Page 107 of Parting Shot

The collar was thinner, but what was interesting was that it had none of those rings to attach something to, like a leash. And what was most telling was the twisted metal on the front.

“What is that?”

“It’s an infinity collar,” Aaron informed me.

“Is that a big deal?”

“It is.”

I smirked. “How come I don’t have one?”

“Because yours had to be special, Detective.”

We were close to the railing, so I grabbed him and crushed him to me, kissing the side of his neck.

“But whatever you want,” he moaned, hands on my back, clutching tight.

“I’m sorry Jaden’s an idiot,” I growled into his ear before I kissed him.

“It’s all right,” he sighed, nestling closer. “That wasn’t my first thought.”

“What do you mean?”

He tipped his head back and stared up into my eyes. “Seeing him reminded me that I tire of people and lose them. And then I immediately thought that I need to make sure I don’t lose my detective. That I don’t let him get lost.”

“It goes both ways,” I said before I kissed him again.

Reaching under his suit jacket, I tugged at his shirt, yanking until it was untucked and I could get my hands on his skin. He felt good. He was open for me, ready, and then he shoved me away.

“What?” I gasped, my entire body hard and needy and ready to throw him up against any flat surface.

“The surveillance.”

I was lost.

“I said we can’t fuck here,” he reminded me.

“Yeah, I know.”

“Because it’s being recorded,” he said, as if I should have been riding his thought train already.

“Right.”

“Well, what do you bet there is some place where they collect all that stuff?”

The light came on. “Oh shit, you’re kinda brilliant.”

He squinted at me. “Only kind of?”

“Okay,” I said, first rotating and then giving him a slight push back toward the room. “You go and be chatty. I’m gonna go look around.”

“What?” He whirled on me. “No. We should go together. The story will be better that way. We’ll say we’re looking for our cabana.”

“Casita,” I corrected him.

“Whatever!”

“No. I’ll be lost and drunk. You go back and be entertaining.”