His head whipped to face me. “What’s up?”
I just held up my cell phone and wiggled it.
“Let me up, beautiful,” he said as he patted Ariel’s thigh.
“Awww, do you have to go?” she whined.
I just slowly looked up at the ceiling while the sounds of kissing could be heard.
I grew tired of all the public displays of affection.
“All right, come on,” Cap said.
I nodded and returned my head back to a normal position before I followed next to the man that led us.
“Anything bad in the email?” he muttered as we wove our way through the safehouse.
I just stayed silent, peering over my shoulder to make sure no one was following us.
Like Anna, for starters.
I swear to God, that woman could’ve had a hell of a career as a stealth operative.
The instant Cap closed the door behind me, I handed him the phone. I watched his gaze scan the screen while I waited with my arms crossed over my chest. His lips quirked into a grin, which I knew was coming, but when he got to the important part, there was a downright shit-eating smile on his face.
“Oh hell yeah,” he said as he handed me the phone.
“Do you want a copy?” I asked.
He crooked an eyebrow. “You’re not forwarding me on all of these?”
“This one was sent to me. Not part of the original email chain.”
He furrowed his brow and held his hand back out, wiggling his fingers.
He studied the email one last time, clicking around on some things. His eyes flickered back to me every once in a while, and the question that I knew he was going to ask dropped from his mouth.
“Are we sure this is our contact?”
I just nodded. “Same email. Same tone. Same canter of words. This is our contact, just reaching out to us first.”
His nostrils flared before he looked down at the email one last time.
I knew what he was thinking: we couldn’t afford to misstep again. Because of what I left behind at the house. I’d do it a million times over with no one’s permission, though. I sure as shit wasn’t leaving that woman behind. Not that I thought Cap would have left her behind, but he questioned his steps. Questioned his ways.
I figured protecting Ariel had something to do with that.
“Captain,” I said.
His eyes whipped up to me. “What’s up?”
I held out my hand. “We’re a go, Cap.”
He looked at me for a second before he nodded. “Yeah right.”
I furrowed my brow. “You don’t look pleased.”
He handed the phone back to me again. “Just… been a long road.”
