“Me, too. There are so many great places,” he said, his whole face lighting up. “I could blow your minds.”
Mati had no doubt.
Reese looked like he’d already had his mind blown. Quite thoroughly.
He cleared his throat. “Maybe we’ll get a chance to when this is over,” he said, casting a glance at Mati.
She smiled back, forcing herself to keep a lid on the hope percolating in her. “That would be great.” And it would, no matter what, but right now she was desperate for more data. For any shred of hard evidence that she wasn’t imagining what she was seeing and feeling.
After dinner, she flopped on the couch and enjoyed the view of the beautifully lit parks while Reese checked in at home. David sat beside her, close enough to feel his warmth, but not touching. She let the silence stretch between them while she gathered her thoughts and decided what she wanted to say.
“I’ve never seen him flirt with a man,” she began, keeping her voice low so Reese wouldn’t hear her over his affectionate bickering with Hodges. “Not like this.”
David cocked his head. “Is that good or bad?”
“Well, I’m certainly not going to judge him. I like flirting with you, too.”
David grinned. “Same.”
“And if you’re worried I’m feeling territorial, you shouldn’t.”
“No?”
She shrugged, fighting to sound casual when her fingers and toes—hell, herwhole body—tingled with daring and desire. “I haven’t talked to him yet, but this is all new for us. I’d like to think we’re a blank slate and anything is possible. And if he’s okay with sharing, I am, too.”
David looked out the window, his cheeks flushed. “That’s ridiculously hot.” He sounded almost distressed. He glanced at her. “But are you saying he’s never—”
“I don’t think so.”
“Huh.” David paused and licked his lips. “That’s hot, too, right?”
Before Mati could agree that it was insanely fucking hot, Reese said farewell to Hodges. She held out her hand to Reese. “Come sit.”
Reese did, taking her hand in his and folding one leg onto the couch so he sat facing her. His smile was shier than she’d ever seen it, his green eyes bright and curious, his lips shiny and pink. She wanted to taste them again. She wantedDavidto taste them and tell her they were as soft as she remembered.
“Why are you looking at me like that?” Reese asked suspiciously.
David laughed and stood. “I’m going to leave you two to sort that out while I call Chance. He said he’d send me the video from the house and I haven’t gotten it yet.”
Mati twisted toward Reese, and they watched, heads together, as David walked into the kitchenette, every step showing off his powerful build.
Mati smirked and squeezed Reese’s hand when he was slow to drag his eyes away.
“Okay, on a scale of one to ten, how freaked out are you right now?”
Reese’s gaze flicked between her and David. “About what?”
Therewasa pretty good list of possibilities. She started with the simplest. “The house.”
Reese shrugged. “Since I’m not there, not very. More pissed off about the break-in and worried about Hodges, though he swears he’s being careful.”
Mati rubbed her thumb over his knuckles. She was worried about Hodges, too, and had no delusions that he was actually sleeping in the panic room. “Okay, how do you feel about being in Boston?”
“I like Boston,” he said. She shot him her bestdon’t-give-me-that-bullshitlook. “What? It’s true. I’ve been here a couple times. I’d rather we weren’t here under these circumstances, of course, but recently I’ve been missing things like this.”
“Being trapped in hotel rooms in strange cities?” she asked.
“No,” Reese said with a laugh. “Traveling. I’d love to show you the sights. You haven’t been here before, right?”
