Page 15 of The Spy Ring

“I have to use the restroom so you two can talk while I’m gone.” Morgana turned and bounced happily toward the back of the room.

I frowned as I watched her leave but as I turned my attention back to Jagger, I caught him watching me.

“Please, sit.” I waved at the booth seat Morgana had recently vacated. “Now, what did you want to discuss?”

Just as he took a seat, the waiter appeared and Jagger waved him off.

“Perhaps I wanted a drink,” I said.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t realize. I saw your glass and just assumed . . .” He waved his hand at my mostly full glass of whiskey sour.

“I usually like to have two drinks at a time. You know, double fisted,” I said as I glared at him.

That was a lie. The truth was, I rarely drank. Only during SWIM Meet did I allow myself one drink, on occasion, two. Having a drunk driver kill my husband made drinking something I refused to let hurt me any more than it had. That was until Vegas. I hadn’t planned to drink a lot, even in Sin City. Yet, I must have as I blacked out. I wish I could remember what happened.

I had no idea why I said that to Jagger. Maybe because he assumed a lot of things. Assumed I would tell him how to do his job. Assumed I wouldn’t need to place an order.

Assumed I found him attractive.

Whoa. Where did that come from?

“I can call him back?” He began to raise his hand but I reached over and pulled his arm down.

Heat traveled up my arm and my skin tickled with the most curious yet exciting sensation. I snapped my arm back, and as I gazed up at him, his emerald eyes darkened.

“I was only joking, haha.” My weak laugh wasn’t fooling him. “What did you want to talk with me about?”

I shoved my hands under the table and crossed my fingers, hoping he was here to tell me he couldn’t be my son’s physical therapist anymore.

“I’m not who you think I am,” Jagger said as he pulled some folded papers from his back pocket.