Secure Love (Wet & Wild 3)

He watched her look up at the laptop before horror washed over her face. She reached up quickly and pressed the space bar, and he bit back a grin. All of that had been captured on her voice recording.

“We should play that back,” he said playfully.

But instead of responding, all he heard was the electronic sound of crumpling paper fill the room.

“What was that?” he asked.

“I’m sure I can remember your list of demands,” Kallie said.

“Did you delete it?”

Kallie shot him a look before she stood up, fully clothed. While he sat there on the floor, buck fucking naked.

She picked up one last tissue and wiped off the chair they had been on. Like it was marked with something she didn’t want to touch. His heart sank to his stomach as he picked himself up and began to put his clothes back on. He needed to find a way to melt her new icy, serious demeanor. None of that was going to bode well for him and his plan if she kept him at arm’s length.

Though, apparently, she had no problems fucking him while at arm’s length.

“Whenever you’re ready to continue, you can sit down in your seat,” Kallie said.

Ash nodded his head as he put the remainder of his clothes back on. His suit coat smelled of her and it pained him to put it on. He’d be blanketed in her scent for the rest of the day, but instead of being reminded of a beautiful memory, he would be reminded of her icy cold attitude toward him.

This wasn’t the way he saw his day going.

He sat down in the chair and crossed his leg over his knee, like it was business as usual. He watched Kallie type up a few notes, probably notes from the recording she immediately deleted. He waited patiently as he threaded his fingers together and settled them into his lap, silently picking at his nail beds.

A habit he hadn’t indulged in years.

The things Kallie did to him were remarkable. He’d never been nervous with a woman.

Not until her.

“Okay, there’s only one more thing to decide,” she said.

“And that would be?” Ash asked.

“We need to brainstorm destinations for you to settle in.”

“The location doesn’t matter,” he said.

“It does, just like the amenities in that location. You don’t have to pick a location, but you do need to have some in mind. Let’s start with a specific region of the world.”

“Well, halfway around it isn’t far enough.”

Ash watched Kallie laugh and he closed his eyes to take in the sound.

“Well, if you fly all the way around the world, you’re back at square one. So help me help you, Ash.”

“Then halfway across the world sounds just fine to me,” he said.

“Any particular countries in mind?” she asked.

“Out of all the countries I’ve been to, there’s a few I’ve wanted to go back to. Germany. Italy. Indonesia.”

“Oh, Indonesia would be a good one for what you’re looking for. Especially if you want to be treated like a local,” she said.

“I loved Bali when I visited.”

“Then let’s put Bali, Indonesia, on your list,” she said.