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she turned to Dean Logan. ‘What are you doing here?’
    â€˜We’ve had a breakthrough. Victor Yu flew out of Melbourne the day after you left Sydney. Zurich via Singapore. The police have located a rental car he dumped a couple of miles from Tullamarine Airport.’
    â€˜That is good news.’ Marina ran an admiring eye over the bike, though personally she thought the man a lot more striking than the machine. ‘I was expecting the images to come in overnight.’
    His eyes flicked from her cap to her bare legs and back again. ‘I have some with me, if you wouldn’t mind taking a look.’
    â€˜Of course.’ While she was excited they were finally on Victor’s trail, if she were honest, she was just as excited to discover Dean Logan was right here in Sicily.
    He swung around and took a spare helmet from the storage compartment. ‘Well, so as not to entirely ruin your morning sightseeing, I was thinking we could look through them up at the Greco-Roman Amphitheatre. Would you like a ride?’
    Marina flushed, her traitorous mind going in a completely different direction. ‘Sure.’
    She couldn’t see his mouth for the chin bar, but she could tell from the way his eyes crinkled at the corners that he was smiling.
    â€˜You’ll have to loosen your ponytail to get this on. Have you been on a motorbike before?’
    She took off her cap, slid the band lower in her hair until it sat level with her nape. ‘Many times, mostly while I was studying in …’
    She pulled herself up. She’d almost said ‘while I was studying in Vienna’. But Dean Logan only knew her as a violin teacher.
    â€˜Boston?’
    â€˜Hmm.’
    He didn’t seem to notice anything amiss, just stowed her cap before setting the helmet carefully on her head. He lifted up the shield and looked at her. ‘That okay?’
    She nodded. ‘I haven’t been on a bike for a long time.’
    â€˜Raise your chin. This one has a strap.’ Warm brown eyes roamed over her face. ‘I don’t want to pinch your skin.’
    Marina did as he asked, couldn’t repress the shiver that passed through her as his fingers brushed her throat.
    Oh God!
    She needed to say something, needed a distraction from the heat of his fingers and the heady aroma of sun-warmed male skin.
    â€˜I thought you were in Australia.’
    â€˜Well …’ His voice took on a conversational tone as he went about adjusting the strap to the correct length. ‘We’ve always suspected Yu was either paid to steal the designs, or he’s a lone wolf who has plans to sell them on the black market. The logical place to do that is Europe. That’s why I haven’t gone home. I have excellent people looking after things from that end. I wish the investigation was moving a bit quicker though.’
    Finally satisfied, he clicked the fastener together and handed her a pair of leather gloves. ‘Okay. So you know how to lean with the bike?’
    Marina nodded and pulled on the gloves.
    â€˜Handgrips or waist?’
    â€˜Waist.’ Her mouth went dry at the thought of holding onto Dean Logan, but that’s the way Vlad had taught her and Elena. And she didn’t want to take any chances with her wrist by holding onto handgrips.
    â€˜Great. Climb on then and let me show you some Godfather country. Tap me on the shoulder when you’re right to go.’
    Placing her hands lightly on his shoulders for balance, Marina swung one leg across the bike. She took her time settling into the seat, not too far back, close enough so her knees flanked his thighs. While Dean pulled on his own gloves and held the bike steady, she looked down and found the footrests. Finally, she slid her troublesome left hand around his waist, flipped down her shield and tapped him on the shoulder.
    He pressed the ignition button and the Harley roared to life, drawing the attention of the last of