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Kane looked at me more sheepishly than I thought possible, backing away so she had a clear path to walk toward me. Only she didn’t do that. She stayed right where she was, looking like a vision from heaven in her tight black jeans and form-fitting crimson shirt. This was the kind of red I wanted to indulge in. Spilling blood didn’t have the same meaning any longer.
Maybe my lieutenant was right in that she’d managed to change me. Stranger things had happened than that over the years. “You’re up,” I told her.
She was even sporting a ponytail, something completely different than I was used to. Most women wouldn’t be caught dead without makeup, their nails done or hair perfectly styled. She appeared fresh, her cheeks red mostly from a recent shower, her only eye makeup mascara and her lips glossy, drawing my attention to the fact I wanted to kiss her all over again.
She threw Kane a sideways glance before folding her arms. “I usually don’t sleep late.”
“Such a work ethic.”
“You have no idea. But some of us do honest work.”
I shifted my gaze toward my second, who was enjoying the slight rebellious tone in her voice. He coughed into his hand to keep from laughing. I couldn’t remember that last time when I’d allowed anyone to talk to me with such disrespect.
And fuck if I didn’t love it.
“If you locate the soldiers, then we meet around six-thirty tonight to handle the situation as discussed,” I told Kane. “Have my men standing by.”
“Constantine wants to be involved.”
Of course my brother did. “The more the merrier. Let him know the current plan. Perhaps his trackers will be helpful as well.”
“Will do. What about Mrs. Thorn?” he asked in return.
“What about her?” Maria piped in.
Kane grinned, lifting his eyebrows in a silent message of knowing I had my hands full.
“Put Brock in charge.”
“Will do. Nice to see you again, Mrs. Thorn.”
As he started to walk out, she gave him a harsh look. “I wish I could say the same thing.”
“El Jefe. Good luck,” he told me before walking out.
She cocked her hip, tightening the grip she had on both arms. “You’re slicing and dicing today? Is this all about the assassination attempt?”
“Don’t believe everything you hear out of Kane’s mouth, but the bad deed can’t go unpunished.”
“I’ll try and keep that in mind. What terrible deeds are you doing today?”
I sauntered toward her, noticing she was wearing red tennis shoes. Even those seemed out of place but were definitely something I could get used to. As I neared, I could tell her breathing was becoming increasingly labored, the redness in her cheeks extending further down to her jaw. I did so enjoy making her flustered. Did that make me an even worse man? I wasn’t certain I cared. “Nothing for the next few hours.”
“Then what?” She was still pensive even after what we’d shared. As I’d heard before, trust was earned.
“Let me think,” I said as wrapped my hand around the back of her neck, tugging her closer. She didn’t try to stop me. An improvement. “Are you ready for an adventure?”
“Do I have a choice?” She rose onto her toes, pressing her heated body against mine. When she brushed the flat of her hand over my shoulder, using a single finger to flip the ends of my shoulder-length hair, I almost tossed her over the edge of my desk, fucking her once again.
But I had other desires in mind.
“No. You don’t. You’re coming with me.”
CHAPTER 19
Maria
Possessive.
