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He heard the smile in her voice.
“What’s taking so long?”
“You said we were going out somewhere decent and I want to look nice.”
“Make sure you put on that lipstick. The color drives me crazy.”
“Will you stop micromanaging our date?”
He laughed at her scolding tone. Damn, this woman was really changing him. He’d laughed more with her in the past few days than he had in all the months since his niece’s death.
He walked across the room again, letting his mind shift from Alexia to his call with Rafe. Some shit was going down with a team of snowmobilers who were caught in an ice storm and sheltered in a cave. There, they discovered that someone had stowed away explosives and weapons.
Rafe and the guys were deployed. Without him. That didn’t sit well, but there wasn’t time to reach them now, even by chopper. That was what they were discussing when Alexia dropped to her knees and started sucking his cock.
He scrubbed a hand over his face but it didn’t stop the slideshow of visuals parading through his brain.
At that point in the conversation, Tripp suggested to Rafe that they bring Ollie in as a temporary replacement for him. Ollie fit right in with the team and could fly them out if it came to that.
He knew they were fine without him. But he wanted to be there with them too.
The bathroom door opened, and he whirled. Alexia appeared in the doorway with her no-nonsense black trousers they didn’t look like every detective’s uniform now that she had a pinstriped blouse with the buttons opened all the way and the ends tucked into the waist of her pants in a wrapped fashion.
He cut his gaze over her. “One quick move and your breasts will be out.”
“Don’t worry. It’s tucked in well.” When she smiled, it drew his attention to her lips and the red-berry-brown lipstick she wore.
His stiff cock made it difficult to cross the room to her. Placing his hands on her waist, he leaned in close to breathe in her scent. “By the end of the night, I want to be wearing that shade in rings around my cock.”
Her eyes took on a smolder of desire. “I’m never going to be able to wear this color again without thinking about that.”
“Good.” This need to mark and claim was new to him. While it shocked him, he was also strangely good with it.
“You ready?” he asked.
She gave him a coy look. “Where are we going? Why are we dressed up, if that’s what we’re calling it.”
“We’re going to dinner.”
“Well, the crusty waitress will be impressed.”
He grinned and slid his palm over her lower back to the crest of her shapely ass. Leaning in, he was able to take a peek down her blouse and see more skin.
This wasn’t a traditional date, but they weren’t a traditional couple. They didn’t meet at a bar or a party. They met on the job and looked at dead bodies together.
The hotel parking lot was slippery, and he made sure to keep a grip on Alexia’s arm as they crossed. The drive was quick and completely worth it when Alexia let out a gasp. White outdoor lights crisscrossed the front of the building and ran around to an area out back. He was sure nobody ate out here at this time of year, but the glimmer on the ice and snow made it even more charming.
“I’d like to come back here in the summer and sit outside,” she said as he walked her to the entrance.
“Then I’ll bring you.” He offered her a gentle smile and saw confusion pinch her eyebrows.
Inside, the atmosphere couldn’t be called five-star or elegant, but it was ten notches above the places they’d eaten at before.
They were shown to their table and given a rundown of the wines available.
Seated at a table with Alexia across from him and the warm lights reflecting in her eyes, Tripp didn’t even feel like himself.
“We’ll have a bottle of cabernet sauvignon,” he told the hostess before she walked away.
