Reckless (Benson Security 1)

“Move,” she said. “Fast. Hard. Now.”

“I’m gonna deal with your attitude when I can breathe again,” he said on a groan. “Oh hell, Megan, you’re perfect.”

“I know.” She kicked his backside with her heels, hard. “Now move.”

And, with a grin, he did.

Chapter Twenty-Six

Dimitri woke to banging on their door. Megan was sprawled on top of him. It made him chuckle. The bed was huge, but his girl had him pinned.

“Playtime’s over,” Callum shouted.

Dimitri checked the clock. They’d missed the team meal. His stomach rumbled at the same time as he wondered why no one had come to get him.

“Make g’way,” Megan muttered, but her eyes didn’t open.

So it wasn’t just mornings when she had a problem waking, it was any time she fell asleep. Good to know. He smoothed a hand over her silken hair.

“I’ll get it.”

A grumble a

nd a wriggle and her head disappeared under a pillow. Dimitri delighted in the sight before pulling on his jeans and opening the door. His boss was even more stony-faced than usual.

“Get dressed. The office has been hit.”

And just like that, Dimitri’s languid state was gone. He looked over at his grumpy Scottish girl. “What about Megan?”

“She’s safe where she is. Joe’s staying here. He’ll watch the women while we check the damage.”

As Callum spoke, Dimitri pulled on his shirt and boots. He cast one last glance at the woman he’d sexed into an unconscious state, then followed Callum out the door.

Elle looked up from where she was sitting at a desk in the corner of the living room, tapping at her laptop as per usual. Dimitri actually tripped over his feet at the sight of her. She was wearing a pyjama onesie, like a kid would wear, only in her size. Going by the colour, pattern and hood, she was supposed to be a giraffe.

“Hey, Dimitri. When you get back we need to start going over some of the info I’ve decoded.”

“Don’t you need sleep?”

Her answer was to lift a waste paper basket which was filled with empty energy drink cans. She waggled her eyebrows at him, then the giraffe lowered its head and she went back to work.

“You saw that, right?” Dimitri felt the need to ask Callum. It’d been a long couple of weeks and he was seriously sleep deprived. It wouldn’t surprise him if he’d started to hallucinate.

“I’m pretending I didn’t.” Callum pressed the button for the elevator. “Otherwise I’ll institute a uniform policy for the business.” He gave Dimitri a sidelong look. “Guess we’re not in the army anymore, Toto.”

The doors slid open and Dimitri followed him inside. “Did you just make a joke? It’s kind of hard to tell when your face never changes.”

Callum stared at him until he dropped the subject. It didn’t take long.

“What’s the word on the building?”

“Cops called me. One of our neighbours alerted them when they saw masked men in the office.”

“No alarm?” Dimitri felt his eyebrows rise. They were a security firm. The first thing they’d put in was an alarm system.

“They hacked it.” Callum’s jaw turned to granite. “It was a skeleton system. We planned on putting in the full framework when the renovations were complete. Right now there are too many workmen going in and out all hours to make a full system feasible.”

“Anybody hurt?”