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“What?” she demanded.
“You.” He looked at her, his mouth turned up in that stupid crooked smile, and she found her entire body reacting. “I get it, Bradford. We’re attracted to each other.”
She crossed her arms beneath her breasts and looked out the windshield. “If you say so.”
Seth snorted. “Yeah, I do.” The light turned green. “I just don’t know what to do about it now.”
“Oh, you don’t know what to do with me. I mean, I didn’t know you were a virgin.”
“Well, I know I would like to take you back to my place, strip you down, and spend enough time with my head between your legs that you forget your first and last names.”
That caused images to flood her brain of how good it would be. Her nipples hardened, her panties were damp, and he hadn’t even touched her. He was lethal.
To protect herself, she sniffed. “That’s if I would ever let you.”
“Oh, you would. You’re imagining it right now.”
Because she was, and because she didn’t trust her voice, she said nothing.
“I just haven’t decided if it would be good.”
“Now you’re admitting you suck at sex.”
“No. We both have a lot on our plates and while I think we would be outstanding together in bed, I’m not sure you want that or if you’re interested in a relationship.” She glanced at him as he took the exit for H-3. He shrugged. “What can I say? I’m a monogamous kind of guy. I’m too old to play around at work just for funsies.”
She wanted to mock him, but for some reason, that comment had her heartwarming.
“But for now, I want to talk about the mission today. We’ll worry about the other stuff later.”
She didn’t respond. She couldn’t. Usually, she wouldn’t like his tone, but today, she shoved her irritation and most of her attraction to the back of her mind.
“Okay, hit me up.”
six
A couple days later,Seth worried he had made a colossal mistake telling her how he felt. He had to follow orders, but Del and Adam had asked his opinion on how to get the teams integrated. He knew that Alpha didn’t completely understand their mission. So he had opened his stupid mouth and suggested this.
Granted, he hadn’t expected Autumn to be the first Team Alpha member to join them. She always seemed to have so much going on. When Adam mentioned it early Monday morning, he had caught Seth by surprise. He thought for sure Marcus would have been the first Alpha member to train with them. If it hadn’t been for some foreign dignitary hitting Oahu in the next twenty-four hours, Marcus would be too busy. His terrorism background helped with any kind of attack that might happen.
Autumn worked hard that he would give her, but she had been right. She had needed to work on her upper body. As he trudged into the bullpen, he realized his body was already vibrating with that strange energy he always seemed to have around her. There was something just off about his feelings towards her. He couldn’t figure it out.
All of the team was there except Autumn. He felt deflated when he noticed she wasn’t in the room.
“Don’t worry, Harry. She’s just talking to Del and Adam about something on that drug bust,” Tamilya said.
He glanced over and saw Autumn talking to her boss and Del, and she did not look happy. The fact that she was here and that she would go out with them had his heart singing. Okay, that was weird. Why would he be that happy about the woman who vexed him every chance she got? The day before, she had messed with his head on purpose while they had been grappling, and he still hadn’t been able to move on from it.
Her frown turned darker as she started arguing with Del about something.
“Hey,” Tamilya said, stepping closer. “Chill out, dude.”
He glanced at his ex-girlfriend. They had dated when both of them had been in a dark place. They put the pieces of their lives back together. Now, they were just good friends.
“What?”
She glanced down at his hands. It was then that he realized he’d curled his fingers into fists. He forced himself to calm down. Again, it was a weird reaction. Autumn Bradford didn’t want or need him fighting her battles. He had never known a woman as independent as Autumn Bradford.
“She’s just pissed there’s another delay in a trial. She’s the arresting officer, and I know she worked her ass off on it. So, let’s talk about your reaction.”
