“He should be.”Scarlett crossed her legs and pouted.“We are dangerous.”
“Fuck SEAL Team Six, send in Scarlett,” Aidan joked.
“You laugh but try living with her,” Cole, her fiancé deadpanned, then ducked for cover.
“You want to try living without me and your daughter, Cole Zimbardo?”
“No, ma’am.”He chuckled.
It’s never been a dull day with these people in my life.I’m so grateful I met them.Jay and I have been tight friends for a long time, and while I had a lot of buddies in the Air Force, it’s only now that I’m really forming stronger friendships with anyone other than him.
Jake and I really bonded on the trafficking case, for example.I’m glad he’s part of the team now.
I tell Savannah I’ll bring Jessie to the event this weekend and then head home to see if she has returned.
She hasn’t.
I turn the Jeep around and head to the beach.
After a short drive around, I park up and stand on the beach, looking around.Fucking hell, talk about a needle in a haystack.
But I know she’s not in a good frame of mind.
Not with those bruises.
And our conversation earlier.
I call her phone again, and she sends me straight to voicemail.
“Jessie.Pick up.Call me back.I need to speak to you.”
I walk down the beach, using my training to identify my sexy target, and she’s not here.When I get to the store where we got our ice-creams the day before, I glance around.
That’s when I see the bar.
If I were Jessie, that’s where I’d go.Whether she is upset with me or running away from something in Texas, I’d go there.
I cross the road and walk inside the establishment, letting my eyes adjust to the light.
I spot her profile and flowing blonde hair immediately.Along with a group of buff guys standing around her, flirting their asses off.
I wait for no more than thirty seconds, and her stunning blue eyes lock with mine.As they always do when we’re in the same room.
Then she does something she’s never done.
The fuck?
Jessie turns her back on me.
Oh, hell no!
You belong to me, young lady—
Not mine.Myfriend.
Fuck that, she hasn’t been a friend or Jay’s little sister for a long time and perhaps it’s time to get honest with myself.
Not since the Fourth of July eight years ago.
