Page 91 of Champagne & Handcuffs

“This is for my sister!” Bryce roared.

Pop.

“This is for my mother!”

Pop.

“And this is for me!”

Pop.

“How is he handling killing his own father, though?” I continued.

“You know … He doesn’t look sad at all when I see him. I think he’s relieved to not have to live under his thumb.”

I nodded. I’d probably feel the same way. “When are you going back to D.C.?”

“I’m not.”

My eyes widened. “So you really are transferring?”

“Already did. I’m back to working sex crimes, which leads me to what I need to talk to you about.”

“Oh, God … Do I need to go undercover again?” I didn’t mind going undercover, but I’d just got my girl back, and we needed to plan our wedding. I didn’t want to take any chances.

Joss chuckled. “No. Have you found a job in Miami yet?”

“No.” I shook my head. “Not for lack of trying. Just a lot of fish in that pond with being so close to Cuba and the drug cartel.” I had no desire to work for the DEA.

“Good. Want to move out here and work for VICE? Help me out on more trafficking and prostitution cases?”

“Seriously?”

Joss grinned. “They saw you takedown Tony. They’re all for having you onboard.”

A pain in my heart started to cause it to ache. “But … Cat.”

“She wouldn’t move?”

“She wants to take over her dad’s practice.”

Joss nodded. “I get it’s a lot. You just moved from D.C. to be with her. Why don’t you talk to her and see what she says? The job offer is an open offer. It will be here whenever you need it.”

I wanted to make sex crimes my passion. Because I wanted to stop them given what I’d learned about Joss’s past and what had happened to Cat.

I just needed to convince Cat it was okay to move to a place that held bad memories.

24

Cat

I woketo kisses moving up my bare arm. It wasn’t the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last. It was a better wake-up call than any device on the market. As I started to wake, I smelled the scent of coffee and smiled.

“Good morning, beautiful.”

I smiled, my eyes still closed. “You really do love me.”

“More than yesterday, Kitty Cat.”