In the Line of Fire by Jennifer LaBrecque Page A

family and you’re going to hear about it from yours…”
    She had all of that right so far, but self-preservation made him wary of where she was taking this. “Uhhuh. Nonstop, until I head back.”
    â€œLet’s don’t go back yet. I planned for the week off and you’re on leave. Let’s have a Grand Adventure.”
    He was shaking his head before she finished talking. “Bad idea.”
    â€œWhy?”
    Because how the hell was he supposed to spend nearly a week with her and continue to resist temptation? He’d jumped on every reasonable excuse to touch her earlier. “Because…well, it just is.”
    â€œDid you have any plans for the week? If you were going to look up Diane Lassiter, she got married last year.”
    Where had Andi come up with the notion he’d look up this old Senior Prom date? “I know Diane got married last year. She friended me on Facebook. No, I don’t have any particular plans.” He found he couldn’t lie to her about it. “But taking off on a Grand Adventure isn’t a good idea.” And that was an under-statement. It had disaster written all over it.
    â€œYou’re right, it’s not a good idea.” Thank God she was going to be reasonable about this. “It’s a great idea. You’re the one who said you might as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb. It’ll be fun.” She gave him that beseeching look that had always worked when they were younger. “C’mon. Pretty please.”
    He wasn’t going to be swayed by her. “No.”
    â€œSuit yourself, but I am not going back and I’m going to have my adventure. I’ve got a credit card.” She looked at him across the table with cool defiance. “Just drop me off at a rental-car company and I’ll take it from there.”
    Dammit to hell. “You’re serious?”
    â€œOne hundred percent. You and Rion have been off doing what you wanted to do, where you wanted to do it.” He leveled a let’s-get-real look at her. “Okay, so maybe Afghanistan isn’t your first choice of placesto be, but you’re not sitting around in Savannah being the dutiful daughter.” She leaned across the table and reached for him, placing her hand on top of his, her fingers warm and smooth against his. He quite literally couldn’t think straight when she touched him, even just her hand on his. “You know how my mother is. She’s going to be livid.” No shit. “So I might as well have some fun before I go back since I’ve already sunk my ship, so to speak.” She moved her hand to rim her tea glass with her index finger.
    Colton knew that obstinate set of her chin. She was serious. She wasn’t going back…at least not today. She was hell bent for leather that she’d have her—how’d she put it—Grand Adventure. He couldn’t stop her, he knew Andi well enough to know that, but he could make sure she didn’t get into trouble and that she was okay. And there was only one way to do that. “Okay. Fine.”
    â€œFine what? I wasn’t asking your permission to go.”
    â€œI didn’t think you were.” He knew her better than that.
    She paused in toying with her glass. “Then what’s fine?”
    He was so going to regret this. Hell, he already regretted it. “I’ll go with you.”
    â€œFor real?” A huge smile blossomed on her face and lit her eyes.
    He was sunk, he was in way too deep because justthe idea that he’d been the one to light up her eyes like that made him feel ten feet tall, made him want to scale mountains and whatever else was necessary to get that response. “For real.”
    She rubbed her hands together like a kid anticipating Christmas. “This is going to be so much fun.”
    That’s not exactly how he would categorize it. This had trouble written all over it.

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