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“The roads are deplorable. In fact, a car wrecked right in front of us and we were first on the scene. We pulled out a woman and her baby.”
“Dear god. I’d recommend that you stay another night, but we need to discuss this case. Moffett is breathing down my neck now.”
“Moffett?” she echoed. The big man in charge was a ballbuster, even more than Eric, and if he thought someone on his team was slacking, he made the whole department’s lives hell for months. The last time it happened, three team members couldn’t take the heat and handed in their resignations.
Alexia was chiseled from tougher stuff than that, but she didn’t want to endure his anger for months to come.
“After I explore the file, we can do a video call. I’ll get on the road first thing in the morning once it’s safe.”
In his corner, Bryson was speaking in low, urgent tones. What was going on with MT Ops? She didn’t catch what he was saying, but it kind of sounded as if he was catching hell for not being on the road too.
She could stay out of the office a few more days, but Bryson’s team needed him. People’s lives depended on him. She dealt with people who were already gone.
Dammit, shewantedone last night with her lover. When they returned to their lives and jobs, it would all be over. She wouldn’t see him again. He’d forget all about her.
God, that hurts.Automatically, she raised a hand and laid it over her aching heart.
She sucked in a fortifying breath, preparing to argue her case to her boss.
“Look, it’s man versus nature out there. We can start driving back now, but it’s going to take ushourslonger than it normally would if we just wait for the trucks to clear the roads. What’s the big hurry?”
Bryson swung around and pierced her in an are-you-getting-as-much-shit-as-I-am look.
She widened her eyes and nodded in response.
“What’s really going on, Alexia?” The question in her ear rattled her.
“If you’re referring to this case being messed up from the start, then you already know that we’re following threads that never got unraveled months ago when the police botched that crime scene and then withheld information from us. We’re doing the best we can here, Eric, and I don’t appreciate you giving me so much crap!”
She shot a look at Bryson. When he gave her a thatta-girl nod, her chest warmed.
“All right, Alexia. All right. I’ll handle Moffett. You get back safe—and I’ll see you in the office tomorrow.”
“You know I’ve got to drop Bryson off at his base first—”
“Bryson? You’re on a first-name basis with our suspect now?”
Anger rolled through her. She had a great connection with her boss, but she couldn’t stand for him saying these things.
“You don’t know the things we’ve seen and done. Until you are in the field, you have no room to question me.”
Silence pulsed on the line. She didn’t realize how hard she’d been gripping the phone until her fingers started to cramp.
“One more night won’t hurt anything. I’ll see you tomorrow sometime—after I dropBrysonoff at base. Copy?”
“Copy.”
She quickly ended the call and spun to face Bryson. His gaze connected with hers.
He was still on the line—taking heat from his commanding officer. He also looked hot and mad and impatient…and Alexia was done waiting.
She rushed across the room and slammed her mouth over his. He checked any sound that might escape, and she didn’t kiss him for long. She moved her lips down his jaw and licked his neck while kicking off her boots and going for the waist of her pants.
Tipping his head, he clamped his phone between his ear and his shoulder so his hands were free to remove her shirt.
She tore off her bra next, and Bryson’s hands were cupped and ready to knead the mounds.
With a moan trapped in her throat, she went for his fly. The button was a bit difficult to pop open when his fly was so distended by his erection, but she managed.
