Page 35 of Trigger

“Ididn’t peg you for someone with a sense of humor.”

Hegroaned and turned over onto his back with his eyes still closed.

“Whatdo you want, Carter?”

Theway his mouth moved made me touch the piercing hole above his lip.

“Didyou have a lip piercing once?” I asked him.

Hiseyes snapped open. Teal blue, this time. The unexpected color made me pull myhand away.

“Yes,”he replied, sounding hoarse.

“Justhere or anywhere else?”

“Wouldn’tyou like to know?”

“Iwould, actually.”

“Stoptalking,” Thorsen groaned, covering his face with his arm. “Why did you wake meup? I had such a good dream. Goddamn it!”

“Whatdid you dream about?”

“ThatI was fucking someone while eating a casserole,” he snapped, soundingfrustrated. “What else?

Ichuckled. “Whom were you fucking, lover boy?”

“Çane vous concerne pas,” he grumbled, palming his obvious erection. “Whichmeans none of your fucking business. Anything else?”

“Yes.Do you have any tattoos?”

“No.Do you?”

“Yes.”

Heremoved his arm from his face, staring at me.

“Where?”

Igrinned. “Wouldn't you like to know?”

Thorsenrolled his eyes. “God, you’re such a tease. Speaking of, when was the last timeyou had sex?”

“Pardon?”

“Areyou deaf?”

“Whatkind of question is that?”

Heshrugged. “We may die soon. In fact, we probably will, so think of it as aconfession. I’ll start. The last time I had sex was six months ago.”

“Themayor’s daughter?”

“Youguessed correctly.”

“Butthe sex tape leaked only recently, didn’t it?”

Thorsengrinned. “Yeah. Ellie decided to wait for her daddy's birthday to share thetape with the world.”

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