Fighting for Love (Boston Love 2)

I glanced up at him. “I do.”

He nodded. “Then go with your gut.”

Smiling, I refocused on the paperwork in front of me. For once it felt like Russell had confidence in me.

“So why were you in at the children’s library?”

I said it without even thinking. “Finn was volunteer-reading there.”

My head snapped up and my eyes widened in horror when I realized what I had let slip.

“Finn Ward. The firefighter?”

Oh. Shit.

Act casual.

“Yes.”

“Are you dating him?”

I let out a fake chuckle. “No. We ran into each other there.”

Lies. Oh my gosh how easily I spit that out! My mother would be so disappointed in me.

The way he was looking at me made me uncomfortable.

“Really? Huh.”

I wanted to ask what he meant by that, but decided the best thing to do would be to change the direction this conversation was headed.

“Back to what I was saying, I have a feeling there is a connection and I’d like to investigate it a bit more.”

He nodded. “We have Robert coming in next week to go over questions he’ll be asked on the stand.”

“Okay. I think I’ll pay him a visit before then and see

if he remembers this lady.”

Russell stood up. “Perfect. Shall we meet later and discuss what he said?”

My heart stopped.

Finn.

I had hoped to see him tonight, but I knew he was working, so there wouldn’t be a chance of us having dinner anyway. With a forced grin, I replied, “Sure. I’ll text you when I’m through and on my way back.”

“I have the perfect spot to meet. We can talk shop and grab a bite.”

Trying like hell not to roll my eyes, I lifted the corner of my mouth into a slight grin. Working long hours and having dinner with my coworkers wasn’t anything new for me. But we usually just grabbed takeout or had it delivered. Russell insisted on eating out all the time. It only wasted time, in my opinion. I made a mental note to discuss this with him tonight.

“I’ll let you know when I’ve finished talking to Robert.”

He shot me a smile and then a wink before heading out of my office and shutting the door behind him. I couldn’t help but feel a bit stunned. He didn’t even offer to go with me to talk to Robert. It wasn’t like him to let me take on something on my own.

I slowly sat down. He thinks I’m wasting my time. That bastard. Go with your gut. Hah! He’s amusing me is all.

Narrowing me eyes, I glared at my door. Yeah, he didn’t offer to go because he doesn’t think I’ll get anything out of Robert. With a shake of my head, I looked through the file and found Robert’s phone number.