Red Red Rose (Shades of Death Book 1) by Hoffman McManus Stephanie

Author:Hoffman McManus, Stephanie [Hoffman McManus, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-03-15T07:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

Alfie’s was everything you’d expect a hip, funky pizza joint to be; laid back, good music– not too loud– good drinks, even better pizza and not ridiculously spendy. We snagged a booth in the back and right away a server was there to take our drink orders and give us menus. The drinks were the easy part; our server was back with those in no time, but after a ten minute debate about pizza toppings, we had no choice but to compromise and order a half and half pie. Just because it’s meat, doesn’t mean it has to go on the pizza. Spencer was not of the same opinion, and more than that, he didn’t believe that pineapple had any place on a pizza.

I’d found his flaw.

The nerve of him. Pineapple makes everything better. Okay, maybe not everything, but certainly pizza.

“What’s going on in that brain of yours?” Spencer pulled me away from my silent judging.

“Just wondering if you paid that kid inside the arena to harass me so you could try to get the drop on me,” I fired back.

He snorted a laugh. “I think you’re underestimating my supreme laser tag skills and your ability to wreak havoc on the judgment of the male population.”

My eyebrows shot up. “We’ll get back to your supreme skills in a minute, but what do you mean, wreak havoc on the male population?”

“Your affect on guys, Nora. I’m starting to fear for my safety, because it seems that you drive them to the brink of crazy and then push them right off the ledge with your feminine wiles.”

It was my turn to snort, and I almost choked on the sip of beer I’d taken. “Feminine wiles?”

He simply grinned and raised his own glass to his lips.

“Okay, back to the laser tag comment, I think I want a rematch, then we can compare skills.”

“Oh, sweetheart, I don’t need a rematch to know that my skills surpass yours.”

I glared. “Oh, you think?”

“I know, and you would too if you had bothered to glance at the leader board before we left. I was sitting at thirteen kills and zero lives lost. You my dear, made a valiant effort, but finished at just nine kills and one life lost. Therefore, I win.”

“The hell you do. Like I said, rematch. We didn’t get to finish that game. Besides, I don’t believe you even got thirteen kills.”

“Any time, babe, and I’ll be happy to give a repeat performance.”

“Yeah, we’ll see,’ I muttered. Then I brightened when another idea came to me. “Do you paintball?”

A grin spread over his lips. “Be careful what you get yourself into, darling.”

“Bring it on. Next Saturday. I’ll take the day off. There’s a place Em and I used to go with James, a section of woods near their parents’. You can use James’ gun if you don’t have one.”

“Nothing like a little home field advantage,” he remarked.

“If you’re so good it shouldn’t matter.”

“Fine. Challenge accepted, but I hope you have good protective gear.”

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