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They rushed to the vehicle and Tripp tossed Alexia a look.
Her lashes lowered over her smoldering eyes. “Drive fast, but don’t kill us on the icy road, Bryson.”
“I’ll get us there in one piece, princess.”
“Oh, I trust you.”
Her statement felt like melted chocolate spread over his senses. He paused with his hand on the gearshift. “Do you?”
She blinked. “After seeing you in action? Absolutely. You got that woman out of her vehicle like you do it on a daily basis.”
Admiration flooded his chest. “Or you with that baby.”
“No—youwith that baby! When you stuck that pacifier in his mouth and then patted his back? Oh my god. If only everyone saw this side of you.” She wrapped her arms around herself.
“Good thing they don’t. It would ruin my reputation as a badass.”
They shared a laugh. After they got on the road, Tripp reached over and took her hand.
She meshed their fingers and it gave him something he hadn’t realized he was lacking.
Bryson sauntered into the hotel room, and as predictable as always, he headed straight for the bed. Alexia dropped her bag and watched with a smirk as he lowered himself to the mattress and gave it the bounce test.
She couldn’t stop the smile from spreading across her face. “Well? Does it pass?”
He crooked a finger. “Come see for yourself.”
If she got within reach of his long arms, she’d be on that bed tangled up with him before she could blink. While the idea of rolling around on a bed that looked to be a little better quality than the first two they shared was a temptation, she wanted something else almost as much.
“I plan on taking a shower in a place that doesn’t smell like onion rings.”
He wagged a brow. “Want some company?”
She let her gaze drop to his chest and run down to his groin that was in a constant danger of busting out his fly. She opened her mouth to give a breathy: “Yes!” but her phone cut her off with a buzz.
She reached for her device just as Bryson stood and extracted his from his back pocket.
“It’s Eric,” she said before answering the call.
He glanced at his screen. “It’s Rafe.”
At nearly the same moment, they answered the calls. Alexia drifted across the room to gain some distance so Tripp’s conversation didn’t impose on her own.
“Eric. What’s up?”
“I was going to ask you the same question. You haven’t checked in today.”
“Oh. That’s because it’s been a very eventful day.”Beginning with waking up in Bryson’s arms.
“I’ve been reading over this file. Have you?”
“Uh, I intend to start tonight. In the hotel room.”
“What? You’re not getting back tonight?”
“Regretfully, no.”
She sent a look at her lover’s broad, muscled back and had no regrets whatsoever.
