The Omega Team: Lethal Intent (Kindle Worlds Novella) (MacKay Destiny Book 7) by L.J. Garland

Author:L.J. Garland [Garland, L.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-06-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“What the hell is going on?” Lily demanded. “What are you doing here, Will?”

“Saving your ass, Muffin.”

“Don’t Muffin me.” She jerked free of his grasp. “And my ass didn’t need saving. I was doing just fine before you came along and almost blew my cover.”

“From the looks of you, I’d say you already blew something yourself.”

“You’re disgusting.” She picked up her pace, leaving him behind as her mind whirred. She’d figure out a way to explain all this to Jamie without giving away her true purpose of protecting him.

He caught up, grasping her elbow. “I’m here as backup, which it appears you need.”

“I don’t need any help.” She kept her voice low, trying not to cause a scene on the open street. “For your information, I just got a job at the bakery.”

“He hired you?”

“Yes. So I’ll be right there with him.” She threw a glare his way. “You don’t need to be here.”

“I can guess what you had to do to get the job.” Jealousy ranged his features, narrowed his eyes, tightened his jaw.

“I got the job because I know how to bake. I spent several months in Milan undercover.” The high-end bakery may not have been culinary school, but while undercover for the three months it’d taken her to unravel the knotted process management and staff used to launder local drug lords’ money, she absorbed quite a bit about how to bake. For scumbags, they made amazing breads—crusty on the outside, soft on the inside—and truly decadent pastries, pies, and cakes.

He nodded. “Sounds familiar.”

“It should. You sent me.” Then he’d shown up, claiming the mission had changed and she needed critical intel. Yeah, there were a lot of missions where he just “showed up.”

“Let’s have dinner,” he suggested. “We can discuss how you’ll go about protecting one of our latest veterans.”

“I’ve got plans.” Not really, but she’d make some. She crossed the street, Will hanging close to her side as she headed back the way she’d come.

“Then, lunch.”

“Look, Will, I’ve got this under control. Besides, what are the chances the terrorist is after Jamie?” She stopped and faced him. “You said there were over a dozen names on the stolen list, so the probability is less than 8 percent.”

“So there’s a better than 90 percent chance you’ll be bored out of your mind in this tiny backwater town, baking with the dough boy.” He stepped toward her. “And if the terrorist does happen to show up, then we’ll take him down together. Like the old days.” He skimmed his hand down her arm. “Let me keep you company. And when this mission is over, there’s a place waiting for you at NCTC.”

For Lily, the old days were exactly that—old. Her missions with The Omega Team flew her worldwide, varied in content, and the pay was way better than the CIA. Grey and Alexa had taken a huge chance on her. No way she’d risk that by crawling back in bed with William Harmon—figuratively or otherwise.

She stepped off the curb and into the street, rounding the front of her nondescript sedan.

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