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“Spill it, Sunshine. Just tell me.”
“I swear I was super careful.” She’s wringing her hands, her cheeks now colored by nerves and not the passion we shared just a minute ago.
I massage the back of my neck. “Ella, we had a plan,” I say, exasperated.
Her chin dips to her chest, her posture slumping.
“I know. I’m sorry. But Rhi gets so worked up when she’s worried. I just needed to let her know I was alright. But as I said I was super careful. I didn’t send it directly to her. I mailed it to her grandmother and used coded language from when we were little.” She rattles on so fast, she nearly trips over her words.
I have trouble following her. “Slow down. Start from the beginning. What did you send her?”
“A postcard.”
“What!” I can’t believe what I’m hearing.
“It wasn’t a postcard from here, not even from Canada.” Ella is quick to assure me. “I picked one from Miriam’s stash for the wall project. It was from Scandinavia, Norway to be precise.
“And I sent it to her grandmother because I know Rhia visits her every Thursday. They play backgammon together and…”
I don’t hear the rest of that sentence. Glaring at her, I’m unusually furious.
I never lose my cool. Fuck ups are bound to happen on any mission. You stay calm and adjust your plan.
But when it comes to Ella, it all flies out the window.
“Ade, Rhia is my best friend. She knows everything about me. We never keep anything from each other. I had to put her mind at ease.
“We’ve never gone this long without talking. It’s not natural for us. I had to do something and you wouldn’t let me tell her anyth—”
“For good reasons. I didn’t decide this ad hoc,” I interrupt her.
“I know that—”
“And still you went against my advice.” She hangs her head, biting her lower lip. That does things to me.
“God, Ella, I want to put you over my knee and spank some sense into you. How could you be so reckless?”
Her eyes light up at the mention of putting her over my knee. She might as well have taken my cock out and stroked it for how quickly it turns to wood.
“Oh. You’d like that. You’re a naughty girl.” My voice drops a few octaves, coming out low and rumbly.
She grins at me. And it’s all the answer I need.
Stepping closer to her, I bend my head, my lips dusting the shell of her ear. “I’m looking forward to exploring this wicked side of you.” Her breath catches in her throat.
Images of Ella wrapped over my legs with her delectable bottom poised ready for a caress and a smack fire rapidly in my mind.
Wow, it’s getting hot here. Not even the chilling breeze can cool me down.
Ella must be thinking along the same lines. Her cheeks blaze red as she sinks her teeth into her bottom lip again.
I’m of half a mind to drag her back up the mountain right now and let her see just how bad this good guy can be.
Clearing my throat, I swat her bottom playfully. “Stop distracting me, lucida. We have to determine what to do about Rhia. If, in fact, it is her. I’m still not convinced.”
I take her chin between my fingers and raise her gaze to mine.
“Now tell me the rest. You sent a Norwegian postcard to Rhia’s grandmother, writing in code.”
