thoughts. But nothing changed. His brow remained furrowed, his mouth drawn down.
Then he drew in his breath and drawled an answer in his rich baritone voice. “So you spotted the lie I told you yesterday. For your information, I don’t give a tinker’s damn about what happens to you, lady.”
Too shocked to speak, Susan stared wordlessly at him.
“There’s only one reason I’d take on a two-bit job like this,” he continued abruptly. “For the money, of course. I expect to be paid for my services.”
He gazed at her with a bland half smile. “You look surprised. Why else would I offer to work for you?”
“Why I…I don’t know.” The words came out a broken whisper.
It was obvious to Archer that, finally, she believed him. What irony. She wouldn’t believe the noble half truth he’d told her yesterday: that he’d been shafted and didn’t want to see the same thing happen to her. But she was perfectly willing to accept a crass financial motive for his good deed.
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