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Chapter Nine
My lips were stilltingling when Chase stepped off the shuttle for his car-rental company.
“Looks like I need to up my game.” Luke sounded more entertained than put out.
I fell into step beside him as we headed for our car. “Please don’t.”
“I don’t understand.”
“I can only handle so much smoldering intensity.” I kept the teasing in my reply. We reached the car, and I set my bags on the ground.
Instead of opening the trunk, Luke turned to me. “And you’re getting your fill from Chase?” Amusement overrode the hurt in his voice. He stepped toward me, and I backed up until I collided with a cement pillar. “You don’t want to be pressed against the wall?” Luke grabbed my wrists in a single swoop and pinned them over my head. His body molded to mine. “Devoured, until your legs are weak and your voice is hoarse?” he growled against my skin.
I didn’t fight my whimper. “I never said that.”
“You sure?” Luke let go and put some distance between us.
Did. Not. Like. I wanted his body fitted against mine again. “I just don’t want to lose the fun.” I could do this. Handle the flirting and be normal around him. I’d been psyching myself up to do that for more than a day now. It came more easily than I thought. “All I’m saying is, give me as much Ryan Reynolds as Gomez Adams.”
“So... masturbating with a unicorn?” Luke winked before turning away to load our things into the back of the car.
“I could get into it if that’s your thing.”
“I don’t come in rainbows.”
I laughed at the visual and his playful retort. “Probably good.”
“Happy to prove it.”
My brain stalled, but only for a heartbeat this time. I could do this. “Even better. Do you think if you ate a handful of Skittles first, I could taste the rainbow?”
He sucked a sharp breath through his teeth and shook his head. “The things you do to my imagination...”
Me? To him?
“We should get going.” Luke opened the passenger door for me. “Otherwise, we may not make it to the office.”
Responsibility warred with desire, as I slid into the car. “Office. Right.”
We left airport parking and were pulling onto the freeway, when Luke’s phone rang. Just a few minutes earlier, and I’d think the damn thing was trying to interrupt us.
He pulled it from his pocket and handed it to me. “Anyone important?”
“Scott.” My gut sank. Did the company CTO regularly make casual calls to Luke? “Answering. Putting on speaker.” I swiped as I talked.
“Hello.” Luke spoke loudly and clearly.
“How far out are you?” Scott was usually friendly. Chatty. The way he cut straight to the point was less than reassuring.
His abrupt tone kicked my stomach into my shoes. “Just left the airport,” I said.
“Good. You’re both there. Something came out of Sacramento today.” Scott let out a long sigh. “Someone published the entire game plot, including our surprise ending, online.”
“What? Why?” I knew why, but it was easier to ask than admit someone with access to that information—someone so close to this project—was trying to fuck us.
“Next steps.” Luke had lost any hint of playfulness and was all business.
Hot.
