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Her gaze ran over him appraisingly, and Knox felt his blood heat.He liked her eyes on him.Quinn was absolutely checking him out, and he felt his chest fill with male pride.“Anyway, I was always good with computers,” she said, seeming to realize he’d caught her watching him.
He raised his eyebrows.“You don’t say,” he commented dryly.
“Guess you heard what I was telling your teammates earlier,” she said with a laugh.
“That, and I can see how easily you got into the city of Seattle’s cameras,” Knox reminded her.
She shrugged.“I’m skilled at other projects, too.Legal ones,” she said with a sly grin.
Knox crossed his arms, feeling amused.He didn’t miss the way Quinn’s gaze briefly caught on his biceps, and he tried to bite back his smile.“Go on,” he encouraged her.
“I was recruited by DOD right out of college.Just like military life never would’ve been for me, however, the government wasn’t either.I was good at what I did but not loving it.Somehow, Holt got wind of my skills and hired me.I took a chance, moved to Seattle, and the rest is history.”
“Yeah, like 2.5 seconds of history,” he teased.
Quinn flashed him an amused look.“Touche.The entire West Coast office is brand new, but I already feel like I fit in more here than I ever did at the Defense Department.We do things our own way—bend the rules if necessary.”
“In a manner of speaking,” he murmured.
“What about you?”Quinn asked.“Did you guys all work with Holt when you were in the service?”
“Negative.A buddy of Boone’s was on the same team as Jett back in their Army days.Boone helped them out on an op.When Jett expanded Shadow Security, he brought Boone and the rest of us on board.”
“It’s kind of scary how well-connected Holt and Jett are, don’t you think?”She raised an eyebrow, the silver eyebrow ring gleaming in the light.Damn if that wasn’t sexy.Quinn had a slight edge to her that he loved.
His gaze dropped to her dark eyes.To her full lips.
Shit.
It was all sorts of wrong to be feeling the way he did when he looked at her.They were supposed to be merely colleagues.Then again, the office would be a hell of a lot duller without Quinn around.She was the best kind of distraction.
She brushed back a stand of her hair, and he could smell the subtle scent of her perfume.Jasmine, maybe.It was sweeter than he would’ve guessed a woman like her would wear, but it drove him crazy nonetheless.
Knox had no doubt that Quinn was that damn sweet everywhere.Wouldn’t he love to take a taste.
“Knox?”she prodded when he didn’t say anything.
His mind snapped back to their conversation.“Scary?Nah.It pays to have their connections in our line of work.”
“True that,” she agreed.
Quinn rapidly typed something else then spun in her desk chair toward him, rising to her feet.His gaze briefly dropped to her bouncing cleavage.She wasn’t wearing anything too revealing, but the scoop neck top she had on showed off her assets.She had perfect breasts, full, with creamy skin that he’d love to explore.The wide-legged jeans she wore accentuated her narrow waist and curvy hips, and as she stood beside him, he noted once more how she only came up to his shoulder.
Knox loved that he was so much bigger than her.It would take no effort at all to wrap his hands around her slender waist, lift her onto the desk, and kiss the hell out of her.Or carry her to his bed one night, positioning her how he wanted after he’d stripped her bare.Wouldn’t he love to make her come apart in his arms and cry out his name in sweet surrender.
Sparks shot through him as she reached for her phone, her arm inadvertently brushing against his.Her skin was soft as silk, and he wondered if she felt that satiny smooth all over.
He’d love to explore her with his hands.His mouth.His tongue.
She was already sliding her phone into her back pocket, he noticed her slender, delicate hands.His cock twitched, imaging her handling him.
Shit, he was such a goner.Knox cleared his throat, trying to get his mind back on track.
“What’d Cooper and Xaden want?”he couldn’t help but ask.
Knox had no reason to feel jealous.Quinn wasn’t his, but hell.It still irked him to know his buddies were in here laughing and flirting with her.Cooper had been flirting, at any rate.He never had any trouble charming the ladies, and while Knox normally didn’t give a shit, he felt protective towards Quinn.Possessive, too, despite the fact that he had no damn right to be.
Quinn shot him a knowing look.“They were just checking in about the surveillance feed.I need to swing by Holt’s office to update him, but after that, want to grab some food?I’ll be too busy to eat later on, and it’s...”She looked back to her screen, which was already locked.
