Page 128 of Trigger

“It’s broken,” Carter said, leaning over me. “You have to pull andthen release it. It’s the only way it works.”

I watched him do it, his face so close to mine that I could counthis eyelashes. His scent overwhelmed me, making me feel woozy. Then his eyesfound mine—for the first time today. A faint blush spread across his cheeks,making me smile. Then his lips twitched as if he was about to smile, too. Itwas faint, but it was there. Just a promise of a smile.

So, I kissed him. Fuck it. I kissed him. The promise of a smilemade me do it, so I did it. I was about to pull away when he cupped my jaw andkissed me back. Hard. Rough. As if he meant it. Really meant it.

So, we kept kissing for a while. Too long, probably. He unbuckledhis seat belt, and then we resumed kissing. I pushed my seat belt to the side,so it wasn’t in my way, and then we kissed some more. Someone honked at us, butwe kept kissing. Someone whistled in passing, but we kept kissing.

Finally, Carter stopped because I couldn’t, tearing his lips away witha tortured groan.

“Fuck,” he gasped, pressing his palm against his erection with agrimace of pain. “Enough!”

I grinned, shifting my legs so my hard dick would hurt a tad less,as he put on his sunglasses.

“Your loss, babe,” I said, tossing a piece of gum into my mouth ashe started the car.

He was equally eloquent.

“Drop dead. Babe.”

When we finally arrived at the station, ten minutes later,everyone was already there, including Shelly.

“Is that a hickey, Carter?” Adam said with a smirk. “It looks goodon you.”

Carter flipped him off, not bothering to look in his direction.“Nice try, dickhead.”

Passing by Carter’s table, I lowered my head to whisper in his earand inform him of a certain fact unknown to him.

“You really have one. More than one, if memory serves.”

He looked at me wide-eyed as I grinned at him before heading to mydesk. When I passed by Jordan, he nodded in greeting, but only after glancingat Carter fearfully. I was glad to see that Jordan looked relatively unharmed.He had a shiner on his left eye, and his lip was split in a few places, butother than that, he seemed okay. Adam was his own obnoxious self, and Icouldn’t see not one bruise on that lucky bastard.

“Whassup?” Adam said as I passed by him, his face impassive.

I waved at him, accepting his unspoken peace offering. Clearly, hewasn’t the type to hold a grudge—against me, at least. Carter was anothermatter.

Speaking of Carter, I looked in his direction, only to see himaverting his gaze when I caught him staring. I grinned and sent him a text.

Me: At least try to look inconspicuous.

He read it and blushed, then texted mem back.

Carter: I don’t know what you mean.

Me: I bet you a kiss that you do.

Carter: C.B. is standing right behind you.

I put on my most charming smile and stood up.

“Has anyone seen Chief Bibb?” I said, a touch too loud. “I need totalk to him urgently.”

When I turned and saw him standing behind me, I smiled widely. Hisleft eye was twitching, which wasn’t a good sign.

“Chief, what a surprise! I was just telling everyone how I need totalk to you, and there you are.”

He smiled too, but the smile didn’t reach his eyes.

“And what did you want to talk to me about, Thorsen?”

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