Chapter 14

"Dr. Hunt, what seems to be the problem? You're not going to pounce on me, is that right?" she asked with a grin. "Try to frighten me? Tempt me?"

She inched closer and closer to me as she quizzed me, eventually getting on her tiptoes so she could smirk in my face.

Her icy blue gaze dared me to resist.

I can't believe I'm letting this girl get to me.

I softly touched her forehead and helped her to her feet.

"You are one perplexing little girl," I remarked.

"Small girl?" She said solemnly, "I promise you that I am thirty years old.”

Thirty? Her?

"You've got to be kidding me," I exclaimed.

She crossed her arms and said as she walked by me, "Ask for my files from Catherine when you can."

"Even yet, you look quite young for someone your age," I said.

She smiled and said, "Thank you," before adding, "B