Time Lost by C.B. Lewis

Author:C.B. Lewis [Lewis, C.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gay romance
ISBN: 978-1-63477-265-5
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2016-07-29T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

THE OFFICE was already buzzing when Jacob walked in the next morning.

He was late, by almost an hour, and his lame excuse was that he’d slept in.

Temple raised her eyebrows and glanced at Anton, who gave Jacob the filthiest leer this side of a sexual harassment case.

The worst part of their knowing looks was the fact they weren’t exactly wrong.

After he and Kit had sex, Kit had curled up against him, the skinny little spoon to Jacob’s big spoon, and they’d both slept. Not a big surprise, given the exertion of the night, but quite a surprise in the morning when Jacob was woken by his quill trilling.

The fact he wasn’t in the office at his usual time had worried everyone.

There was no time for breakfast or even more than a handful of words. He scrubbed up quickly in the bathroom, while Kit pulled on his clothes in the bedroom. Better that way. Less chance of Kit doing or saying something to catch his attention.

By the time he came out, looking decent and respectable, Kit was wolfing down some toast in the kitchen. He rushed out, grabbed Jacob by the tie and pulled him into a breathtaking kiss that tasted of marmalade.

“Tonight?” His eyes were shining.

Despite himself, Jacob caught him by the hips and pulled him closer. “If you behave, and work isn’t….”

“Arresting me?” Kit’s lips pressed to his again. “Maybe, then?”

“Maybe,” Jacob agreed and released his hips. “Now, piss off.”

“That’s all I’m getting?” Kit looked offended. He tilted his head, half closing his eyes and parting his lips. “Go on. You know you want to.”

Jacob did, but once in a while, he had restraint. At least some. Instead of kissing Kit, he smacked his arse hard through his trousers. Kit’s eyes flew wide open, and his freckled face flushed.

“Like I said.” Jacob bit down on a grin. “If you behave.”

He nodded toward the door and couldn’t help noticing how carefully Kit was walking as he headed for it. Jacob licked the marmalade off his lips and shook his head, knowing he was a royal tit but, for a moment, not giving a shit about it.

It was an indulgence, and no one needed to know. Hell, outside of his flat, he couldn’t even afford to let himself think about Kit, if he could help it.

Thankfully, the case had provided him plenty to do. The initial assessment of Sanders’s lab by the CSU was in, and there were signs of minor cleanup in the basement. Technicians were also working on the computers. Even if the additional hard drives were gone, there could be some kind of information left behind. The only bugger was that the machines were encrypted. It was possible to unlock them, but it was going to take time.

He skimmed through the CSU images, frowning.

Every door they opened seemed to raise more questions than it answered.

An abduction made sense, if Sanders was the technical genius everyone said he was. The fact they’d stolen much of his material suggested that he had something they wanted.

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