Page 37 of Tactically Acquired

“I watched the whole thing happen,” Thumper said as he pulled into the gas station. “She just went fucking crazy, and if you think it will be any different just because this woman is some action star and we’re only doing some kind of live-action thing, you’re wrong.”

“What he said,” IRIS nodded, pointing his finger at Thumper.

I rolled my eyes, finding the whole thing fucking ridiculous. “So, you’re saying you’re not man enough to take point on this one.”

“I’m saying I like my balls intact and my wife happy,” Thumper answered. “And since you’re decidedly single and happy to be, you can handle close protection. Besides, we’ll get to the safe house, find out who’s after her, and end this whole fucking thing.”

“Yeah, maybe they won’t even want to continue once they find out what happened,” IRIS smirked.

“Yeah, that’s my luck.”

“I said maybe,” IRIS chuckled, “not that it would happen. Oh, and we haven’t used the house in a while, so we’re probably low on supplies. We should probably run across the street to the grocery store. You know, so you can cook for us,” he added with a smirk.

He slammed the door and left me with the snore master and her friend, who still smelled like vomit. I glanced over at her and sighed.

“This is gonna suck.”

She jerked upright, her hair flying around her face as she wildly looked around. “Where are we? What are we doing?”

“We’re at the gas station.”

“Oh.” She brushed her hair out of her face and yawned, her mouth opening wide for a good five seconds.

I cursed under my breath and flung the door open. Being her close protection was a bad idea. A very, very bad idea. I walked around to the back and pressed my hand to my dick, willing it to get itself under control. I did not have time to get a hard on just because a woman yawned. People did that all the time. I didn’t get a woody every time someone decided they were tired.

“Everything under control back here?” Thumper asked, quirking an eyebrow at me.

“Yeah,” I muttered, clearing my throat.

He chuckled, his eyes going right to my dick. “Sure.”

I narrowed my eyes at him. “She yawned,” I snapped defensively.

He clapped me on the shoulder, leaning in as he walked past me. “Yeah, I always get hard when people yawn, too. It’s perfectly normal.”

I knew he was fucking with me. And just for that, I shoved him over, making him fall on his ass. Unfortunately, all he did was laugh and roll over to stand up.

“What’s so funny?” Audrey asked as she climbed out of the back of the vehicle.

“Nothing,” I snapped.

Confused, she looked at Thumper on the ground. “It doesn’t look like that.”

“We were just talking about yawning,” he chuckled.

I cursed under my breath, about to take his leg off and smack him over the head with it when Audrey shook her head.

“Men. I’ll never understand their humor.”

I spun and grabbed her by the arm. “Let’s go.”

“Excuse me, but I can walk with Spencer.”

This woman and her mouth…No, not her mouth. The last thing I needed to think about was that large, very open hole waiting for me. Nope, not going there. I released her and took a step away.

“Bathroom. It’s now or never. You comin’, Spence?”

“It’s actually Spencer,” he corrected, stretching as he got out of the vehicle.

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