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Which, she’d learned long ago, was far more dangerous.

Nick’s breath caught. For a moment, he saw it: the same calm, the same surgical precision behind the eyes. But Beth’s had a different temperature. Colder. More patient.

Beth rose, walked to the window, her back to him. “What do you want, Nick? The truth? The truth is Catherine is brilliant and hollow. She studies people like specimens. And yes—she tried to seduce me once. To see if she could.” basic instinct dr beth garner

“One more thing,” he said. “The ice pick in Roxy’s apartment. It had your prints on it.”

“You said you wanted to talk about the case,” he began. “Not about me.” Which, she’d learned long ago, was far more dangerous

Silence. The clock on the mantel ticked.

She reached past him, opened the door. “Session’s over, Detective. Go solve your case. Or don’t. But don’t mistake my empathy for confession.” But Beth’s had a different temperature

Beth smiled. It was the same smile she’d used in her testimony: patient, clinical, just shy of pity. “Nick, you’ve been chasing Catherine Tramell for three years. You’ve watched her lie, seduce, manipulate. And now you’re sleeping with her.”