“This could be the connection we were missing.” Roman dragged me into the kitchen and settled me onto a stool at the counter before he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket to call Xander. “You’ve got her laptop, right? Great. Pull up the browser.” He turned his attention to me. “Do you have the page you use to get into your class bookmarked?”
“Yeah, it should be listed there, and it’s probably in the ones I visit the most.”
Xander must have found it because he asked for my username and password. I rattled them off and tapped my fingers against the counter while I waited to see what they needed next. “Look into each of them and get back to me.”
Uh oh. That didn’t sound good.
8
ROMAN
Istalked around the counter towards Jessa, my eyes pinning her in place when she fidgeted in her seat. “You want to tell me about the post you did the first week of class? The one where you had to introduce yourself and share something personal?”
“Umm, yeah. It was just the usual. Who you are. Why you’re taking the class. That kind of stuff,” she mumbled
“And you were as fucking adorable as you always are. Including in the photo you added to your profile,” I bit out, my head feeling like it was about to explode at the thought of her sharing so much personal information on the internet. “Which is probably why all the guys enrolled in your class chose to comment on your post.”
“They did?”
I swiveled her stool around so her back was against the counter, and then I boxed her in with my arms. “Every. Single. One.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah, oh,” I echoed.
Her nose scrunched while she looked up at me with wide, brown eyes that held a mixture of hope and fear. “Do you think one of them might be the guy you’re looking for?”
“With any luck, they will be,” I grumbled.
“That’s good, right?” Her expression cleared, and she smiled up at me.
“Maybe,” I conceded. “We finally have a list of names Xander is going to run down so that’s a plus. But if you had mentioned the class to me a week ago, he could have done all this back then. We might have already caught him, and you’d be out of danger.”
“I’m sorry I didn’t think of it sooner,” she whispered. “But really, you only have yourself to blame because you distracted me by carrying me over your shoulder out of the office. How was I supposed to think clearly when you pulled a totally caveman move like that?”
I tried to bite back my smile at her little rant, but it wasn’t possible. Not when she wagged her finger at me and continued.
“Then you kissed me and I could barely remember my name, let alone to mention a class I’ve only been taking for a little while where I’ve never met any of the other students face-to-face.”
“You’re right about your memory being faulty because it wasyouwho kissedme,” I corrected.
“Oh, please,” she scoffed. “I gave you a tiny peck on the lips, and the next thing I knew your mouth was devouring mine.”
“And that’s a bad thing?” I teased, any lingering frustration melting away at her sassiness. I loved how she only showed this side of her personality to me and was still shy around Xander and Brecken’s teams.
“Not even close. It was probably the best thing that ever happened to me.”
“Probably? Should I try again until I get to a definitely?”
“You’re not going to see me arguing about an offer like that,” she laughed. “But the probably was more because I’m not sure I can pick which moment with you that’s the best.”
“Oh, yeah?” I asked as I lifted her off the chair and carried her over to the couch. Dropping down onto the cushions, I settled her on my lap where she snuggled against me.
“Our first kiss was amazing, but so was the first orgasm you gave me. And the first time we had sex. But then it was even better with the whipped cream. So, yeah...basically what I’m saying is thatyou’rethe best thing that’s ever happened to me because you’re a part of all those moments.”
“Jessa.” I shifted her around so I could look into her eyes, and my arms tightened around her. “You know that I feel the same, right?”
She tilted her head to the side and narrowed her eyes at me. “You think that you’re the best thing that happened to me, too?”
