We all looked at each other and shook our heads. Cazzo snorted out a laugh and Sinner elbowed him.
“No, we’re good. Just…preparing mentally…for the job,” Burg said.
“Would any of this have anything to do with Reid?” Cap asked.
I panicked. Hell, my heart started pounding out of control and I was sweating so bad that I could feel it pooling in my armpits. What would he do when he found out that my kid was kissing his ten year old daughter? Fuck, this was bad.
“Alec,” Cap asked. “Does this have to do with Reid?”
“Yes,” Florrie stepped forward, shoving me behind her. “We’re just worried about the results and the guys were encouraging us to just hang in until we knew something more.”
Cap looked at us suspiciously and nodded. “They’re right. There’s nothing to worry about until there’s something to worry about.”
He closed his door and headed down the hallway. Once he was out of sight, I blew out a breath and bent over, sucking in all the oxygen I could. “Holy fuck, that was close.”
“That was only close because you’re so fucking terrible at lying,” Florrie spat. “I think we should just tell him. I mean, logically, what’s the worst thing he could do?”
“Shoot me. That’s the worst thing he could do,” I said bluntly. “I’m not ready for a bullet, and especially not one to the nuts. Because that’s what he would do, Florrie. An eye for an eye and all that shit.”
“Okay, first, let me remind you that this is Cap we’re talking about, and I’m pretty sure he’s not going to kill you over this. Second, it can’t be an eye for an eye if he shoots you in the nuts, unless you’ve given Reid pointers on how to seduce a girl.”
“Oh God, do you think he knows that shit yet?”
“Well, he is fourteen,” Burg reminded us.
“Shit. I need to have a talk with Reid before we go,” I yelled, taking off down the hall.
CHAPTER SEVENFlorrie
“Jamie, it’s so good to see you,” I said excitedly, leaning in for a hug just to piss Alec off. He’d been in a terrible mood the whole way here. He really didn’t like that I got along so well with Jamie, but he could suck it. Jamie was a good guy, and even though there was the potential for there to be something between us, it would never happen.
“Florrie, God, I missed you. Please say you’ll come be my personal security,” he said, batting his eyes at me.
I laughed, shaking my head. “I think your girlfriend might have a problem with that.”
“So would your fiancé,” Alec growled from behind me.
“Fiancé?” Jamie said, wide eyed. “Let me see.” He snatched my hand and stared down at my empty finger. “There’s no ring and that means you’re still up for grabs.”
“No, she’s not,” Alec said, snatching me around the waist and dragging me right up against his body. “There’s no ring because Florrie doesn’t like jewelry. See? I know shit like that about her, which is why I’m the one that’s fucking marrying her.”
I maneuvered myself so I could move away from Alec and his possessive assholery. “Actually, I do like jewelry. I just never wear it because it’s not conducive to the job.”
I wasn’t sure why I wanted to put Alec in check in front of Jamie. It was probably because Alec thought he needed to piss on me in front of a man that I would never want like I wanted him. Based on the way Alec glared at me, I knew he wasn’t too happy that I had corrected him.
I heard Craig chuckle behind us. “Well, isn’t this just like old times. How ya doing, man?”
Craig shoved between us and held out his hand for Jamie to shake.
“Good. Still adjusting to the new life.”
“Looks like you’ve been working out,” Craig nodded to his arms. “Trying to stay fit in case you have to run again?”
I shook my head at Craig’s comment. Jamie held up just fine the last time that we had to run with him. Sure, he wasn’t as muscular as Craig and Alec, but he could hold his own.
“Nah, I’m just trying to stay in shape. No plans to run anywhere anytime soon.”
“Well, if you need some tips, let me know,” Craig grinned. “I bench press two ninety-two. I can help you get there.”
“Wow,” Jamie chuckled. “Talk about intimidating. I feel like I should have done a few push ups before you got here.”
“Not that it would have helped,” Alec growled.
I rolled my eyes at the absurdity of Alec’s statement. He just couldn’t stand that Jamie was a genuinely good guy.
“So, why are we really here?” I asked Jamie after the introductions were over.
He chuckled, rubbing his hand across his jaw. “Yeah, I didn’t think you would believe what I told your boss.”
“Well, after your wife tried to kill you, I was pretty sure that you took security seriously. So, why aren’t they here with you?”
“Why don’t we sit?”
I sat down on the couch next to Jamie, only to have Alec snatch my hand to pull me back up, but I glared at him before he could drag me away. He released my hand and went to sit in another chair, snarling the whole way.
“So, I’m pretty sure that your boss told you that I’m dating this woman, Tessa Blakely.”
“Yes, she’s Richard Blakely’s daughter.”
“That’s right. We’ve been together almost three months.”
“I have a feeling this story is going to shit,” Craig muttered.
“You’d be right. So, one of the companies that I invested in last year is a research company that is making great advancements in nanobots that are used to kill cancer.”
“Sorry, I don’t know what that is,” I said.
“Basically, it’s a combination of tech and medicine. Nanobots have been in the works for years, basically targeting cancer through these bots and delivering medicine directly to the tumors in the body. Many trials have been done on mice, and the testing is
