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I glance out the window to see a few Humvees and camo colored Jeeps go by. “Is there something going on with the military in town or something?”

Kash follows my gaze. “I have no idea. Why?”

“I saw a bunch of vehicles and military looking guys around the airport when I was coming downtown. Just weird. Vegas isn’t usually a big military hang out that I’m aware of.”

“I have no idea. Maybe it’s a convention.”

I take another sip of coffee and try not to let it bother me.

ChapterSix

KASHTON

I’m still seething about fucking Jasmine interrupting my time with Athena. The last thing I needed was her to come sniffing around my best friend. Fucking spying cunt. Her being here is creating several problems for me.

As Athena finishes her coffee, I send a text to Krystana, asking what she’s up to today. I don’t want to be all over her this weekend, but Ash will kill me if I ignore her in favor of Athena. When no response immediately comes, I let her know I’m going shopping, and invite her to come find me if she wakes up at a reasonable hour.

I try to push her out of my head as we hit the connecting walkways inside of the Vegas Strip where the bulk of the shops are.

“What’s Jasmine’s deal? She seemed really territorial.” Athena keeps her voice low as she directs me into a woman’s clothing store.

Nope. Check that. Lingerie store.

I stare at all the lace and silk and skimpy pieces of material and I’m picturing each and every one of them on Athena’s luscious body. What the hell is wrong with my brain? I turn around and face her.

“Do you need me for this?”

She blinks at me, and then with a fake pouty lip she says, “You’re going to desert me already?”

“Athena, this is a lingerie store.”

“Yes, yes it is. I’ve seen one before. Have you?”

I shake my head. “That is not the point.”

“I’m not going to ask you to try anything on. Relax. I just need some underwear and pajamas.” She grabs my hand and tugs me into the store after her like a petulant child.

The last thing I want is to know what she’s going to have under her clothes. I have a hard enough time turning off my lizard brain. I’ve never struggled this much with my attraction to her.

She stops at carousel after carousel of panties in every variety. She picks them up, fondles them, and all I can think about is sliding them down her thick thighs and off her delectable body.

“Kash?”

I snap out of my thoughts. “Huh?”

“Why did Jasmine call me ‘little human’?” Her voice is low and soft as she picks up another pair of fucking red underwear.

Little human. Right. I wondered if she was going to catch that. But, of course, she would. She has an eidetic memory.

“We have a lot to talk about,” I say slowly. “I really want to have this conversation with you, but it can’t be right now. Can we just have some fun shopping and then we’ll talk tonight?”

She stares at me like she’s weighing all the possibilities of what I might have to say to her. What secrets I’m keeping? She’s no doubt calculating as fast as she always does.

“All right,” she says.

“That’s it? No interrogation?”

Athena moves around to another table of ridiculously scandalous underwear. “I trust no one in this world, Kash. But I trust you.”

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