larger palm, Riley took a serious punch to the gut. Lust hit, hard and unexpected, as he grasped her far more delicate fingers and gazed into her wary, pale blue eyes.
"Pleasure," he finally murmured dazedly.
She tugged her hand from his and turned to Jack. " He's going to take TFS into the jungle?" Her curved brow was derisive and her tone bordered on insolent.
Jack leapt to Riley's defense. "He's extremely well-trained and has knowledge of the area."
"I'm a lot more adaptable than I look." Riley smiled seductively, unable to stop the flow of innuendo. He wanted her. Bad. He carefully put his hands in his pockets to stop the instinctive need to reach out and grab her hand again. He hated to do it as it ruined the line of his fine wool gabardine trousers but desperate times and desperate measures needed to be taken. It wouldn't do to accost the client.
She snorted. "I'm sure."
Her abrasive attitude was starting to drill into the haze of attraction he had running through him. "Where am I headed?"
"Phillipines," Jack clipped out. "Sulu, specifically."
Great. He'd had plenty of experience in country. Not his favorite as the political climate sucked almost as bad as the weather this time of year. Monsoon season was just about over, but the weather didn't always conform to the timetables put out by man. Not to mention the bugs. He shuddered. But he would deal. "Cargo?"
"School supplies," Jack replied.
"Piece of cake." Riley grinned, exposed his white teeth and tried to put her at ease. But he got lost in the magnetism she exuded like a force field even as he noted peripherally the angry vibe that radiated from her.
But angry babe wasn't put at ease. If anything, she stiffened even further, as her pale eyes shot sparks at him. " I am going to the Philippines. I am not so sure about you."
But Riley had stopped listening at I .
"Wait, what?" His eyebrows rose and he snapped his head toward Jack. He straightened from his nonchalant slouch and snatched his hands from his pockets. "You can't possibly expect me to take her," he gestured, careful to keep his voice low-key and well-modulated. "To Sulu Island."
A rosy flush of annoyance spread across her high delicate cheekbones as she pursed her pale pink lips and her body vibrated with a fine tension.
"Exactly," Di said. She dismissed Riley with a disdainful sweep of her lashes and trained her gaze on Jack. "Who else do you have?"
Books by Lisa Hughey
Black Cipher Files Romantic Suspense
The Encounter, A Prequel to Blowback
Blowback
Betrayals
Zeke & Sunshine's book, coming Winter 2013
The Seven
Archangel Rafe
Archangel Zach, coming Spring 2014
Snow Creek Christmas Anthology
One Silent Night
Family Stone Romantic Suspense
Stone Cold Zero, (Jess, Family Stone #1)
Carved in Stone (Connor, Family Stone #2)
Heart of Stone (Riley, Family Stone #3)
Still the One (Jack, Family Stone #4) coming soon!!
"Pleasure," he finally murmured dazedly.
She tugged her hand from his and turned to Jack. " He's going to take TFS into the jungle?" Her curved brow was derisive and her tone bordered on insolent.
Jack leapt to Riley's defense. "He's extremely well-trained and has knowledge of the area."
"I'm a lot more adaptable than I look." Riley smiled seductively, unable to stop the flow of innuendo. He wanted her. Bad. He carefully put his hands in his pockets to stop the instinctive need to reach out and grab her hand again. He hated to do it as it ruined the line of his fine wool gabardine trousers but desperate times and desperate measures needed to be taken. It wouldn't do to accost the client.
She snorted. "I'm sure."
Her abrasive attitude was starting to drill into the haze of attraction he had running through him. "Where am I headed?"
"Phillipines," Jack clipped out. "Sulu, specifically."
Great. He'd had plenty of experience in country. Not his favorite as the political climate sucked almost as bad as the weather this time of year. Monsoon season was just about over, but the weather didn't always conform to the timetables put out by man. Not to mention the bugs. He shuddered. But he would deal. "Cargo?"
"School supplies," Jack replied.
"Piece of cake." Riley grinned, exposed his white teeth and tried to put her at ease. But he got lost in the magnetism she exuded like a force field even as he noted peripherally the angry vibe that radiated from her.
But angry babe wasn't put at ease. If anything, she stiffened even further, as her pale eyes shot sparks at him. " I am going to the Philippines. I am not so sure about you."
But Riley had stopped listening at I .
"Wait, what?" His eyebrows rose and he snapped his head toward Jack. He straightened from his nonchalant slouch and snatched his hands from his pockets. "You can't possibly expect me to take her," he gestured, careful to keep his voice low-key and well-modulated. "To Sulu Island."
A rosy flush of annoyance spread across her high delicate cheekbones as she pursed her pale pink lips and her body vibrated with a fine tension.
"Exactly," Di said. She dismissed Riley with a disdainful sweep of her lashes and trained her gaze on Jack. "Who else do you have?"
Books by Lisa Hughey
Black Cipher Files Romantic Suspense
The Encounter, A Prequel to Blowback
Blowback
Betrayals
Zeke & Sunshine's book, coming Winter 2013
The Seven
Archangel Rafe
Archangel Zach, coming Spring 2014
Snow Creek Christmas Anthology
One Silent Night
Family Stone Romantic Suspense
Stone Cold Zero, (Jess, Family Stone #1)
Carved in Stone (Connor, Family Stone #2)
Heart of Stone (Riley, Family Stone #3)
Still the One (Jack, Family Stone #4) coming soon!!
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