Page 55 (1/2)

“Somebody has to pay for that” And Keiko was seriously skilled at payback

“Please, if there’s any justice in the world, let it be Friday,” he muttered

She couldn’t help but smile “Was it her idea? The fake blackmail?”

He tensed for abetween the need to tell her the truth and the urge to throw Friday under a bus At last he sighed “No, it was the rest of the tea with it if she’d known”

Keiko made a mental note to ask him about his weird relationship with his teaht now, she had another, et for the nano virus?”

He didn’t even hesitate to reply “Rueben Granger”

She couldn’t help but smile “Couldn’t happen to a nicer person”

He snorted, and she got the i with her, but she didn’t want to lift her head from his chest to check

There was oneshe had to know “Was it fake? Us? Were you just co on to me because of the mission?”

He gently touched her chin and angled her face up to look at him What she saw in his eyes stole her breath “I told you in the car, and I’ll tell you again now What’s between us has nothing to do with anyone else That part was real It was all us”

For what seemed like forever, they stared into each other’s eyes

“Okay then,” Keiko whispered before rubbing her face on his shirt One last snuggle before they got back to reality “Tellout of here”

He kept his hands on her shoulders as he looked down at his shirt with shocked outrage on his face “Did you just wipe your nose on me?”

And against all odds, Keiko laughed

Chapter Twenty-One