Her face goes pale as she inhales sharply.
“You were shot?”
“No, I was shot at. The guy was a junkie and couldn’t hit me if he tried.”
“Oh my God.”
“That’s not normal, but it happens.”
“Are you a part of law enforcement?”
“No, but we work closely with them. In this specific circumstance, James runs the security on the building. Only a few of us went down to get involved. Luckily, James has a lot of friends in the NPD. We got set up with surveillance and got a feel for the layout of the bank. Robbie and I knew immediately the guy was a wild card. They tried to negotiate, but he started acting cagey, so we went in through the air vents. Robbie and I stayed in an office observing his behavior.
“The man started to lose it as he came down from his high. At one point, he was beating on a woman. That was unacceptable, so Robbie and I took control. He fired off a few shots, but we had him down in a matter of seconds.”
“That is unbelievable.” There’s a sense of awe in her voice. “You are a hero.”
“No, I’m not. That is an extreme situation. Generally, I sit behind a desk or do some security gigs. When I was in Paris, I learned some techniques that help me in the cyber-tech fields.”
“You were in Paris?”
Tread lightly!
“I was. I spent a summer there with Raven and stayed on for the semester.”
She crinkles her nose and tilts her head in confusion. “Raven Collins?”
“Yes, but she wasn’t married then. Remember how I said we were good friends? Well, it’s more than that. She’s one of my best friends. She’s been in all our lives forever. When Robbie and I came home, she did too after graduation. We’re a close group. All of us.”
“Wow, this is a lot of information.”
“One more thing.”
“There’s more?”
“Babe, I skimmed the surface of the last ten years of my life. Of course there’s more, but this is
about you and me.
“I know you’ve got some hang ups about safety, and I respect that. But don’t let any of this come between what’s happening between us. I know I fucked up by not sharing the details of my job and being completely up front, but I was waiting for the right time.”
“Okay.” She fully relaxes in my arms.
“Okay?”
“Yes, like I said, I was blindsided and felt stupid for being so uneducated about your life. Now, I know.”
“Does this mean we’re okay?”
“If I say yes, will you kiss me?”
My hand tightens against her head, and I bend down until my lips touch hers. “Oh yeah.”
“Then we’re okay.”
She hardly finishes before I’m rolling her completely under me, and my tongue is sweeping across her mouth. She opens eagerly, and I growl at the first taste of her in days. Our tongues fight for control until she finally gives in and whimpers, arching her back into my chest.
My hand moves down her arms, side, and hip until it goes around to cup her ass and bring her body flush against mine. It’s my turn to moan when her nails scrape against the bare skin of my stomach where my shirt has risen. I take turns going deep and backing off to catch my breath as I devour her mouth. My dick throbs against the nylon of my shorts, begging for some kind of release as I rock against her hip.