reminding her of what she’d forgotten years ago. The man had more than enough to get the job done. Not only did he have the right equipment, but he was also so aware of a woman’s body.
    When they’d dated, goodness gracious, they fell into bed that first night, and after they became engaged, he always made sure she was ready for him and completely satisfied when they finished making love. He had a sixth sense for where to touch and what to whisper in her ear to set her off. The way he wielded his tongue in or on any part of her and was able to bring her to a screaming climax had amazed her. She’d loved draping her limp body over his massive, hard one and grinning as she listened to his speeding heartbeat slow.
    A quick glance up and she caught Jack’s gaze drifting back up from where her stiff nipples pushed at her blouse. She lifted her chin and crossed her arms. Tempted to chafe her arms as if she was chilled, she refused to lie to him and herself.
    “I’m a professional. If needed, I’ll do it, but you better be sure Rex understands that’s all it is. A job and nothing more.” She pushed back her chair and stood.
    “I’ll expect nothing less from you and Rex.” He picked up a folder and tossed it to her. “Study this. There are a few facts you’ll need to know about his cover as Rurik Volkov. And I included his personnel file too. You deserve to know everything.”
    Everything?
    Abby looked at the folder in her hands. A sick feeling came over her. What would she learn? Did she really want to know? When he’d prepared to go to Peru, she’d never asked any questions. She knew as an arms dealer, he had an assignment that was more dangerous than others.
    The world of buying and selling arms was a small one, and it had taken Rex several years to establish his cover as a Russian American with no scruples when it came to making money. In fact, he’d been in Peru working on an arms deal at the time Abby had gone to New York to purchase a wedding dress. The Circle had set up her kidnapping and played on her belief, and later Jack’s, that Rex had died in Peru. Then Theo had produced pictures of Rex’s bullet-riddled body. At the time, she and Jack had no reason to mistrust The Circle. Not until a couple years later did the war start between the two covert organizations. She had no idea then she was fighting against the man she loved. The lies, so many lies. Not until later had they realized the OS had been innocent.
    Jack left her alone as she opened the thick folder.
    Clipped inside to the front flap was an old passport picture of Rex. At the time, his hair brushed his wide shoulders. With soft gray eyes narrowed and mouth straight, even grim, he appeared years younger, so exotic and yet a no-nonsense businessman. He looked nothing like the laid-back, sensual good ol’ boy she remembered.
    When she reached the year of her “death,” several pages from the OS’s psychoanalyst revealed Rex had been required to attend anger-management sessions. The order had come after he’d incapacitated three other operatives during a safety meeting. Most of the notes had sections blacked out, but one sentence had been missed:
    Mr. Drago exhibits severe grief behavior due to the violent death of a loved one.
    Tears welled as she blinked, fighting the urge to let them