Under His Sheets by R.L. Merrill

Author:R.L. Merrill [Merrill, R.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Celie Bay Publications LLC
Published: 2024-04-09T00:00:00+00:00

TEN

Friday 5:46 PM City Center, Castelldefels, Catalonia, Spain

The group was all gathered at a high-top table and had already had a few drinks, judging by the noise level. I made my way straight to Lara and gave her a hug.

“Where’s Alonso?” she asked in my ear.

“In the car. Making a call.” I kissed her on the cheek before stepping away.

“You okay?” she asked me, wrinkling her nose.

Are you kidding? “I’m great. You need a refill?” She said no as Camille called me over to the French Foreign Legion’s end of the table.

“We got your Segura for you,” she said, and I tripped over a jacket on the floor. My Segura. I liked the sound of that.

I gave them each kisses and took a chair on the end next to Camille. I was getting natural finally with this whole cheek-kissing greeting business.

“I worried you weren’t coming,” Josette said, leaning close to talk over the noise. “Are you okay? I heard about the scene in the atrium. Can you believe it?”

My pocket buzzed and I pulled out my phone.

I’m coming in. Play along.

I had no idea what that meant.

I tried not to look around and instead attempted to follow the conversation. I was listening to Ivan ask Sasha about where he should visit in the South of France, and since the three women had attended university in Montpellier, they were telling him the good things to see there. I caught sight of Alonso entering the bar. I knew I was supposed to act casual, like I didn’t know him know him, but I had butterflies in my belly watching him make his way through the tables over to where we were sitting. He’d said to play it cool, but sitting here keeping a great big secret from everyone was, well, making me hella nervous.

“Alonso. Bona nit,” Lara said, and he walked directly toward her, not glancing in my direction. He kissed her cheek, and she waved for the table to pay attention. He was good at this whole undercover gig. Way better than me.

“Everyone, I’m not sure if you’ve all had a chance to meet Alonso. He was so kind as to step in for Pedro when he hurt his back and he’s doing a wonderful job of taking care of our students.” She repeated herself in Spanish and everyone waved and said hello.

“Mucho gusto,” he said with a shy wave, and then he looked around the table for a place to sit.

“Down here…aquí,” Josette said, waving her hands and pointing to an empty chair she’d pulled between us. She leaned in close to Sasha and Camille and spoke in French.

“No fair,” I whispered. “I can’t understand any of you.”

Camille spoke next to my ear. “We have a bet going on to see who he prefers.”

My eyes bugged out. “What do you mean?”

Sasha leaned in close. “He’s so handsome, but no one knows anything about him. We’ll sit him next to you and see who he pays more attention to.”

I rolled my eyes.

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