Several hours into inventorying the currency, Katelyn found herself more and more impressed with the agent. He had been working on it determinedly for several hours, and showed no signs of needing to stop. Katelyn's shoulders were killing her and she really needed a short break in the powder room. She looked over to Jenn and saw her shoulders drooping too. "Jenn, why don't you take a break, then bring in a couple of menus so we can order lunch." Jenn nodded with relief, and practically ran from the vault.
Katie felt strong hands at her shoulders, gently massaging out the knots. She moaned softly, it felt really, really good. He picked her up and leaned her up against the bars of the vault, lowering his head to capture her mouth with his. He nibbled on her lower lip, and a soft whimper escaped her. His hand gently kneaded on a breast, the other unbuttoning her blouse. His mouth found a nipple and sucked. She arched up at the pleasure. He pushed her skirt up and slid her panties down. She managed to unzip his pants and slip his briefs down. He grinned, then caught her hands together, and before she knew it, she was cuffed to the bars of the vault. His mouth captured hers again, and this time he was thrusting into her, harder and faster with each thrust, until...
"Katie? Katie, are you okay?"
Katie jerked out of her reverie and looked up at Jenn, holding a stack of menus in her hand. She was frowning worriedly at Katie. "Fine, fine. I'm fine," Katie replied, almost breathlessly. Jenn threw her another suspicious look, then handed the menus to her. Katie looked quickly at Colby. He looked at her with a slightly puzzled expression, but went back to inventorying the currency. She sighed in relief. Katie couldn't believe how hot and how real that daydream had been.
Steadying herself, she took lunch orders from Jenn and Colby, and went to her office to call the orders in. She needed a break herself.
"Does she always zone out like that?" Colby asked with some concern. "Maybe she should see a doctor or something."
"Oh, I think she'll be fine. Inventorying currency for hours on end does strange things to a person," Jenn said.
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"I'm heading out for lunch," Robin said to Rilla in passing. Rilla nodded, only half listening. She was still submerged in her own world of claims data. "If anyone's looking for me, let them know I'm having lunch with Hannah and Olivia, would you please?" Robin grinned to herself, as Rilla nodded again. Rilla seemed to be completely absorbed in her own work.
"Is Megan going too?"
She looked back at Rilla in amusement. "I didn't think what I said even registered with you."
Rilla laughed, "Sorry, I needed to complete my train of thought. Age is catching up with me. I used to be able to multitask better when I was younger."
Robin rolled her eyes at that self-deprecating comment. "No, Megan's running something or other down. I wanted to run something by Hannah and Olivia and I didn't want Megan's involvement." She smiled at the quizzical look that the older woman sent her way, but didn't say anything else. And Rilla was too polite to delve any further.
Hannah and Olivia were already there. Olivia was smiling at something Hannah was telling her. She was the more reserved of the two, but at the same time, she was the one who was more inclined to speak her mind. Hannah was warm and friendly with everyone, seemingly able to strike up a conversation with anyone, but she revealed very little about herself. Robin was often amused at how these two very different people had become such good friends. "Sorry I'm late," she said as she sat down. "Have you ordered yet?"
The three women chatted and laughed through lunch, but even Olivia could tell that Robin had something on her mind. "So are you going to tell us why you wanted to have lunch?" Olivia asked.
Robin smiled at the direct question, as Hannah rolled her eyes at her friend. "You don't pull your punches, do you, Olivia?" Robin said in some amusement.
"If you wanted someone to coddle you, you'd have just called Hannah," Olivia retorted dryly.
Hannah looked at her indignantly. "I do not coddle!"
Both Olivia and Robin laughed at her. "Yes, you do! Just like you coddle that man of yours!" Olivia couldn't resist needling her friend.
Hannah sighed. "I can't help it. He's good to me, and he works very hard. I have a difficult time saying no to him. And it feels petty to complain about anything."
Olivia hugged her. "I'm just teasing you. They do deserve some coddling. I just wish they didn't have to be gone so much."
"I think Don's cheating on me." Robin said, baldly. She smiled sadly at the stunned looks from the other two women.
"You know the team works all hours, Robin. Why would you think such a thing?" Hannah asked, regarding her friend with some worry.
"He's never had a problem telling me what's going on. He's always told me what he could, even on confidential cases. These days, he's just plain evasive and he doesn't look me in the eye. There've been times when he'd let me think he was running something down for a case, but his team would say something that would contradict it. And he's looking particularly strained these days. Nothing I do seems to ease that."
"What would you like us to do, Robin?" Olivia had the light of battle in her eyes.
"Nothing," was the soft reply.
Olivia threw her an exasperated look, "Then why'd you tell us?"
"I just needed to talk. I needed a shoulder," Robin said softly, close to tears.
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Reggie couldn't believe that she'd invited him to stay. She'd never thrown herself at a man like that before. And she had been stunned at the gleam in his eye when he said he'd follow her to her place. She wasn't sure what she'd expected when she tossed out that offer of a place to stay, but she'd practically melted into a puddle at the man's feet when he flashed that bright smile at her.
Don pressed close to Reggie as she unlocked the door, placing a hand at the small of her back. She could feel the tingling start from the small of her back and spread wildly all over her body. She turned and pressed back against him. They somehow managed to stumble into the apartment and shut the door behind them.
His mouth was on hers, urgent and demanding. Her lips parted in response and his tongue delved in, caressing her tongue, and teasing the inside of her lower lip. She moaned at the intensity of the pleasure. She barely registered one of his hands massaging her scalp. The other was unbuttoning her shirt. But she definitely noticed it when his mouth closed over one nipple. She gasped in pleasure when his tongue swirled over her hardening nipple, and she arched into him, wanting more, when he sucked on that nipple. Then her hands were busy, doing their best to rid him of his clothes. Through the daze of sharp, almost painful pleasure, she unzipped his pants. He moved from one nipple to the other, and her knees buckled, liquid with the mix of desire and pleasure, but he caught her at her waist, and eased her to the floor.
His hands quickly removed the rest of her clothes. She was hot and wet. She wanted him and she wanted him now. He knelt and pulled her legs up, leaning them against one shoulder. He picked her up by her hips, and thrust urgently into her. Reggie almost screamed aloud at the intensity of the pleasure. "Oh, God!" she choked out. Don paused in concern. "Don't stop, please don't stop." He smiled down at her, and she knew she'd never seen a more gorgeous man. He began slowly, teasing her now, and she bit her lip to stop herself from begging for more. But he started to pick up the intensity, seemingly unable to control himself, and as Reggie finally screamed her climax, Don thrust harder and reached his own.
Don dropped onto the floor next to Reggie and pulled her into his arms. He pressed a kiss on her forehead. "I'd like to see you again," he said quietly.
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They were finally done inventorying the currency by late afternoon. They had inventoried $100,000 in small mixed bills. "I hope I don't have to shoot anyone today," Colby said morosely, looking at his hand. "I don't think I could shoot straight."
Jenn giggled. She couldn't help it. She was tired and punchy, and the double entendre was just too much for her. Colby looked at her in surprise. He didn't think it was at all funny.
"I'm going to have to arrange to get this transported. It's evidence in the case, but I don't want to walk out with $100,000 stuffed in my pockets."
Katie nodded, "We'll put it in the vault, and give you a receipt. I'll get the paperwork started to release the safe deposit box back into inventory. Just give me a call when you're ready to come by and get this.
Colby nodded and headed back to the office. He found David and Megan discussing the off-shore accounts, and reported on the money in the safe deposit box. "Where's Don?" he asked Megan.
"I'm not sure. He said he was running something down several hours ago. I haven't seen him since."
"Okay," Colby said, drawing out the word slowly. He looked at Megan, unsure of what to say next.
Megan wasn't sure about what was happening with Don either. But she decided to send the two men home. They'd done plenty that day, it wasn't going to affect the case one way or another if they went home.
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Olivia turned in surprise to see David coming in the door. He smiled at her, and from behind his back, pulled out a bouquet of roses. Olivia caught her breath, they were Dancing Flames, her favorite roses, creamy petals edged with pink and red. She slid her arms around him and kissed him tenderly. He grinned.
"Don't think a bouquet of roses is going to let you off the hook, big boy," Olivia said.
But there was no bite to that remark, and David knew it. He hugged her. "It's good to see you, Olivia. I've missed you."
"How come you're out so early? Isn't there some big case going on?" Olivia was curious.
"Yeah, but we've put in a lot of work, and Megan thought going home now wouldn't affect the case one way or another." David relaxed in his favorite recliner.
"Megan thought? What did Don think?" Olivia asked in surprise.
"Don't know. He wasn't there, and Megan didn't know where he was." David had already kicked off his shoes and was leaning back in the recliner, bliss evident in every bone and sinew.
Olivia smiled tenderly at the sight of him relaxing into the recliner. Then she jumped into the recliner with him, startling him out of his relaxed mood. She laughed. He was cute when she startled him like that.
"I would think you'd be used to this by now," she said, still laughing. It warmed him inside to see her laughing. He settled back into the recliner, this time pulling her into his embrace.
"David."
"Hmm?"
"Robin thinks Don is cheating on her. Do you think that's where he is?"
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