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“Miguel!” he shouted, a second before he gave up his load, filling my mouth. I swallowed it all down before finally letting his cock slide out of my mouth. I turned my face up to him as he bent and took my mouth in a languid kiss. I loved this man so much.
He finally broke the kiss and dropped to his knees in between mine. He reached for my belt. I stopped him, taking hold of his wrists. “No need, baby.” I grinned at him. “That was just for you.” I slid both hands around his shoulders and pulled him forward, kissing him until he stopped protesting. My stomach growled loudly, making us both laugh. I abruptly stood and hauled him to his feet as he pulled up his pants. “Come on, Sunshine. I want to get some lunch and talk about the elephant in the room. It’s time.”
“If you’re sure.” He smiled at me and pulled me into his arms, leaning forward, and kissing me again before letting go.
We ended up settling for a place I knew well. We’d eaten there twice in the four days since Raven had been driving his nana out onto reservation lands with Dolly, leaving her to meet with the medicine man—er—woman. We’d picked her up at sundown every day, and though, I was sure she couldn’t possibly have been cured of her emphysema, Angelica looked better with each passing day. Raven’s love and devotion to her had lifted her spirits but the medicine woman and whatever herbal concoctions she was giving Angelica, had helped her in numerous, obvious ways.
We ordered our food and sat down on the benches outside with it. No one else was there and under the shade, it was nice. There was a breeze coming off the desert. Spicy Tex-Mex shrimp tacos with black beans and a homemade guacamole and chips to die for, graced our paper plates. The mint-laced iced tea Raven had ordered on the first day, was now one I ordered as well. It was incredibly good and tasted homemade as did the flour tortillas we’d watched a short Hispanic woman with a plastic hair net, mixing and pounding by hand.
The first day, I’d ordered cheese, potato, and jalapeno tamales when I’d seen the same woman working the masa by hand. There was just enough filling to balance the tamales. I already knew I’d be stopping by for a to-go order to take with us, when we finally made the drive home to Stanley, who was happily being kitten-sat by Dolly’s husband, Eddie, who’d taken a shine to the little guy.
“So…” I began. “Have you given Waters’ offer any more thought?” I asked, biting into a taco.
“I’ve thought a lot about it,” Raven replied, chewing his food. “And, I think, if we could figure out a way to—” His phone rang, interrupting him. “It’s Judy,” he said.
“Answer it.” I nodded at the phone.
He picked it up and swiped it, putting it to his ear. He listened to Judy’s voice for a few seconds, then told her to hang on while he put it on speaker, since we were alone out here. He set the phone down. “You’ve got me and Miguel on speaker, Judy. Repeat what you just said.”
“Hi, guys,” she said, sounding excited. “I just got a call from a man claiming to be Special Agent in Charge Donovan Bradley. He said SAC Bradley at first, but then I realized it’s the guy we met in Los Angeles the day everyone was talking about the plans to rescue Special Agent Willis and the other hostages. Guess what? He wants to hire me.”
I stared at Raven, who looked as confused as I was. “Wait, Donovan Bradley with the FBI?”
“Yes!” Judy practically yelled into the phone. “That’s what I’m saying. He says they’ve got a special unit coming to Los Angeles made up of Special Forces guys. The FBI wants to hire me to work for them. Apparently, Noah told him if they didn’t hire me, I was going to bring down the entire U.S. economy with my snooping…or something like that.”
I threw back my head and laughed. “I wouldn’t put it past you, woman.”
“Anyway, he said he and someone called Sorryson or Sorrybutt said I came highly recommended. I think it’s a conspiracy. That’s what I told my husband.”
Raven and I both laughed this time. “Sorensen,” Raven said into the phone. “He was the team leader on the takedown in Grand Cayman.”
We’d told Judy the gist of what had happened down there when we’d come home, leaving out the bloody parts, but she wasn’t a stupid woman. She knew the score.
“Anyway, what did he offer you?”
“Well, he offered me a good salary, incredible benefits, dental also, and the offer to work with the two of you! What haven’t you told me, Raven…hmm?”
I looked at my love, completely at a loss for words. He simply smiled and nodded back.
“We hadn’t mentioned it before because until this very moment, we hadn’t even considered taking such an offer, but they want both Miguel and me on the team that went in to capture Castillo and Filmore. They want him because, well, that’s obvious, but they want me because of my tracking skills.”
I smiled at Raven.
“Clearly, they want you because you and Noah broke this FBI case wide open, girlie.”
She was silent for a second, and I exchanged a glance with Raven.
“Judy?”
“I’m here…just thinking. Are you going to take their offer, Raven, because if you are, and only if you are, I’ll go too.”
Raven cleared his throat as he stared at me with beautiful, trusting eyes. “Are we going to take the FBI’s offer, Miguel?”
I felt my heart melt as I stared at my gorgeous, trusting man. “What about all the time and effort you put into getting Trackers up and running, sweetheart? It’s so much work and money and if we take a government salary, it’s going to take us years to replenish your savings.”
Judy was silent as Raven stared at me. He leaned toward the phone. “Yeah, Judy. We’re going to take it. Call Bradley back and tell him that he just signed up for a package deal.”
“If you’re sure, I’ll start shutting down the office,” Judy said over the line.
“Do you want an adventure, Raven?” I asked. “Because the next venture is going to be one.”
He reached across the table and took my hand with a huge smile on his face. He nodded. “Anything with you, babe.”
I grinned at him. “Okay, Nightcrawler. Anything with you.”