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He had his back to her with his phone pressed up against his ear, giving her the perfect view of his wide shoulders, softball-sized biceps and his nice, round ass Why did such a know-it-all have to coe?

"Gillie, this isn't the best time Let me call you ba—" Marko turned around, the look on his face anything but nice He looked downright scary "What do you mean, trouble?"

Elisa perked up She couldn't help it The sort of trouble that gave Marko that kind of face was her favorite

"What do you mean you're there with Flynn?" Marko yanked on his beard as his eyes narrowed into mean little slits "He's the last asshole you should be with" He paused to listen, then huffed out a frustrated breath "Yeah, I know he'sout with him"

Oh yes Now this was soirls Vivi was going to have a field day busting his balls about being an overprotective older brother Not that she'd be alone in doing that Nope Elisa planned on taking more than a few shots herself

"I have the B-Squad jet," Marko said into the phone "I'll be there as soon as I can Try not to blow the place up"

He hung up and shoved the phone into the left pocket of his jeans—no doubt because he dressed right So she’d looked What was he gonna do, sue her for checking hiazehis teeth down to nubs

She just smiled "Explosives, like literally?"

"With e of his nose and shook his head "Anything is possible I gotta go"

She fell into step beside him "Not without me"

He picked up his pace, which was a real asshole thing to do because his legs were about twice the length of hers

She didn't let it get to her, she just did a little walk-jog step to keep up "Last time I checked, I was the only one of the two of us who had a pilot's license"

Marko's step faltered, but he keptforward "I can catch a ride with the Feds"

"Not likely All those thorny rules and regulations You know you wouldn't be allowed to take your favorite toys if you did that You know, the ones you definitely don't want the ATF to know about?"

He stopped so fast that she alers around as lared down at her If he was trying to intirown up at the feet of the master of surliness