Spy Another Day Prequel Box Set: Spy Noon, Mr. Nice Spy, and Spy by Night in one volume (Spy Another Day Prequels clean romantic suspense trilogy) by Jordan McCollum

Author:Jordan McCollum [McCollum, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Romance, Spy, Espionage
Publisher: Durham Crest Books
Published: 2014-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

I wait until a decent hour to call Talia Saturday morning. Last minute, I know, but it’s taken me all week to plan and work up the nerve to do this. I won’t let the sweaty palms deter me now, though I’m glad she can’t see me rubbing my thumb over my knuckle. No way am I sabotaging this before it starts by looking stupid. I hop on the kitchen counter and dial.

“Hey,” she answers. “Still on for tonight, right?”

“Oh — actually I was thinking earlier in the day. Like eleven.”

“Mm.” The pause on the line does not bode well. “I’d love to, but I have to go into work this morning.”

Before I can even think about being disappointed, she continues, “Can we do . . . whatever a little later?”

“We can try, but I was planning around the weather.”

“You like to live dangerously, right?”

I let some sarcasm sneak into my tone. “Yeah, that’s why I’m designing the planes instead of flying them.”

She laughs. “I think I can get away by one. That work?”

“Sure.” Maybe. “Then I’ll pick you up around one? What’s your address?” I’m smooth — the street she has listed in the ward directory doesn’t exist on any map.

“I’m already cutting it close. Can I meet you there?”

“Yeah. Hang on a minute.” I grab my laptop to read off the bike rental place’s address. “Know where that is?”

“Like, downtown?”

I double-check the map. “That’s the place.”

“Yep, I can find it. So we’ll be outside? What kind of shoes should I wear?”

Random. An image of her calves and those ankle-strap heels flashes through my mind, but those aren’t really practical. “Tennis shoes will work.”

“Okay. Good thing nobody cares what I wear to work on a Saturday.”

“They should be grateful you’re willing to come in at all.”

She sighs. “Less ‘willing’ and more ‘unable to get out of it.’ But I’ll work as fast as I can. One o’clock.”

“Good.”

I get to the sidewalk in front of the bike shop a couple minutes early, just enough time to worry about whether I’ll do something stupid. Been a while since I’ve ridden a bike, but you’re not supposed to forget how. I don’t have long enough to go completely out of my mind, because Talia’s right on time, wearing tennis shoes as promised, and khakis short enough to show off her calves. “Hi,” she says.

“Hi.” Silence. This is where the conversation is supposed to happen.

Suddenly it hits me: been a long time — years — since I’ve been on a first date. Even then, it wasn’t like I was good at being cool and confident and putting a cute girl at ease. My temperature is already rising, and not because of the sun.

“So,” Talia says at last. “Bikes?”

“Yeah.” The relief is a little too evident in my voice.

“Sounds like fun.”

We head for the rental shop. A bike ride isn’t just something cute and easy. If things get weird, we can always focus on pedaling, and if it takes a turn for the worse,

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