Operation: Endgame by Christi Snow

Author:Christi Snow [Snow, Christi]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: friends to lovers, college setting, university setting, romantic suspense, romance, military, christmas, texas
Published: 2012-09-01T01:46:11+00:00

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Derek arrived at Cassie’s house at 5:30 with Whataburger take-out sacks in hand. Cassie groaned, “Between you and Jake and the fact I can’t run right now, I’m going to be 20 lbs. heavier by the end of December.”

Derek looked at her and laughed. “You’ve got to be kidding me. With your metabolism, you could live on Whataburger burgers and still never gain an ounce. Besides, you know you’re just as addicted to them as the rest of us, right?”

Cassie gave a hefty sigh but agreed, “Unfortunately, it’s sad but true. My poor arteries. Come on, let’s eat first, then we can work.” She waved him into the kitchen table where Jake joined them.

“Hmmm, do I smell Whataburger? I haven’t had one of their burgers in years. Derek, I think I may just love you.”

“Thanks, man, but you’re not my type.” Derek pushed the second bag over to Jake. “Help yourself.”

Cassie grabbed three beers out of the fridge. As she joined them at the table, Derek looked up at her and asked, “Did they find anything at the office today?”

Cassie shook her head, “No, they dusted for prints. It’ll take a few days to run them all since it’s so public, but they didn’t think they were going to get any hits from that. They think the guy picked the lock, but that’s pretty much the only thing they got out of the office. I need to go in there to clean up. You do too, especially to see if there’s anything missing. I just didn’t want to deal with it today. Maybe we could plan for Friday?”

“I could do Friday. Want to plan around 10:00?”

“That’ll work for me.”

Cassie started cleaning up all the trash off the table. “We probably should get started on grading if we want to finish this tonight. Derek, do you want another beer?”

“That depends, am I grading the essays or are you?” It was a running joke between the two of them about how bad the essays could be, especially for this first year class.

“Since you’re the TA, I’m thinking you should.” At Derek’s grimace, Cassie added, “You can look at it as a learning experience.”

“What exactly am I supposed to be learning from bad papers?”

“What not to do to impress your professor. It could come in handy as you get ready to start on your PhD.” Cassie smirked at him.

Derek just rolled his eyes. “In that case, I definitely need a second beer. It may help me keep my sense of humor.”

They worked for a while with only the classic Christmas music playing softly in the background. Cassie was working on grading the question and answer parts of the exams while Derek took on the essays. Jake was lounged out on the couch reading his new Patterson novel he’d picked up at Raider Readers.

Cassie stood to stretch and went over to the sink to take some ibuprofen. Jake looked up at her concerned, “Are you feeling okay?”

Cassie nodded. “Yes, my shoulder is just getting achy from sitting looking at papers, but I’m fine.

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