Major Perfect: Men Out of Uniform Book 2 by Rhonda Russell

Author:Rhonda Russell [Russell, Rhonda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Firefly Press
Published: 2017-09-21T18:30:00+00:00

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Payne felt his lips slide into a smirk as Emma took the seat opposite him. “Haven’t lost your appetite, have you?”

She placed her napkin in her lap, then looked up and blinked at him. “Why would I do that?”

“Oh, I don’t know.” He took a hefty drink of wine, hoping to drown some irritation. “I guess because you looked nauseated a moment ago when you looked over and saw me sitting here.”

“Have I hurt your feelings?” she asked with mock concern, being her typical smart-ass self. The galling answer was yes, but he’d rather have his balls sawed off with a pair of dull hedge clippers than tell her that. Furthermore, he wasn’t supposed to have feelings for her to hurt, so that telling realization made him distinctly uncomfortable.

“No, I’d just prefer you not puke on my food,” he drawled, purposing sounding disinterested. “So long as you’re just sick of my company and not sick, we should be fine.”

Emma paused to look at him and he had the momentary uneasy sensation that she’d somehow picked up on the lie. That she could see through him. She rolled her eyes, looking miserably contrite. “I’m not sick of you, per se,” she told him and gestured wearily. “I’m just sick of...the tension, if that makes sense.”

Of the sexual variety? he wondered, or of the find-the-pocket-watch kind?

In either case, he knew what she meant. After all, it was only Day Two and he felt like he’d been through Hell Week. His broody gaze swung back to Emma.

And it was all her fault.

Women, he thought darkly, the historical downfall of the men in his family. But no matter how much she mucked up his game, she wouldn’t be his downfall. In fact, if this mission played out as successfully as every other one in his life had, then it would be the other way around.

For whatever reason, that thought wasn’t as comforting as it should be. He supposed because in this instance he wasn’t busting up a terrorist cell or freeing prisoners of war. He was here on another man’s whim, protecting his honor for the sake of a historical geegaw whose actual authenticity was still in question. There was no honor in this errand, no greater good to be won and, in this case, winning meant robbing another person of a new beginning.

Time to mine for a little more information in that regard, Payne thought, telling himself it was strictly for professional reasons. Better armed and all that. It couldn’t possibly be because he was fascinated by her and wanted to know everything she’d willingly share about herself. That would be pathetic and Brian Atticus Payne was not, under any circumstances, pathetic.

“What do you say we call a brief truce?”

She cocked her head and regarded him through cautious eyes. “How brief?”

“Dinner,” he replied. “Let’s just eat and be cordial. Do you think you can do that?”

Her lips twitched. “If I put my mind to it.”

Payne snorted. God, she was adorable.

Emma released

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