David ended the kiss and pressed his forehead to Reese’s. “I’ll tell you what. I’ll take over pool maintenance if you let me spread you out over those wide steps and rim you until you’re screaming.”
Reese’s eyes widened, his fingers curling into a fist in the back of Mati’s shirt.
“Jesus Christ,” Mati whispered, picturing it. She flexed her legs, seeking something to rub against and ease the ache growing between her wide-spread thighs.
Reese gulped. “You—You would…do that?”
David’s slow smile was devastating.
No one moved when the swinging door blew open and Hodges stepped into the room.
“Oh, for the love of Christ, we preparefoodin this room, children. Do not contaminate the work surfaces!”
Mati took a deep, steadying breath. “Let’s revisit this later, shall we?”
David was still staring at Reese. “Definitely.”
Reese gulped. “How quickly can you make that risotto?”
“We’ll be done eating in an hour.”
Reese’s knuckles were white where he clung to the kitchen counter. “I’ll be dead of a heart attack by then.”
“I’ll be dead from choking on my own vomit,” Hodges snarked as he flung himself into his chair at the table. “If you three are done violating every single health code, you should check your inboxes. The cameras caught something and I emailed it to you three and Chance.”
Talk about killing the mood.
They quickly gathered around Mati’s computer and she couldn’t help glancing out the windows, worried someone could be watching them.
Hodges patted her hand from across the table. “If someone were anywhere near the house, it would have lit up like Christmas out there.”
That helped. A little.
She hit play.
At first she couldn’t see anything, just darkness with a hint of the lights from inside the pool house.
All three of them leaned closer to the screen. Mati squinted, jolting with horror when she made out the silhouette of a man moving in front of the glass panes. She could see him for only a few seconds before he ran away, veering close enough to the house to trigger the lights.
Mati pictured what they’d been doing shortly before Hodges charged into the pool house. Jesus Christ, whoever had been out there must have gotten aneyeful.
“Not enough detail to see anything to help us identify him,” David said.
“I didn’t get a good picture of the car, either,” Hodges said. “I have cameras set up where they came over the wall, but no lights, and he parked far enough down the road that all I got was the shape of the tail lights.”
“Send that footage to Chance, too,” David suggested. “He might be able to tell us something from that.”
Hodges nodded, pecking at his laptop like a demented chicken. “I’m going to increase the range and sensitivity of the lights and cameras. This guy got way too close before the sensors picked him up. Be prepared, though. It means they might get triggered by the wind blowing branches or every little animal out there.”
“That’s fine,” David said, his arm like a steel band around Mati’s waist.
“Yes,” Reese agreed, linking his hand with Mati’s and David’s in her lap and making eye contact with Hodges. “Do whatever it takes to keep this family safe.”
Chapter Twenty-Nine
As far as Reese was concerned, the time between watching that video and finishing dinner was an eon.
Tomorrow they would go to Chaz’s office and hopefully get some answers, but until then, he wanted to lock himself away with Mati and David and not come out. He didn’t care if they slept, talked, watched a movie, cuddled, fucked, or just sat on opposite sides of the room and stared at each other.
