Hit Man: A Sexy Action-Packed Alpha Adventure Romance by Michele Mannon

Author:Michele Mannon [Mannon, Michele]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Suspense, New Adult, Military
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2016-12-06T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Diego

I slow my pace, focusing on the black Hummer limousine parked on the street a block away from the TORC safe house in downtown Mexico City. I’m wet, tired, and in need of a beer. I’m in no mood for conversation. And the last fucknut I want to be around right now is the Irishman.

The door opens.

“Mierda,” I curse, then slide into the backseat and next to the man seated there.

He holds up a finger. One second, so he can finish the game pulled up on his iPad screen—Assassin’s Creed: Identity. How goddamn appropriate.

I roll my eyes. McDuff’s got this laid-back just-rolled-out-of-bed vibe that drives a guy like me—who likes to get things done pronto—to drink. His jeans are ripped at the knees, he’s got a bright, rainbow-colored serape on, the poncho-like blanket engulfing his large frame. To top off his look, my man’s wearing a brown beanie pulled low over his head. He looks like a clothes-challenge college student more than a hit man.

He ignores me.

“Look, cabrón. Stop screwing around and listen.”

“Hang on. Five jumps is all I need to descend Notre Dame cathedral.”

This guy is unbelievable. I make a grab for his toy but, quicker than the assassin on his iPad, he snatches it out of harm’s way. “All right, mate,” he reassures me, clicking the game off and tossing the iPad onto the seat next to him. Then he arches an eyebrow at me. “What now?” he asks.

I feel the V in my forehead deepen because he didn’t ask, “What happened?”

The bastard knows.

“Ya valió madre,” I mutter beneath my breath. “Hayden already hear my news?”

“Don’t know. I was ordered to Mexico City but haven’t reported in yet. Been busy watching Mendoza’s boys running around with raging hard-ons for someone named ‘Diego ‘Rodriguez.’ Guess your cover’s gone caput?” my counterpart says with a zing.

“That’s putting it mildly.”

McDuff chuckles.

I scowl, not liking the fact that he stands to benefit from my failure.

We’ve got this love-hate relationship going. Ever since Paris, where he beat me to my last target, Kylie Smith. It took a hell of a lot of preparation on my end, tracking my fellow mercenary. She sold TORC secrets. Hayden put a hit out on her. Yet the fact that McDuff located her first still rubs me the wrong way. And now he’s in Mexico City . . . working my assignment . . .

How long ago did Hayden bring the Irishman in? Or worse, has Shamrock been here all along? I straighten my legs and run my hand across the hairs on my chin. I need a shave and a drink, maybe in the reverse order. “What’s the news from Acapulco?”

“I’ll share if you’ll do the same.”

“Deal,” I grind out.

“Fahder arrived in Acapulco to oversee the gun transaction.”

Tell me something I don’t know. “He still dressing in dresses?” I respond, raising my eyebrows at the tight-lipped Irishman, as if to say Try a little harder at sharing new information. “And he’s hired Los Lobos to watch over the warehouse while he makes the transactions.

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