Page 275 of Affair


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That wasn’t happening.

“I’m firing Ivan when I see his short little ass. Mark my words, and no, I’m not going back. I’m actuallyWORKINGwhen none of you are. So calm your tits. I’m not alone.”

They didn’t buy that.

“Who are you with?” Gene asked, also feeling a little freaked out that she was alone. He was regretting leaving her there because now, Ethan was stressed.

She told them.

“I’m with Rogue, aFREAKING MERCENARY, Remmington, who was once my boss and a CIA spook, and I’m with Boone, an ex-cop. Between the four of us, there are about seventeen guns and a bazooka in the goddamn car. What could happen? How qualified does a person have to be to keep me safe? We trust The Hunters all the time. I’m with three. Come on, guys. Calm down.”

They got quiet like they were texting behind her back to privately talk.

“If one of you doesn’t send me that group chat, I can tell you who won’t be having fun with me for a good year. Ethan will be the only one getting laid, and that will only be because I don’t control Gene’s dick!”

Ethan actually laughed.

Until Gene was to the point.

“Uh, I won’t be having sex because you’re my boss and I’m scared shitless of you.”

Well, that worked in her favor.

Ethan was curious.

“Gentlemen, do you have her?” Ethan asked. “I mean actually have her? Because once the Crazy Train starts rolling, it seldom has brakes.”

Callen added to that.

“Because we know where you live, and fund your missions.”

Remmington laughed.

“We’re going to talk to a woman who had a kid with one of the Marines. She’s safe. What’s going to happen? Do none of you know what she’s like? Guys, she survived in Columbia undercover for weeks. I think she can handle visiting some dude’s baby momma.”

Okay, he had a point, but they still worried. She was the center of their world.

Maybe she did have this.

Ivan had texted in a panic, and they’d gone down the fear rabbit hole with him.

It was good to see she was safe, and she wasn’t out there alone, after all.

“Okay, carry on,” Ethan said. “I won’t come back.”

She didn’t like how they tried to coddle her.

It was annoying as all hell.

“If you come back, Ethan Jackson Blackhawk, I’m leaving with Gene, and you’re sitting your ass home. Do you know how hard it was to get you both free from work on short notice? Gene’s boss is a dick, and didn’t want to give him time off.”

Gene couldn’t help it.

He laughed.

Why?

She was his boss.