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I grinned. “That seems more than fair to me.”
“So what would you say to taking the day off work?” he asked.
“And hanging out here?”
“Yeah, I’m not ready for you to leave just yet. And you and I have a lot of things to talk about.”
I nodded. “I can call in,” I said. “My boss is obsessed with me at the moment because of… well, you know.”
“The SEAL bust.”
“We’re notcallingit that. But yes.”“Hey, if it means you can take the day off and spend it with me, it was worth it,” he said.
“Do you mean that?”
“I was blind to what Jack was,” he said. “It’s good that you turned him in. It had to be done, and now we can get back to what we’re good at. I should never have been angry with you, Alison. I really should have thanked you. You protected the integrity of the SEALs, and I owe you for that.”
“You don’t owe me anything.”
“Well, I’m still going to spend the rest of our lives making it up to you for how I acted,” he said. “You didn’t deserve that.”I texted Grummond. Predictably, he was happy to let me take the day off. He would have given me anything these days. It was pleasant to watch him realize he had been wrong about me, and I’d been having fun stretching my legs a little in my role now that he knew what a valuable addition to the Bureau I was.
While I sent that text, Brian made the arrangements he needed to make to stay home too. Since he didn’t report to anyone on a day-to-day basis, it was simpler for him, but he did want to let the others in his office know that he wouldn’t be there and that they could reach him at home if they needed to.
“But I told them not to call unless it was an emergency,” he added, setting his phone on the nightstand. “So unless more FBI raids are planned, I don’t think we’ll be hearing from them.”
“No more raids,” I assured him. “The FBI is finished with the SEALs for this year. You won’t hear from us again until next year’s audit.”
He rolled his eyes. “Let’s hope that one is nice and quiet. No more dramatics.”
“I’ll hope for that, too,” I said. “But we went through all those documents we seized and didn’t find anything else suspicious, so I would say there’s nothing to be worried about when it comes to future audits.”
“I’ll drink to that.” Brian raised the glass of orange juice and knocked it back in one swallow.
Then he looked at me somewhat guiltily. “Did you want that? I can get more.”“Don’t go anywhere.” I leaned into him. “I want you more than I want juice. Water is fine for me.”
He nodded and pulled me close. “So,” he said. “When can you move in?”
“Did you mean what you said about me keeping my apartment?”
“I have plenty of money. I’ve been looking for something to do with it. You don’t need to give up your apartment if it means something to you.”
But even though I had been uncertain last night—it had all happened so fast—I found that I did want to. I didn’t want to keep a foot in my old life while trying to start this new one.
“I’m ready to let the apartment go. “If you’re sure you really want me.”
“I’ve never been surer of anything in my life.”
“You’re not going to get sick of me and want me to move out?”
“Never.”
“I’ll probably have to pay the penalty to break my lease early.”
“I’ll pay for that. I’d pay it ten times over if it meant getting you here more quickly.”I shrugged. “In that case, I can start moving my things over this weekend.”
“I’ll hire a moving company,” he added with glee.
I was a little blown away. “You don’t need to pay for everything.”
