Best Man for Hire: An opposites attract vacation romantic comedy with a hot military hero by Tawna Fenske

Author:Tawna Fenske [Fenske, Tawna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

This is probably a really dumb idea, Anna thought as she dropped onto the sofa beside Grant. The pain in her butt was totally gone, replaced by something warm and tingly that probably had nothing to do with the drugs they’d offered at the hospital.

Grant was looking at her like he suspected her pain meds were making her loopy, which was possible. But it was also possible she just wanted to have a little fun with this guy while she could. Breaking through his Boy Scout facade to reveal his inner sex beast earlier had been hot as hell. She kinda wanted to see it again if she could.

Besides, she had a hunch there was more to Grant Patton than he let anyone else see. Something behind his careful veil of perfection. Maybe this was a way to peek behind it.

“Okay, we’re going to do a homemade lie detector test,” she said, tucking her bare feet beneath his thigh again and pressing her knees together so she didn’t give him an inadvertent peep show. “One that involves some mild electrocution.”

Grant raised an eyebrow and stared at the battery in her hand. “I’ve used polygraphs before in counterintelligence work. I don’t recall anything about electrocution.” He frowned. “Or tongues. Why did you say you needed mine?”

“Patience, Boy Scout. We’ll get to that. First, tell me some of the physical signs that someone’s lying or talking about something that makes him uncomfortable.”

“Increased heart rate,” Grant said automatically. “Fidgeting. Failure to make eye contact. Dilated pupils, rapid breathing, sweating.”

“Okay, good. I’m going to ask you some questions. If I see you hesitate or I think you’re not being totally honest about your answer, you have to lick the battery.”

“Lick the battery?”

“Didn’t you do this as a kid?” She turned the battery over in her hand, tapping the end with the tip of her finger. “You touch your tongue to the two contact points on a nine-volt battery and it gives you a mild shock. Not enough to kill you, or even hurt that badly. It’s just a jolt. I’m not totally sure how it works, but it seems like a good deterrent against fibbing and half-truths, don’t you think?”

He was staring at her with an incredulous expression, but there was amusement in his eyes. “Did the doctor say anything about centipede venom getting into your brain?”

“Come on, Grant. It’ll be fun.”

“Electrocution usually is. You’re aware that since I’m trained in recognizing the signs of lying, I’m also trained at disguising them in myself.”

“Sure, but why would you? The point is that we’re training you to speak your mind. To be blunt, which is something you want to work on. What’s the point in faking it?”

He seemed to consider that a moment, then nodded. “Fair enough. So how about positive reinforcement?”

She wiggled her toes beneath his thigh. “What did you have in mind?”

“Some sort of reward system. For when I reply with the requisite amount of bluntness, of course.”

“That sounds fair. What do you want?”

“It’ll depend on the question, I suppose.

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