An Extraordinary Match (The Match Series Book 3) by Barbara Dunlop Page A

want,” said Elroy.
    Logan shot him a warning glare, but Elroy just grinned. “Taste them.”
    Logan took a breath, telling himself to just go with the program. He was hungry, and Jade had produced food. Not a lot of problems with that situation. He helped himself to a pastry then poured a glass of the iced tea.
    Elroy watched him as he bit into the empanada. It was delicious, indescribably delicious.
    “See what I mean?” said Elroy.
    Logan swallowed. “These are very good,” he told Jade. “Thank you for cooking.”
    “Wow,” said Elroy. “Try to contain your excitement.”
    “He’s probably worried I’ll try to poison him,” said Jade.
    The thought hadn’t even crossed Logan’s mind. But he raised his brow. “Should I be?”
    “No.” But she reached over and cut a bite from the opposite end of his empanada, popping it into her mouth. “See? Perfectly safe. Now tell me about Sam.”
    Elroy kept on eating.
    “What do you want to know?” asked Logan.
    “Whether to get my hopes up. When he says he has connections, what does that mean?”
    Logan let his gaze rest on her while he considered his answer. But doing that was a mistake, because once again he was struck by the vulnerability in her eyes. He was forced to admit she was acting exactly like any innocent person would. She wanted further investigation, and she hoped the people undertaking it were capable. Guilty people didn’t seek that.
    “From what I understand, he’s a computer genius. He still lectures occasionally at universities, and he gives advice to a bunch of government agencies.”
    “So, he knows people in government?”
    “Definitely in NASA. Maybe others, I don’t know.”
    Her teeth came down on her bottom lip.
    “Does that worry you?” Elroy asked.
    “Maybe. A little bit. Those guys from WNT seemed like they might be connected to the government. They hinted that they were.”
    “WNT?” asked Elroy.
    “The two guys I pointed out in the Twin Peaks lounge,” said Logan. “I assumed they were planning to hit on Jade.”
    His answer clearly surprised her. “What made you think that?”
    “The way they were looking at you. It seemed like they were following you. I thought they were too old.” He gave a shrug. “But you know how guys can be.”
    “He’s saying we’re pigs,” said Elroy.
    Jade smiled, and Logan liked it. He liked it too much. And he realized he was buying into her version of events, allowing for the possibility that Ewan and John had actually framed her for some bizarre reason. It was a dangerous path to go down, but now that he’d considered it, he couldn’t help noting that a lot of the evidence supported the theory.
    He spoke up. “I’m saying it seemed like a reasonable assumption, since Jade is so…”
    Elroy raised his brows. “So?”
    “You know what I mean.”
    Jade bailed him out. “I think the word you’re looking for is female.”
    But Elroy wouldn’t let it go. “The word he’s looking for is hot.”
    It was true. And it was frustrating. And it was getting more frustrating by the minute.
    Logan was grateful when lunch ended and they went back to work. By late afternoon, the generator was up and running. They’d tested the connections, and everything was good to go.
    There were only a couple of hours of daylight left, and they quickly packed up for the flight back to Mirror Falls.
    “I’ll plan to be back late in the afternoon tomorrow,” Logan said to Jade as he carried the two drill cases through the front door.
    “Wait. What?” she asked in obvious surprise as she walked beside him.
    “I’ll try for late afternoon to give Sam the most—”
    “What are you talking about?”
    Elroy came up the stairs, glancing around the porch to check for any missed cargo.
    “You might want to stay another night,” said Logan. “But you can decide that tomorrow, depending on how things are going with Sam.”
    “You’re leaving?” She looked stricken.
    “Of course I’m