Revealing Annie (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha) (On Call Book 5) by Freya Barker & Operation Alpha

Author:Freya Barker & Operation Alpha [Barker, Freya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aces Press, LLC
Published: 2020-08-17T16:00:00+00:00

Annie

“I really think maybe I should sleep in the basement.”

His body starts shaking behind me.

I’d argued all the way as he led me up the stairs earlier. He wasn’t listening then either.

After Blue and Tony left—taking that adorable little nugget with them—his parents followed Bryce to bed, reminding us they’d had a long day. Kyle and I finished cleaning up the kitchen and debriefing the day. It felt ridiculously domestic. I’ve been here only two days and already it feels like home.

Don’t get me wrong; I love my little sanctuary, except it doesn’t feel that safe anymore. Tony took me aside at some point to hand me back my keys, and let me know they’d gone through the trailer and collected what evidence they could. He didn’t specify what that might’ve been and I didn’t ask. It wasn’t the time or place.

For now, I’m just going to pretend this is my new normal. Except maybe sleeping in the same bed with Kyle when his parents are just steps down the hall.

“Are you laughing at me?”

I try to roll over but his hold on me tightens as he buries his face in the crook of my neck.

“You’re not sleeping in the basement,” he finally says, trying to hide the amusement in his voice, and failing miserably.

“It’s not right. It’s bad enough you convinced me to sleep in here last night with an impressionable boy a few doors down, but with your parents here?”

His grip on me loosens, but before I can move of my own accord he has me rolled on my back, his face hovering over me.

“First of all, that boy is fourteen and I don’t wanna freak you out, but that’s no longer a boy, that’s a teenager. He’s probably more enlightened than either of us wanna think about.”

“Ewww.”

I make a face that has him grinning, enhancing those lines in his face I love so much.

“And second, my parents find out you slept in the basement, they’d not only insist on staying at a hotel, they’d disown me in the process.”

I bite my bottom lip and his eyes drop down to my mouth, as he lifts his hand to my face. With the pad of his thumb he rubs my bottom lip.

“Kyle,” I warn, as he lowers his face a fraction.

“Just a kiss, babe.”

“We can’t. Kissing leads to other things.”

The white of his teeth flash a smile.

“Are you saying I’m irresistible, Annie-chan?”

“You’re incorrigible,” I correct him, but I’m smiling as I say it.

“Then roll over, let me hold you, and go to sleep.”

I lift my head and brush a light kiss on his lips before rolling back on my side. Immediately his arm snakes around and pulls me so my back is flush against his front.

“Kyle?”

“Right here.”

“Why do you call me Annie-chan?”

He’s silent for a moment as he brushes his lips along my neck slowly.

“It’s an endearment. An expression of affection.”

My heart warms as I snuggle against him, and in minutes I drift off.

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