Page 53 of Affair
Ethan tried to, but until they were home, he was going to be stressed.
To get rid of the tension, Ethan rubbed his temples wearily.
“Please just be safe. I need both of you to make it home to me. That helicopter holds my whole heart in it, and that’s valuable to me.”
Oh, she was aware.
Because he looked strung out, she knew what he needed to do.
“Go smoke some peyote in the tipi, and commune with the spirits. I’ve got this, and Gene has my back. I’m not going to get hurt, and neither will Gene. I promise you, EJ.”
He stared at her.
Was she telling him to get high?
Like he already wasn’t.
“Why the hell do you think I’m stirred up? That’s why I have a bad feeling about this. My grandfather was insane to like walking through the smoke when he was stressed.”
That made her laugh.
She reassured him.
“Again, Gene and I are good. We have three Marines all over us. Raphael is looking testy, Ivan is bitchy, and Gunny is following those two. We’re good.”
That made it a little easier to breathe. When she showed him how close the three Marines were, he tried to chill out.
He trusted them.
“I promise that nothing will happen to us. I need you to trust me. I’m not leaving him here, and I won’t let him get arrested for felonious Voodoo shopping for that love spell he wants to make you his sex slave.”
Gene knew that she was trying to soothe the savage Ethan, so he played along.
“I mean, is that a thing?” he asked. “I love me some sex slave,” he joked. “I better stop at the Voodoo shop too,” he added.
It made Ethan calm down.
If they were joking, then he need not be so freaked out.
“Just both of you come home to me, okay? If anything happens to either of you, or both of you…”
They knew what he meant.
They were all in the same boat.
“We’re good, sexy man,” she said. “We’ll bring you home a present. Just stay out of trouble, and don’t be a pain in Demeter’s ass.”
That worked for him.
“You guys are the only present I want. I’d like you back in one piece.”
Yeah, that sounded like him.
Ethan worried about his family all of the time.
“We’ll be home later tonight,” she admitted. “Maybe. We might have to shack up at Hotel Monteleone,” she teased. “Wanna get a room, Love Bunny?” she asked Gene.
He laughed.
