“In a manner of speaking.” Evan explained how they’d quit ReefCo.
“Whoa. Well, sounds like the right call.”
“Yeah. But it leaves me looking for something to do with myself.”
“Ah.” Brayden thought about the plate of food he’d just finished assembling. “I have a lunch meeting I’m about to head into, with a local citizen, but can you stick around for a few hours? We can head into town and get something to eat for an early dinner. Mick’s working on a new land deal with the estate, and we might be breaking ground on a training facility pretty soon. Could use a guy like you on that project.”
“That sounds exactly like what I’m looking for.” Evan held out his hand again, and after they shook on it, Brayden pointed around the corner.
“You’ll find a moped over there. Helmet’s on the seat, key’s in the ignition. Head into town; it’s a straight shot down the road. We’ve got an office on the main drag, that’s where you’ll find Mick and his woman, Cara.”
Evan gave him a curious look.
Brayden wouldn’t be explaining any further. “I’ll meet you there in a few hours.”
Evan shrugged. “Okay, man. Enjoy your meeting.”
Oh, he would.
He headed back inside, locking the kitchen door behind him.
Picking up the plate of fresh fruit, cheese, chocolate, and soft, flaky bread, he took the stairs two at a time.
Arielle was right where he’d left her.
Of course she was. She was tied up with nowhere to go.
“Sorry about that,” he said with a lazy grin. “Someone dropped by. Now, where were we?”
She gave a frustrated moan that turned into a sigh when he slid a small piece of sweet pineapple over her lips. She licked his fingertips clean of the sticky juice before answering. “Halfway between orgasm three and four.”
He traced the network of silky black ropes crisscrossing her body. “Yes, yes we were.”
“That was close,” she whispered as he sank to his knees in front of her. “One of these days we’re going to get caught.”
Brayden didn’t know what to say to that. Yeah, they probably couldn’t hide their secret affair forever. And the second they were busted, she’d be done with him.