Page 48 of Learning to Love

Hi Babe! Heading home from the field. Ily.

I smile. Jake's kinda my favorite.

Hurry! ILYM

What to wear? I go through my side of the closet and get a naughty idea. I pull the black leather skirt Sasha got me out. Jake will have a cow when he sees this and will try to ban me from wearing it. I love his caveman-ness, even if it drives me crazy sometimes. In the end, I will win the fight. We're a team, not a dictatorship. I pair it with a flowy red tank and black kitten heels. The tank is not too big but had just the right amount of flow. I do minimal make-up, but I do decide on winged liner and red lips, the exact color of my tank. Jake burst through the door, startling me.

I expected the desire filled expression now on his face. He saunters over. "Don't touch me. I love you, but you are sweaty and stinky."

He looks affronted. "You don't mind it when I'm sweaty, and you're writhing beneath me."

Okay. The room just got twenty degrees hotter. Damn Jake, with his good looks and sexual innuendos. I smile and sit up from my new vanity in his room. His eyes bulge out of his head, and he crosses his arms menacingly. "So, I guess we're staying in tonight?"

I place my hand on my hips. I almost feel sorry for him. Jake is oblivious to the fact that a southern woman doesn't fight fair. I give him my best "bless your heart" smile. It's a sweet genteel smile that only we know how to give. Victory will shortly be all mine.

"Baby. Let me let you in on a little secret. I'm going to McCarthy's with or without you. I wore this mini skirt just for you. While one or two others may admire it tonight, you're the only one who will ever be able to touch what's underneath."

I see the bulge in his pants, and I know I have him. My smile widens, but a blush creeps up on my skin. This skirt makes me feel like such a seductress. "Now go get ready, baby, and if you're really sweet tonight, I'll keep on this skirt while I ride you into oblivion."

He growls and runs into the bathroom to start his shower. I laugh and text a picture of me in my newfound skirt to Sasha.

Thanks! I love it.

I bet someone else does too.

He about lost his mind when he saw me in it. Whatcha wearing tonight hot stuff?

A blue mini dress with cowgirl boots!

Yeehaw little Mama! Save a horse ride a Dallas!! Lol!

Exactly!

Jake puts on his jeans and a bright blue shirt. I love a guy in blue. "You look handsome, Hunny." He grabs me in his arms and twirls me around. I laugh, but he's still slightly moody.

"Thanks. Baby, you look so damn hot. I will have to beat the hell out of so many guys tonight." Doubtful, but I don't say it out loud. Jake grabs his keys, and we all head out. I whistle whenever I see Sasha coming out of Dallas' room. She laughs and slaps me on the butt.

We pull up to McCarthy's, and country music is booming from inside. It's a two-story bar on the waterfront and has a deck and porches that go all the way around. We will have to come back here when we don't have a Benji agenda.

I see Benji before he sees me and he's dancing with Janet. Does she know what kind of person he is? Fire burns all the way down to my belly. We've got to take him down before he can hurt us. The importance of tonight's mission is settling on my shoulders. We will do this. We have to. Our very lives could depend on our success.

Chapter 29

The Plan in Motion

Everything Fearless 24/7

Did you see Dani's face when she saw Janet tonight? I did. I wonder when the catfight is coming.

The guys have visited McCarthy's a few times, so they know the layout of the whole place. Jaxon made a diagram, and we have studied it all week. We each have earbuds in our ears that are precisely the color of our flesh. They are micro in size, so you have to know where they are located to see them in our ears. Axel's dad owns a multimillion-dollar tech company, and he "loaned" us the equipment tonight in return for an honest review of the products. We each put a walkie-talkie app on our phone, though, in case the earbuds go out.

Axel, much like his father, is the tech genius out of the group, so he’s in the back of a creepy white kidnapper van hacking into every one of the cameras at the bar as we speak. I'm past nervous. Thankfully, I'm wearing a tank because otherwise, I'd have pit stains. That would certainly be attractive. Jake would love it because the guys would be staring, just not in the way that'll get them beat up.

I went over the list of jobs Axel emailed us last night about a million times. We have to act as normal as possible. If Benji feels like we are onto him, we'll never catch him in action. I laugh to myself when I remember what Axel wrote what his job description was.

Jobs tonight:

Jaxon and Hector