The Naughty Angel Returns (Naughty Angels In Love) by Honey Jans Page B

Crispin said, putting his hand around Haley's waist and pulling her close. “I can assure you the authorities are examining all the possibilities. This could be a copycat.”
    Kiera shook her head, heaving a sigh. “So they're giving you the same old runaround,” she said with a snort.
    “Now, honey, don't get excited,” Jaden said, putting a hand on her arm.
    Haley shot him a grateful glance. She didn't want her sister getting upset by this. “He's right, Kiera; the FBI is actively looking into this.”
    Kiera looked at her curiously. “And you know this how?”
    “Like Crispin said, we just came from the field office, and I trust the agent,” Haley said with a smile when she saw Kiera's doubtful look. Her sis wasn't going to be easy to convince, so she played her trump card. “And now the agents have an eyewitness.”
    “Really,” Kiera said. “Who?”
    “Me.”
    “He tried to kill her last night,” Crispin said gruffly. “This is my eyewitness, Haley Aims.”
    Haley watched her sister's eyes flicker with sadness when her first name was mentioned, and her heart twisted. She hated being the cause of all this pain.
    “She's the one that got away,” Kiera said with a gasp.
    Was that incrimination in her sister's voice? But then Kiera jumped up and embraced her, and Haley trembled inside. They were still spiritually connected and always would be.
    “Thank God you survived.”
    Haley sniffed back a tear. “Thank Max,” she said under her breath as Kiera squeezed her hard. When she withdrew, there was a twinkle of awareness in her sister's eyes that floored her. Did she know? But that was impossible. Then Kiera turned back to Jaden, and the moment was lost, leaving Haley wondering if it was only wishful thinking. She heard Kiera and Jaden speaking in low, intimate tones and wondered what they were talking about. Then Kiera and Jaden turned to them in a united front, and Haley braced herself.
    “We're having a baby shower tonight,” Kiera said.
    “A couple's baby shower,” Jaden added, looking at Crispin.
    “And we'd like you both to come,” Kiera finished.
    “I'm not sure that—” Crispin started.
    “We'd love to,” Haley cut in. She knew Crispin was trying to keep her safe, but she couldn't miss this opportunity to bond with her sister, even if it was as another woman. She weathered the forbidding frown Crispin hit her with, and he relented.
    “What time?” he asked.
    “Eight o'clock,” Jaden said, adding, “out at the estate.”
    * * * * *
    Crispin waited until he got Haley safely secured in the car and he'd slipped behind the wheel to give her hell. She knew she was supposed to avoid crowds; hell, avoid anything that might attract the killer. But he also sensed that this was important to her. She and Kiera hadn't needed words to connect. Was it the shared trauma of the Scarlet A Killer, or something else? He gave her a probing glance and didn't buy the innocent smile she flashed back at him one little bit.
    “I guess I'll need to go shopping for a baby shower gift.”
    His protective instincts told him to keep her home and out of danger, but he knew that wasn't an option. He'd just have to do his best to keep her safe. “I guess we will.”
    She settled back with a confident little smile on her face. “Excellent.”
    “But from now on, honey, cross me, and I'll take you across my knee.” He enjoyed the blush that lit up her pretty face, and his cock twitched in reaction. They'd both gotten off on his spanking her last night, and there was no denying it.
    After stopping to purchase a baby gift, he drove them to a friend's erotica boutique, Indiscretions. It carried everything a sexually experimental couple could want, and he had offered to buy Haley underwear. “We're here.”
    “This looks like an interesting establishment,” she said when he opened her door.
    Crispin looked around the empty parking lot before pulling her out of the car and into his rampant erection. She melted