Total pages in book: 66
Estimated words: 61190 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 306(@200wpm)___ 245(@250wpm)___ 204(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 61190 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 306(@200wpm)___ 245(@250wpm)___ 204(@300wpm)
“Yes, but I need to focus,” he said, sweat already glistening on his brow.
I looked at Mo, who had a worried but determined look on his face. We had come across these situations before when we didn’t know if we were going to make it out alive or not. All we could do was trudge forward and do what we did best.
“Fuck! My hands won’t be still,” Andre gritted out before shaking his hands. He then breathed in deeply, a bead of sweat rolling down his face. He gripped a wire connected to the detonator and placed the wire cutters around it.
This bomb could still go off at any moment. The atmosphere around us seemed to lose its sound, but the weight of the air also seemed to increase, crushing my chest and shoulders as I waited for the snip that decided our fate.
“Steady,” Mo murmured, keeping the flashlight focused on the wire.
Down to one minute. Each red number ticked down more and more. Smaller and smaller.
“Thirty seconds left… twenty-nine… twenty-eight… twenty-seven… come on, Andre,” Mo told him with gritted teeth.
Andre pressed down, snipping the wire and making the phone and timer go dead. He released the breath that he had been holding before looking up at me with big eyes.
“Detonator is dead,” he reported.
My chest ached as I finally breathed in, nearly feeling dizzy. We all rose to our feet, staring down at the bomb. It was still explosive, but it was safer to move to a less populated area. If it was shot or triggered another way, the rebels would still be safe, but the hardest part was over.
“We’ll dispose of it,” Mo told me, patting my shoulder before he and Andre got to work.
I jogged over to Brianna, who stared after Mo and Andre with pure worry in her eyes.
“It’s okay. The detonator is dead,” I assured her.
A relieved expression filled her face before she turned to Andre and relayed the message. He said something back before nodding to me and running back into the parking garage.
“He’s going to tell the others. I can’t believe you guys diffused a bomb!” Brianna gasped as she grabbed my arms. “My heart still won’t stop racing!”
“Adrenaline is a hell of a drug,” I laughed a little, feeling restless and energized. This helped make up for the defeat that we suffered yesterday. “Andre and Mo are good at what they do.”
Brianna let her hands slide down my arms slowly as she smiled a little.
“It was cool watching them be so focused and practiced with their hands,” she admitted.
“Just cool?” I asked with a smirk.
Brianna blushed and shrugged.
“It was… kind of sexy,” she replied before grimacing. “Is that weird?”
I shook my head as I put my arm around her and led her away from the scene.
“No, it’s not,” I assured her, feeling my adrenaline spike at the thought of her being turned on by them in the midst of danger. “I’m sure they’re good with their hands in other ways too.”
Brianna looked up at me.
“Could I find out?” she asked. “With you?”
“I’m always down to watch you be pleased,” I told her.
Brianna bit her lip as she shook her head.
“I want you to join in this time. With them,” she explained, hope glinting in her eyes.
I had been dying to touch her, even if it had been a pleasure just watching her be touched by others. Hell, I was burning hot with a ton of adrenaline, and I had a feeling that Andre and Mo were riding a good high too.
“Let’s get back then,” I said. “I expect you on the bed and ready.”
“Yes, sir.”
While the others did a perimeter run around the cottage to make sure our area was still safe, I found Andre and Mo as they headed to the cottage, pushing each other and laughing as they talked about their big save.
“Hope you guys aren’t about to be busy,” I told them as I stood on the porch, wrestling with my impatience knowing that Brianna was waiting for us in the bedroom.
“Busy?” Andre questioned me.
“We could celebrate with a drink,” Mo replied as he nudged Andre. “Not every day you diffuse a bomb.”
“I could think of another way to celebrate,” I offered as I raised an eyebrow at them, catching their interest.
“What’s that?” Andre replied.
I nodded my head toward the door of the cottage.
“Follow me,” I replied before leading them into the cottage and down the hallway. I paused outside of my bedroom and turned back to them. “Brianna was impressed with you two today. Your handiwork specifically.”
Intrigued looks immediately filled their faces.
“Oh, really?” Mo asked.
“She wants to show you just how impressed. If you don’t mind joining us,” I told them as I looked between them.
Andre shared a surprised and eager look with Mo.
“Well, I’m not turning that down in a million years,” he chuckled. He was softer spoken than his other two brothers, but that didn’t mean he was the same way in the bedroom.