“You…are?”
Why can’t I say more than a single word at a time?
“Oh, yeah.” Another kiss. “It’s you, darlin’. It’s crazy, but somehow, it feels like it’s always been you.”
It’s always been you, too
“What am I going to do with you?”
It was a breathy, almost wistful wondering of her heart.
“I have a few ideas.” The confounding didn’t hadn’t missed a beat.
Natalia chuckled nervously as her heart swelled to the brim, almost aching from how full it suddenly felt.
“Jagger, I?—”
His kiss stole her breath and her words. Three precious, true, and terrifying words that would have revealed her true feelings for him.
She considered pulling away, stopping just long enough to let the man know. But before she could, Jagger’s tongue met hers in a swirl of desire, and he hoisted her into his arms.
Later.
She’d tell him she was completely and totally in love with him later. In the meantime, Natalia had a new plan. One that involved using her body toshowhim, instead.
Hours after a long,sensual session of lovemaking that had left both she and Jagger bone-tired and fully sated, they’d scarfed down the rest of the pizza before sleeping soundly in each other’s arms. She still had yet to confess her true feelings, but the multiple orgasms the man gave her had fully depleted her body and mind.
Natalia was so at peace in Jagger’s warm embrace, in fact, it was a wonder she even noticed when her work phone began to ring. With fumbling movements, she nearly knocked over the small accent lamp before grabbing the blaring device and silencing the noise.
Her half-awake gaze flew to him, her bare shoulders falling with relief when she found him soundly asleep. A quick glance at the screen revealed it was a caller she couldn’t ignore.
Natalia rose from the bed as gently as she could, grabbing the robe from the back of the bathroom door on her way out.
“Hang on a second,” she whispered as she answered the call.
She didn’t speak again until she was tucked away in the farthest corner of the apartment’s tiny kitchen.
“Sorry about that,” Natalia apologized to Ryker. “What’s up?”
“I hope I’m not…interrupting.”
The man’s tone and his question threw her a bit off kilter, but only because Ryker never asked questions about or commented on her personal life. He knew she and Jagger were staying under the same roof, so making the leap from sharing a safehouse to sleeping in the same bed wouldn’t be a huge one to make.
“No,” she answered truthfully.If you’d called a couple of hours earlier, however, that would have been a bold-faced lie.“I can talk. Is something wrong? Did Lopez recant his statement about Sanchez?”
There was a pause and then, “On the contrary, he’s claiming he has more pertinent information to share.”
He is?
“I have to say, I didn’t expect him to know anything else about Sanchez or his operation. But the more we can throw at Sanchez, the better, so?—”
“I’m glad we agree. That’s why we need you to come in now, before Lopez gets scared and changes his mind.
Her eyes fell shut, and Natalia had to fight the urge to sigh. Ryker wanted her to go back to Homeland…now?
“Can’t you or someone else take his statement?”
“Lopez was very clear, he’ll only speak to you.”
