Page 176 of Covert Mission
As I brush a strand of her long red her hair back, I kiss her temple. “You can still do a lot of important work without giving up your life like that.”
Camile runs her fingers gently up my neck, and into my hair. “Good, I’ve got other ways I want to spend my time now.”
I hold her and let my thoughts spin out to the future.
Camile’s finger traces a slow circle on my forearm. “Do we need to call your boss, Marshall, about a job for me?”
“I spoke to him while you were sleeping. But he’s happy to talk to you if you want. We can call him now.”
“I’d like that.”
I stand up, taking her with me, causing her to laugh wildly. After retrieving my phone, I return to the same spot sitting on the bed with her on my lap. “Let’s see if we get a signal. My sat phone is still in the truck where I forgot it.”
We watch the call connect.
“Beast.” Marshall sounds happy on the speaker. I’m grateful he didn’t tell me to get lost earlier.
“Marshall, I’ve got Camile here. She wanted to speak to you.”
She bats her eyes, almost nervously. “Hello, Marshall. I have heard a lot of good things about you. Thank you for being so kind to Beast while he helped me out. I owe you and your team.”
“You do owe me,” he says flatly.
She jolts. Her brows go up. “Oh, right. Just tell me how I can repay you.”
Marshall chuckles. “I’m kind of kidding, but not. I want you to promise me that I get to keep Beast for at least three years. I didn’t start up this new team to have him running off to make babies and build picket fences.”
Her mouth drops open.
I shake my head. “You’ve got me, don’t worry. But I wish you could see the expression on her face right now. You got her. Now get to the good stuff. What about the job?”
“Oh, that good stuff. I thought making babies and building picket fences is the good stuff.”
I kiss the corner of Camile’s open mouth. “See, I told you he was okay with couples.”
On the other end, Marshall grunts. “I have to be. Seems like it’s beyond my control. I gave up and joined the madness. I’m sure Danee will love to meet you. She told me she had a good feeling about you two. She’s one of those people that senses things so I just waited to see how it played out.”
I sigh, feeling happiness spread through my limbs until I’m warm all over. “Marshall, tell her about the job.”
“Right. We need someone with financial expertise. I’ve got my hair on fire with cases, and there’s an endless amount of work ahead. I formally extend you an offer to join Team Falcon. But your work wouldn’t be limited to Falcon. We’d need you to be background support for our other teams too.”
Camile sucks in a breath. “Wow. That’s so… surprising. And so kind of you.”
Marshall is quick to ask, “So that means you’re accepting?”
She glances at me and grins. “Yes, but I don’t think I had a choice, not with the way Lucas, I mean, Beast is looking at me.”
Finally she gets it, I’m not letting her out of my sight. “Damn right.”
There’s a sound on the other end of the line, voices in the background. “Hey lovebirds,” Marshall says, “I gotta go, and you two have got to get to work on our case now that you’ve finished up your work with PCI. I gotta say, Camile, I have no idea what you saw in working for that dude. I wish we’d have found you first.”
Camile tucks her head against my neck. “I think everything worked out perfectly. Scary at times, but perfectly. Without my case, and the dangerous situation here, I’m not sure if Lucas would have had the same appeal.”
I chuckle and press my mouth against her ear. “Sweetheart, I would have won you over anyway.”
She pushes me away with a little smile curling her lips. She mouths,cocky,before she returns to the call. “Marshall, thank you again for the opportunity. I’ll make sure to follow up on my end of the deal. Please let me know what you need for me to work on for your other cases.”
“Copy that. Now you two go find our missing woman. Her bazillionaire father is breathing down my neck. There’s something not right about the guy, but that’s for another conversation.”