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Authors: Melissa Schroeder
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If there was a chance someone was going to cash in, they paid attention to nothing else.
“Yes, Drew has it,” Elle said.
“Hey, who has tomorrow?” Cat asked, as they crowded around Elle to find out what days they had picked for the month.
Adam sighed. It was a really good thing the boss wasn’t there. Worse, he was worried what the team would do to verify the bedding. One thing they took almost as seriously as their job, and that was the contests that involved money. Some offices had fantasy football, they had bets on each other’s sex lives.
They were strange, but they were ’ ohana .
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E mma tugged her T-shirt over her head, then grabbed her panties. After she pulled them on, her stomach rumbled. Her appetite was roaring to life now that she’d stepped back from work.
She felt better now after a shower, but her head was still fuzzy. Too many thoughts crowding her mind. She knew she was in a bad place, obsessing about the assignment, but she couldn’t figure a way out of it.
Her brother had always told her to step back, look at the issue from another angle. If that failed, he told her to take a shower. It hadn’t helped, although she didn’t smell that bad anymore.
When her stomach grumbled again, she realized she needed to get something to eat. She went to her kitchen, but before she could open the fridge, there was a knock at her door. She frowned. Usually, the doorman told her if someone was coming up.
Another knock.
“Open up, Taylor. I know you’re in there.”
Del . Her heart skipped with delight, as she tried to fend off the inevitable dizziness she had around him. What was it about this man that just the sound of his voice made her want to giggle? It was one of the reasons she had done her best to stay away from him for most of the last two days.
She walked to the door but did not open it.
“I heard you walking to the door.”
He was as bad as Sean and Randy. They could track a person’s movements. It was probably from their training. All three of them had worked Special Ops in the military.
She knew he wouldn’t go away, so with a sigh, she unlocked the door and opened it.
He had his mouth open to say something, but snapped it shut. He was probably going to yell at her. The man was always yelling at her one way or another. In emails, in texts, and the worst, in person. And dammit , a girl could only take so much. When he got all mouthy with her, she just wanted to kiss him.
She needed a therapist and maybe medication. Definitely medication.
When he continued to stare at her, she gave in. “What?”
His gaze slipped down her body, and she felt it as if he were touching her. When he met her gaze, he swallowed.
“Do you always answer the door dressed like that?” he asked, his voice sounding strangely strained.
She looked down and realized she wore only her massive shirt. Sure, she had on a pair of tiny little panties, but that was it. The man was making her lose her head.
“Come in.”
She turned around, fighting the heat that was flaming her face. Seriously, she might have a one sixty IQ, but she just did not seem to be able to use any of her intelligence when he was around.
“I just got out of the shower. Give me a second.”
She didn’t look to see if he followed. He always did, for some odd reason. From the moment she hit him with that board, he always appeared and watched out for her. It was odd enough that Sean, and to an extent Randy and Jaime, kept an eye on her. She had been on her own so much in the last eleven years that she was accustomed to handling her life without intervention.
Emma grabbed a pair of board shorts and then rejoined Del in her living room. Jaime had been correct. He was a luscious piece of man meat. She had never seen him dressed up, but she liked him like this. A casual shirt, dark blue that brought out the gold in his brown eyes. He looked tired. They all were probably pretty tired, but she knew he wasn’t sleeping well. It was there
“Yes, Drew has it,” Elle said.
“Hey, who has tomorrow?” Cat asked, as they crowded around Elle to find out what days they had picked for the month.
Adam sighed. It was a really good thing the boss wasn’t there. Worse, he was worried what the team would do to verify the bedding. One thing they took almost as seriously as their job, and that was the contests that involved money. Some offices had fantasy football, they had bets on each other’s sex lives.
They were strange, but they were ’ ohana .
----
E mma tugged her T-shirt over her head, then grabbed her panties. After she pulled them on, her stomach rumbled. Her appetite was roaring to life now that she’d stepped back from work.
She felt better now after a shower, but her head was still fuzzy. Too many thoughts crowding her mind. She knew she was in a bad place, obsessing about the assignment, but she couldn’t figure a way out of it.
Her brother had always told her to step back, look at the issue from another angle. If that failed, he told her to take a shower. It hadn’t helped, although she didn’t smell that bad anymore.
When her stomach grumbled again, she realized she needed to get something to eat. She went to her kitchen, but before she could open the fridge, there was a knock at her door. She frowned. Usually, the doorman told her if someone was coming up.
Another knock.
“Open up, Taylor. I know you’re in there.”
Del . Her heart skipped with delight, as she tried to fend off the inevitable dizziness she had around him. What was it about this man that just the sound of his voice made her want to giggle? It was one of the reasons she had done her best to stay away from him for most of the last two days.
She walked to the door but did not open it.
“I heard you walking to the door.”
He was as bad as Sean and Randy. They could track a person’s movements. It was probably from their training. All three of them had worked Special Ops in the military.
She knew he wouldn’t go away, so with a sigh, she unlocked the door and opened it.
He had his mouth open to say something, but snapped it shut. He was probably going to yell at her. The man was always yelling at her one way or another. In emails, in texts, and the worst, in person. And dammit , a girl could only take so much. When he got all mouthy with her, she just wanted to kiss him.
She needed a therapist and maybe medication. Definitely medication.
When he continued to stare at her, she gave in. “What?”
His gaze slipped down her body, and she felt it as if he were touching her. When he met her gaze, he swallowed.
“Do you always answer the door dressed like that?” he asked, his voice sounding strangely strained.
She looked down and realized she wore only her massive shirt. Sure, she had on a pair of tiny little panties, but that was it. The man was making her lose her head.
“Come in.”
She turned around, fighting the heat that was flaming her face. Seriously, she might have a one sixty IQ, but she just did not seem to be able to use any of her intelligence when he was around.
“I just got out of the shower. Give me a second.”
She didn’t look to see if he followed. He always did, for some odd reason. From the moment she hit him with that board, he always appeared and watched out for her. It was odd enough that Sean, and to an extent Randy and Jaime, kept an eye on her. She had been on her own so much in the last eleven years that she was accustomed to handling her life without intervention.
Emma grabbed a pair of board shorts and then rejoined Del in her living room. Jaime had been correct. He was a luscious piece of man meat. She had never seen him dressed up, but she liked him like this. A casual shirt, dark blue that brought out the gold in his brown eyes. He looked tired. They all were probably pretty tired, but she knew he wasn’t sleeping well. It was there
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