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

and laughing. Being separated from Haley shot his well-laid plans to hell. “Hold on a sec. I want to tell our escort where she's located.”
    Crispin clicked the com and waited for their FBI team to answer. After a moment there was a click.
    “Agent Hardcastle here.”
    “Crispin. I just wanted to update you about…”
    “You don't know?” the junior agent said nervously.
    Crispin's gut twisted; had something happened? “What's wrong?”
    “We just got the order that we've been recalled. I was about to inform you of our change in status.”
    A nerve pulsed in Crispin's jaw. “Why?”
    “They caught the perp,” Agent Hardcastle said brightly.
    A surge of relief went through Crispin, but he wasn't ready to drop his guard. “The Scarlet A Killer?”
    “Nah. It was Chad Lowell. We stopped him at the airport with a pile of money and Ms. Aims's documents and password. Apparently he was high on something and talking out of his head. And he'd been driving a rented black SUV with body damage.”
    Crispin felt a gleam of sweet victory at getting rid of his rival. Sure, he was now convinced that Haley wasn't interested in her ex-manager/lover, but at first he hadn't been so sure. It felt good to put the thieving bastard away. But it almost felt too pat. He believed in hedging his bets. “Can you stay on for the rest of the week?”
    There was a silence from the other end.
    “Mister, I would if I could, but now that the bigwigs are aware of what's happening, they are not pleased about being kept in the dark. Harry's getting reamed out for doing this without agency approval.”
    “Shit,” Crispin said with a wince. If his friend weren't careful, he'd be doing out his twenty in Fargo, the lowest step for an FBI agent. “Tell him I'll be in touch.”
    “Will do,” Agent Hardcastle said. “Call us if you need us. Otherwise AIC Whitehead wants to see you both in his office tomorrow morning.”
    He pocketed the phone and looked up at Jaden to see him watching with wary eyes.
    “I take it your guards are leaving.”
    Crispin nodded. “They caught Haley's ex-manager at the airport with all her financial papers. And apparently he was talking out of his head…high on something. So the escorts are being recalled.”
    Jaden gave him a quizzical look. “So it's all over?”
    “Maybe,” Crispin said, an uneasy feeling inside. It just seemed too contrived.
    “A cautious man,” Jaden said with a nod. “I'm with you. Do you want me to send some of my security guard’s home with you?”
    Crispin almost said yes, but he knew it would be overkill, and Haley would hate it. She hadn't exactly welcomed their FBI tail. “Not right now. I'll let you know if things escalate.”
    “How bad is it?” Jaden asked.
    There was no use in sugarcoating things. For all he knew, Kiera, being the sister of one of his first victims, could be on the Scarlet A Killer's hit list. “Bad. The serial killer is sneaky and smart. Despite what the agent said, I'm not completely convinced that he wasn't behind the incident today. Whoever it was laid a trap for us at Indiscretions and damned near did us in with smoke inhalation. And he didn't care who else burned with us. If you'll take my advice, you should keep Kiera close to your side and keep your extra security.”
    Jaden nodded. “Shit, I was afraid of that. After surviving the trouble we went through last year, I was hoping that Kiera's life would be safe and serene. She doesn't need this kind of renewed stress when she's pregnant.”
    Crispin nodded, recalling the scandal that had gone down at the paper a year ago. As he recalled, Trevor and some secretary named Patsy who'd thought herself in love with Jaden had tried to break them up. They went so far as to break into Jaden's place while he was away. Kiera had fought them off and had barely escaped unharmed. Jaden's father, the newspaper's owner, had kept the details pretty hushed up. As Crispin only worked at the paper freelance, he hadn't