Tempting James (Mysterious Adventures Book 1) by Elizabeth Lennox

Author:Elizabeth Lennox [Lennox, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elizabeth Lennox Books, LLC
Published: 2022-01-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 3

“What the hell are you going to do with all of that?” Buck demanded, eying the shopping cart filled with surveillance equipment. “And why didn’t you just borrow stuff from work?”

“Because this is personal,” James explained, tossing another hidden camera into the cart before heading for the cashier. “What the hell are you even doing here?” he demanded, wondering how Buck had known he was coming to the security store.

Buck shrugged. “I saw you heading over and followed you in because I’m curious,” he said, picking up the box with the cameras. “What are you going to do with all of this stuff? Make kinky videos?”

James rolled his eyes, snatching the box out of Buck’s hands and putting it on the cashier’s conveyor belt. “None of your business.”

“Does it have to do with that robbery attempt a few nights ago?” He looked at the box. “We have better stuff at the lab.”

“I know we do. I am aware that DARPA didn’t build these models,” he snapped, referring to the government agency tasked with inventing new toys for people like him to use against enemies of the United States. “But I don’t need military grade surveillance equipment. Not when I think I know what’s going on.”

Buck waited beside James as they waited for the cashier to ring up James’ purchases. “You know that we’re all in on helping you, right?” he asked his boss.

James paused, looking at the other man. They were about the same height, but Buck was bulkier than James by about ten pounds of muscles. Buck and Diesel were truly built along odd proportions. Jack called the two men “freaks of nature” because they were just so freakishly big. Which was rich since Jack was taller than either man, although he was more lithe than bulky.

“Didn’t you just buy a new house to work on?” James asked. Buck spent his free time buying up old, nearly destroyed houses and fixing them up. It was his way of relaxing after a particularly stressful mission.

“Yep.” He looked at all of the equipment. “But something is up and we’re going to help. Jack is over at the restaurant making sure that Jinx is safe and Diesel is beating the streets, looking for the guy who tried to rob her.”

James thought about that for a moment, then nodded. “I appreciate the help.”

“Good, so what do you need me to help you with right now?”

James handed the cashier his credit card. “I don’t need bags,” he said to the teenager who probably would have put each box into a separate plastic bag. James would simply stack everything up and carry it out. No need to waste the bags for that distance.

“Saving the environment?” Buck teased, taking half the stack of boxes.

“Something like that,” James grumbled.

“She’s the one, isn’t she?”

James slid his sunglasses on as they walked out into the Florida sunshine. He thought about denying it, wanting to keep his relationship with Jinx private. Unfortunately, that just wasn’t possible. Not with any of the men on his team.

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