“I would rather you not leave at all,” I snapped but immediately softened, knowing I was being fucking ridiculous.
What had gotten into me? I was acting crazy.
“Baby, as soon as I wrap this mission and I’m back on leave, we’ll be spending every minute together. I promise,” he said, cupping my face and giving me another tender kiss on the lips. “I can’t believe you just kissed me outside in broad daylight.”
I hadn’t even thought about that. In my need to stake a claim in front of his potential butt whore, my need to stay closeted had taken a back seat.
“Who’s that?” I asked, nodding my head at the silver-haired man. Even to me, my tone sounded accusatory. Cal frowned and glanced over his shoulder.
“Oh! That’s my buddy, Vox. We work together.”
I raised a disbelieving eyebrow.
“Yourbuddy?”I had to stop myself from sayingbutt buddy.
Cal’s eyes searched mine, and slowly, understanding dawned on him.
“Ginger snap… are you…jealous?”
I scoffed. “What!? No…” I narrowed my eyes on him. “Do I need to be? I thought we agreed that you wouldn’t be fucking anyone else while we’re doing… whatever this is.”
Cal threw his head back and released a deep, throaty laugh. The sound rolled over my skin like it was a living thing, and suddenly, the already sunny day felt just a little bit brighter.
“Hear that, Voxy? Ginger snap thinks we’re fucking!”
Vox rolled his eyes, though he had a giant smirk on his face. He shook his head and dropped his butt, stomping it out under his combat boot.
“Vox is straight, baby. You don’t have to worry about him.”
Glancing back and forth between the two of them, I couldn’t shake the possessive, jealous feeling that was still simmering in my chest.
“Yeah, well.Iwas straight, too, until I met you, asshole. You have a track record,” I grumbled, and Cal swooped in, laughing and showering my face with kisses.
“You’re sofuckingcute when you’re jealous.”
I squirmed away from him and did my best to give him a grumpy look, but even I couldn’t keep myself from smiling at the way his brown eyes were shining with delight.
I loved being the reason he smiled like that.
The thought hit me like a Mack truck, and in that moment, I realized I was well and truly fucked. This psychopath had officially wormed his way into my heart, and I was no longer sure if I could live without this nutcase ruining all of my plans.
Maybe he didn’t ruin them at all.
Maybe he made them better.
Vox stepped forward and held out his hand to me. I stared at it and then realized after a moment that he wanted me to shake it.
I slid my hand into his and squeezed firmly, meeting his silver eyes dead on.
“Hey. I’m Ryan,” I said. He just smirked and nodded, causing me to frown in confusion.
“Vox doesn’t speak. But he already knows all about you.”
Vox nodded and grinned at me. He winked and made a‘yapping’motion with one of his hands right next to his head, indicating that Cal had talked his ear off about me.
I couldn’t help but laugh. Okay, I guess he probably wasn’t a butt whore if Cal had told him about me.
“I believe it. He’s a chatty one.” I grinned, looking back at my animated psycho.
