Page 78 of An Epic Voyage

“We have a little time.He’s meeting Abdullahi tomorrow afternoon.If worst comes to worst, you can take Jordy and Jinger and go for help.”

He gaped at her.“Are you crazy?I’m not leaving you alone here.”

“Griffin, I must confiscate the nuke.That’s my mission.”

“Some things are more important than the job, Indigo, like, oh, I don’t know, yourlife.”

He hadn’t meant to practically yell the last word, but she was being frustratingly hardheaded.

“At this point, we can assume he’s going to double-cross Abdullahi,” Griffin theorized.“That means he plans to take the nuke with him.”

“Here’s the problem, Griffin.If we steal the speedboat and leave, and this one blows up—”

“A nuclear explosion.”Griffin had no idea how much impact it would have in the middle of the ocean, but they didn’t want to find out.

“Let’s take it one step at a time,” Indigo suggested.“First is getting out of the chains.Then we’ll work on breaking out of the cargo hold.”She reached into one pocket of her jeans and held up a metal rod.“Bruiser One didn’t take my lock-pick.”

Griffin raised a brow.“Bruiser One?”

“Oh, it’s what I named Van Houten’s bodyguards.Bruiser One, Two, and Three.One is the mean one.”

“That’s Herm Gordon.He’s a sadistic son of a bitch.”

“I almost planted my foot in his crotch when he hit you.”

A rush of emotion welled up in Griffin.Was it love?He had no idea.Leaning forward, he kissed Indigo, putting all the strange feelings into it.

She pulled back.“Your mouth ...”

“Is fine,” he finished before kissing her again.He didn’t feel his injury, only the velvety softness of her lips.She whimpered, and he deepened the contact, even as he cursed the circumstances.He wanted to touch her.Feel her.They were in a precarious situation.What would he do if something happened to her?

Indigo broke the kiss and leaned her forehead against his.“To be continued when we recover the nuke and the laptop, and put Van Houten behind bars.”

“Will we?”

She leaned back to look into his eyes.“Of course.We’re good at our jobs.We will succeed.”

“That’s not what I meant.”

“What did you mean?”

“Will we continue this?”

She paused before answering and gazed at the floor.His stomach dropped.If she said no, he’d have to convince her otherwise.

“I don’t know how you feel.”She met his gaze.“But I want to see where this goes.I’m wildly attracted to you.”

It wasn’t a declaration of love, but it wasn’t bad.He had to kiss her again.“I’m wildly attracted to you too.”

“Then let’s get out of here so we can pick up where we’re leaving off.”

He kissed her one more time because he had to.They returned to where Jordy was resting with his back against a steel wall.Indigo sat beside him and patted the floor next to her for Griffin to sit.When he did, she went to work on the lock around his hands.

“Jordy, how did you get here from the other yacht?”Griffin wanted to know.

“A speedboat.”

“How many people were on board?”Indigo asked, not taking her eyes from her task.