Total pages in book: 160
Estimated words: 149137 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 746(@200wpm)___ 597(@250wpm)___ 497(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 149137 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 746(@200wpm)___ 597(@250wpm)___ 497(@300wpm)
“Do you need to go to the hospital?” Kay asked. He looked like hell despite the fact that no one had hit his face.
“No.” He stared through her. “I just need you to go away. I’ve agreed to keep Dec and Shane on until after the shoot. It’s too soon to find and train new guards. I’ll let the Agency send in someone else. Not you.”
He was willing to deal with everyone but her. Yeah, that made sense. Unfortunately, it couldn’t happen. “The Agency isn’t going to barter with you. They’ll still want me to go. If you think it’s too late to bring a couple of bodyguards up to speed, how do you think the Agency feels about their operative? Also, Morales is expecting me. I assume you’ve sent him my name as your companion.”
“I’ll tell him I got tired of banging you and found a younger model,” he said with a smirk.
Dec turned. “Hey, what was part of our deal?”
“I didn’t call her what I wanted to call her,” Josh said, his hand on his ribs.
Shane appeared, leaning against the doorjamb. “Just try to be civil, man. I told you she’s hurting, too.”
“We’ll have to agree to disagree on that,” Josh replied. “Now, if there’s nothing else, I’m going to take a long shower.”
“You can’t leave me behind, and I don’t think it’s a good idea to tell the Agency that you know what’s going on.” She had to be reasonable here. “If they know, it might occur to them to use what they know about you to ensure your silence. I have a better plan.”
“I’m sure you do. Can we talk about it over Scotch?” He started toward the stairs. “I know we can’t talk openly in my home, but at least we could do this in the secure room. Dec said you didn’t wire up that part of the house. Let’s hear this brilliant plan of yours.”
“I’m not the one who’s going to sell you. Tomorrow, someone from McKay-Taggart is coming out to set up a plan. He’ll explain what you get from us if you help. I think you’ll like the plan. It fixes most of what I screwed up.”
“Most?”
“I don’t think Big Tag can make you believe I love you, Josh.”
He rolled his eyes and started up the stairs. “Keep that shit to yourself. I don’t want to hear it.”
“I’m not going to not say it because you don’t want to hear it.” She followed him, a little afraid he might fall back. “If you’ll meet with my boss, I think you’ll find he can help you out. We can’t meet here. I’ve arranged a meeting at The Reef in the morning. Riley will have everything ready.”
He kept moving, not looking back at her. “Naturally your plant will have things ready in my club. It’s good. I can leave my resignation letter there.”
“Resignation? Why would you do that?”
“Because unlike you I have some personal honor. I let the wolves in. I didn’t know I was letting the wolves in, but they got in because of me. I won’t put people I care about in danger. They could lose their jobs, their privacy, and all because of me. I don’t know why I thought it would work in the first place.” He looked back at Dec and Shane. “You think I should hear what this guy has to say?”
Awesome. The guys had bonded and it looked like she was the one left out.
“Yes.” Shane didn’t hesitate. “If he’s coming here, then he’s serious and he’s got something to offer you. He’s not like the Agency.”
“But that means we’re playing this our way,” Dec said. “And it means the Agency can’t know that you know. They can’t know Kayla gave you classified information.”
“Ah,” Josh said with a sigh. “The company is protecting its own. That I understand. I can work with that. What you’re saying is we can’t talk about this upstairs and we have to pretend everything is normal. That’s going to be fun for me. All right. I’ll talk to this guy but only because I would like to get my fucking life back and I’m not a monster. I would have helped out if someone had asked. Hell, I would have done it just for the experience. I would have used it to play a spy somewhere down the line. I don’t like getting cast in roles I didn’t fucking audition for and ‘pathetic idiot who gets taken down by a warm pussy’ is the kind of role my agent tells me to turn down.”
“I was hot,” she corrected. “If you’re going to insult me at least get it right. I was the hottest pussy you’ve ever had, babe.”
“If you say so.” He turned and started back up the stairs.
“Kay, can you handle him tonight? Because I think maybe he’s still in a mood to tear you up,” Shane said. “We can make an excuse about you having to go see one of your dads or something.”