Carson rolled his eyes but set her down on her feet.“Only you would think about that after I just gave you how many orgasms?”
“Three, but I still don’t want melted ice cream on my kitchen floor to clean up later,” she protested, putting the ice cream back where it belonged and the spoon in the dishwasher before heading back to the bathroom.“Now about this clean-up.You think you can handle it?”she challenged.
“Lucky for you, SEALs are better in the water than land.”
She couldn’t wait to put that theory to the test.
Chapter 21
“How did I let you talk me into this?”Sandy groaned next to Allie in Carson’s backyard as they set the table with Greg’s girlfriend Zoe and Luke’s girlfriend Shay.Allie had been introduced to Carson’s teammates, but since then, the men had gone off to surround Carson at the grill and left Allie and Sandy alone with the women.They were nice, don’t get her wrong, but she still felt like an outsider despite how cordial the women had been.
“Because you love me and support me.”
“That I do.Any idea what they’re talking about over there?”Sandy pointed to the men with her chin.
Allie glanced over at the men who seemed to be talking intently.“No idea.Somethingwork-related I’m sure.”
“Intense conversation for a post-it shortage.”
Allie had a feeling Carson was lying about the clerical work.Things about him just weren’t adding up.The secrecy was the biggest giveaway.He wouldn’t tell her where he worked or what he did other than paper pushing.Being a spy was still atop her suspect list.
It may sound crazy and far-fetched, but no other job made sense.
There were also his co-workers.Everyone was of similar height and build.Most had visible scars they didn’t hide them like Carson did.Greg had a prosthetic leg.All of them were injured in some way, yet they were all still very virile men.Not clerical-looking men.Even the ones in her office that went to the gym regularly didn’t look like these men.
“Has Carson ever told you what he does for a living?”
“Clerical work.”Sandy shrugged like it wasn’t a big deal.“Though I’ve never seenmuch paper pushing at his office.I mean, they have a conference table called the war table.Who does that?Why do you ask?”
War table?Odd name choice for someone who doesn’t do war planning anymore.“I was only curious.I’ve asked him about it, but he won’t say anything except that it’son the other end of town.Not an intersection or anything about the place.”
“It’s on the east side of town.If you want, we can go sometime,” Sandy said casually as if she hadn’t just handed Allie the Holy Grail.
Allieworried herlip as she thought more about it.“It’s okay, San.I don’t want to show up at his work unannounced.That’s rude.”Maybe he didn’t want her to know where his work was for a reason.It wasn’t like she’dshowed him where she worked.
“Allie, you’re dating the guy.Knowing where he works shouldn’t be a state secret.It’s not like we have to go up.I can just show you where it is.”
“Okay, next week, we’ll do that.”
“What are you two conspiring about over here?”Zoe asked as she came up behind them.
Allie jumped about a foot.She hadn’t heard the women come up behind her.They had beenbusying themselves setting up the opposite end of the table, butnow appeared done so had come to join them.“Nothing, we’re just guessing what the men are talking about huddled up next to the grill like that.It seems intense.”
“They always look like that, even if they’re talking about the most mundane things like the weather.Or were you just gawking at them?”
“No, though they are looking fine.”
“That they are.”Shay sighed as she looked toward the group, no doubt at Luke.All the men were good-looking.She was surprised that so few of them were taken.Allie would have guessed they all had ladies lined up for them—well, except Jack.From what she’d heard, he was a regular Casanova.
“So they do this often?”Allie asked Shay.
“They do.At least now, I have Zoe to keep me company.I wasdefinitely the odd woman out at first.”
“Shay, what is it you do?”Allie was curious to know more about her and how she’d met Luke.
“I work in real estate law, and yes, it’s as boring as it sounds.”Shay rolled her eyes as she laughed.“My dad wanted me in law.”
“What did you want to do?”
