Page 7 of Revelation (The Josh & Kat Trilogy #2)
KAT
“ I ’d love to rinse off real quick,” I mumble, pulling up my G-string. “Jeez, Josh. That was a lot.”
He laughs. “Sorry, not sorry.” He pulls out his phone. “Lemme just text Henn and tell him we’ll be down in a few. I’m sure he came up here wanting to take your passport photo.”
“I’m so embarrassed.”
Josh scoffs. “Eh, he’ll get over it.” He looks at his phone. “Oh, I’ve actually got a text from ol’ Henny. Imagine that.”
I wince. “What does it say?”
“It says, ‘Where the fuck are you guys? Text me where to find you.’” Josh snickers. “Well, I guess he got his answer, huh?”
Josh taps out a reply, laughing to himself as he does.
“What are you saying to him?”
“Just that we’ll be down in a few.”
“Oh, good. I was worried you were—”
“ And, that I missed his text because you and I were busy taking ol’ one-eye to the optometrist.”
“You did not!”
He shows me his phone. He did. In those exact words.
“ Josh !”
He laughs. “Hey, nothing smooths out an awkward situation better than humor. Trust me, I should know. I’ve been smoothing out awkward situations my whole fucking life.”
“Ugh. Josh .” I put my hands over my face.
“Kat, the man saw me fucking the shit out of you. I don’t think my text will come as a huge surprise.
” When I don’t join Josh’s laughter, he nuzzles his nose into my ear.
“Aw, don’t worry, babe. He’ll recover. Henn’s got a whopper of a crush on you, for sure, but he’s a big boy.
” He moves my hair behind my shoulder and kisses my neck.
“Maybe seeing us together will help Henn move past his little crush.” Josh’s phone pings in his hand and he looks at it.
“Henn says, ‘Meet me in an hour. An eye exam should never be rushed.’” Josh laughs heartily.
“See? What did I tell you? Little Henny’s already bounced back. ”
“You’re not embarrassed Henn saw us screwing the crap out of each other?”
“Well, yeah, of course, I’m embarrassed. Fucking in front of Henn isn’t high on my list of things to do. But I’m not gonna lose any sleep over it. At least I was fucking an insanely gorgeous woman and not a goat. Well, not this time, anyway.”
“Ha, ha. Don’t make bestiality jokes, Josh—I still haven’t read your perverted application. Speaking of which, how have I still not read your perverted application?”
“Hey, I gave it to you. I’ve met my obligation. If you haven’t read it by now that’s on you.”
“How do you keep distracting me? Are you some sort of evil genius?”
“Yes, I am—the world’s dumbest evil genius.”
“I just realized something,” I say, having a genuine epiphany. “You’ve been diabolically controlling me this whole time, haven’t you? Controlling me while letting me think I’m controlling you .”
He shrugs. “I’m wise and powerful, babe; I warned you right from the start.” He shoots me a megawatt smile. “What’s the rush on reading that damned thing, anyway? You said you emailed it to yourself, right?—so now you can read it whenever.”
I smile. I can’t believe how relaxed and easygoing Josh has become about his application—what a turnaround since we first started sparring over it.
Josh looks at his watch. “Jonas and Sarah should be landing in D.C. in about an hour—Jonas said they’d be landing around seven Washington time.
So let’s take a nice, long shower, let you rinse out your cooch and maybe scrub off some of that batshit-crazy you’ve got all over you—and then we’ll meet Henn for the photo thing.
By then it’ll be time to touch base with Jonas and Sarah to see if they have any news about today’s meeting with the feds.
” He pulls me to him close. “And then we’ll grab a few hours of sleep together in my room, just me and you.
” He kisses my neck. “Sound good, my crazy little Party Girl with a Hyphen?”
I think my heart’s gonna burst right out of my chest. “That all sounds perfect, Playboy.”