“Good.” The administrator paused and nodded at Nari, her gaze softening even while her shoulders went back. “I’ve been caught up on your case, and you did a good job defending yourself. I just received word that the techs have finished with your apartment. The assailant entered through a window in the office. There were no discernible fingerprints. I had them clean up the place after finishing, so you should be okay to return home. The HDD will assist in any way it can and you’ll have security in place until we catch this guy. We’ll get our best people on the case.”

“Thank you,” Nari said.

The administrator patted Zhang’s hand on her shoulder. “I can see myself home. If you need to stay with your daughter, Quan, we can reschedule tomorrow.”

Zhang shook his head. “The security in place is enough. Nari, I will see you on Monday when you report to work. Force? Rumor has it you were leaving town. After your interviews tomorrow, be sure you leave reliable contact information in case we need more details. However, you’re cleared to go. In fact, I suggest you do so.” He escorted the other woman out.

Angus turned toward Nari, who looked delicate and hurt on the table. A sense of possessiveness, primal to the point of feeling brutal, swept through him. “Your biological dad is an asshole.”

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fourteen

Nari slipped from the examination table, her body feeling as if she’d thrown it down the side of a mountain. Could this be any more awkward? She still had a hickey on her inner thigh from him. Plus, her eyes were all starry because he’d taken command of the room and protected her. Stood between her and Quan. “Do you need stitches, Angus?” she whispered.

“No.” He grabbed a couple of napkins from the nearby counter and wiped off his face. “I’m cut, but it’s not deep.”

“Okay.” She tried to keep her tone casual, but she drank him in as if she hadn’t seen him in years. The entire world had settled when he’d walked into the room, even though Quan had already been there. “I probably owe you an apology for not telling you about Quan being my father. I mean, our boss being my biological father.”

“I wouldn’t claim that jerk either.” Angus released his hold on Roscoe. “We will discuss that later. First I want all the details of what happened tonight. Everything about the attacker. You know that was a kidnapping attempt by the copycat killer, right?”

She held up a hand, her ears hot. “We don’t know that. We have to look at every angle.” The last thing she wanted to do was to be so focused in one direction that she missed the threat from another. “But it’s definitely something to consider.”