“We’re gonna have some fun, you and me.”
She flashed him a smile. “We sure as hell are.”
15
SIMONE’S BROTHER
SIMONE
Simone was ready to rock it out. She was fired up from training, but she’d be sore as hell tomorrow. Didn’t matter. She’d push herself to ensure she was at the top of her game. ALPHA depended on her. Luciano was counting on her to deliver.
And she wasnotgoing to let them down.
There was a time when she lived for the challenge of the chase. She loved hunting down the monsters, forcing them out of hiding, and moving in for an arrest.
As she worked alongside Luciano, a different set of emotions took hold. Her body thrummed with energy. Though they were laser-focused, she was tuned in to his every move. And she found herself mirroring him.
He crossed his legs. She’d cross hers. He sipped the sparkling water. She’d drain her glass. Though she could have been annoyed with herself, she wasn’t. She was drawn to him in every way that mattered… and even those that didn’t. He cleared his throat and she fought the urge to clear hers.
He broke the silence with, “Not clearing yours?”
“Busted.” She loved that he was as aware of her every action. “I’mnotusually a copycat.”
“I like that we’re in sync,” he murmured, then he pulled her hair aside and examined the back of her neck.
His tender touch ignited her passion and touched the deepest part of her heart.
“Does it hurt?”
“No,” she whispered surprised by the ache in her voice.
“Did the itching stop?”
“Yes.”
Streams of excitement flitted through her. He leaned close, pressed his lips to the back of her neck, and kissed her.
And her engine kicked on with a burst of adrenaline.
“Tutto meglio,” he murmured. “All better.”
“You shouldn’t be kissing me,” she whispered.
“Do you want me to stop?”
Shedidn’twant him to stop. She loved his touch, craved his attention. But she had to ratchet it back.
“It’s not professional.”
“Do you want me to stop, Simone?” he repeated.
She melted from the way he pronounced her name. She imagined staring into his beautiful hazel eyes and kissing him. Heat spread from her chest to her neck, then settled in her cheeks. She never got flustered, but he was turning her inside out in the best of ways.
Of course she didn’t want him to stop. She didn’t want things to become complicated either. An office fling was the best way to ruin a great working relationship.
“I don’t know,” she murmured.
“Look at me.”
