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Chapters (49)
  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Epigraph
  5. CHAPTER ONE
  6. CHAPTER TWO
  7. CHAPTER THREE
  8. CHAPTER FOUR
  9. CHAPTER FIVE
  10. CHAPTER SIX
  11. CHAPTER SEVEN
  12. CHAPTER EIGHT
  13. CHAPTER NINE
  14. CHAPTER TEN
  15. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  16. CHAPTER TWELVE
  17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  23. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  44. CHAPTER FORTY
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  48. EPILOGUE
  49. Teaser chapter

The blonde said nothing, just flicked him a seductive glance and left to turn in their orders.

“One of your girlfriends?” Abby took a sip of coffee.

“I don’t have any girlfriends.”

She arched an eyebrow. “Not even a few friends with benefits?”

He shrugged his powerful shoulders, a faint smile on his lips. He was a man. He had needs. Looking at him, Abby was beginning to have a few needs of her own.

The meals arrived, as good as he had promised. From there, Gage drove to his attorney’s office to pick up the contracts for her review; then they headed for the museum to retrieve her car.

“I assume you don’t have a man in your life,” Gage drawled as they crossed the lot to where she was parked. “No way could a regular-sized guy fit in a car that small.”

Abby laughed. “It’s a convertible, which makes it worth the sacrifice. Fits me just right, and I’m too busy to have a man in my life. I want to travel, see the world. Most men just want to stay home and make babies—or practice, at any rate.”

One of his dark eyebrows arched up. “So you don’t like sex?”

Abby’s face went warm. “With the right man, I like it fine. As I said, I’m just too busy to look for one.”

Gage cast her a heavy-lidded glance, but made no comment.

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SIX

ABBY FOLLOWED GAGE’S LAND ROVER BACK TO HIS OFFICE, PARKING the Fiat in one of the spaces reserved for Treasure Hunters Anonymous. Gage waited for her at the front door, and they went inside.

He handed her the legal papers he had picked up from his lawyer. “I figure you’ll want your attorney to review these before you sign them. Be the smart thing to do.”

She looked him dead in the eye. “If I can’t trust you with a few pieces of paper, I’ll be in big trouble when we’re somewhere deep in the mountains looking for millions of dollars in gold.”

His lips curved. “Good point.”

“Don’t worry. Before I sign, I plan to read every word.” Taking a seat at one of the computer desks, she went over the documents page by page, line by line. Everything was laid out in easy-to-understand language, which surprised and pleased her. Once she was satisfied the contracts were in order, she and Gage walked to a small local bank a block away and had their signatures notarized.

Back in his private office, Gage retrieved his laptop, and they sat down at the round oak table in the corner.

“So where do we go from here?” Abby asked.

Gage opened his laptop and pulled up Google Maps. “Have you ever been to the Superstition Mountains?”