Lawless by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2017-11-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Two

The purr of a boat motor combined with the sound of waves lapping at the sides of fishing boats filled his ears as Jace took a deep breath of marshy air and strode to the end of the dock, passing the old vessels tethered to rusty hooks. His forty-two-foot cabin cruiser stood out like a new Rolls Royce in a junkyard. Dropping his case on the cushioned seat of the stern, his gaze caught Ursula’s sun-kissed legs at the other end as he stepped onto the deck. “Ready to roll?” he called. His question was answered with a thumbs-up as he untied the line, freeing the stern and climbing to the bridge. Jace wrapped his hand over the throttle and brought the boat to life.

Ursula climbed to the bridge. “I put the trombone away with your other instruments.” Her sultry voice rumbled through his body and settled deep in his belly like a delicious mix of warm honey and Southern Comfort.

Jace nodded. Leave it to Ursula to add levity to the last step of a hit, the escape. She liked to compare his arsenal of guns to musical instruments. His sniper rifle was a trombone, his handgun a trumpet, and the semi-automatic pistol concealed under his pant leg, a piccolo.

“Don’t you owe me a thank you? And I don’t mean for putting away the rifle.”

Jace cleared his throat and cast his gaze toward the river. “Why am I thanking you, Urs?”

“Why? I got him into position for you, even after he wouldn’t sit in the right chair. At first he acted weird, especially when I tried to touch his head.” She shrugged. “Most guys love having a girl run their fingers through their hair. He must’ve had hair issues or something because when I moved off his head, he was like Play-Doh in my hands,” she said with a chuckle.

A barbed ball of fire wedged in the corner of his gut as he recalled Ursula’s performance on the balcony. “Getting him into position was your job and you seemed more than happy to play with his dough,” he said evenly.

She crossed her arms. “That was crude, even for you, Jace.”

He shrugged. “You went a little overboard.” He regretted the words after they left his mouth. She played her part perfectly, always did. Jace couldn’t ask for a better partner. It wasn’t Ursula’s fault his emotions crossed the line, even though he would never allow his body to follow. Jace’s issue was exactly that: his issue.

She barreled to her feet and knocked his shoulder, forcing him to meet the daggers flying from her eyes. “I don’t tell you how to do your job. Don’t tell me how to do mine,” she spat and started down the stairs to the deck.

“Fuck,” he muttered. “Ursula!” he yelled over the boat’s motor. He was the one who went overboard. What the hell was wrong with him?

Her footsteps stopped halfway down the stairs. The wind swirled the mass of curls around her head as she turned around.

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