Page 112 of Turn Me On

Some answers require loopholes. Because really, the other night is when I decided to take a chance.

Now, I say goodbye and I walk away.

EPILOGUE

BRIGHT IDEAS

Zane

Four months later

Five more minutes. It’s a lifetime. I’m wearing a tread in the floor of the airport. “C’mon, Maddox,” I mutter.

I stare at the time again. Then the arrivals sign above the turnstiles. Then his last text.

Just got off the plane. Keep your cock in your pants.

Then mine.It’s already out. We’re both excited to see you.

Another one lands.Behave.

Peering around security, hunting for his gorgeous face but not finding him, I reply.That’s impossible. Prepare to be ambushed.

My phone pings.Almost there. I can see you. Damn, you did miss me.

I look up from my phone, and I grin. There he is. A bag slung over his shoulder. A wicked grin on his face. Eyes only for me. I’m so jazzed to see him. I’ve got something on my mind, and I can’t wait to share it with him.

But first, I need a reunion kiss.

My man strides past security and right into my welcoming arms.

I haul him in for a big embrace. “You were in New York forever,” I say, since that’s how long his three-day trip felt. Then I plunder his mouth. “Mmm,” I murmur as I kiss him deeply.

When I break it, I glance down at my growing erection. “Oops, I’m indecent.”

“You always are,” Maddox says, then I take his hand, and we exit the San Francisco airport together.

Once we’re on the road, heading back to my place, I pepper him with questions. “How were your meetings?”

“Great,” he says, enthused. “I had dinner with Adriana and played pool with her. She loves working with you.”

Adriana finalized a deal for me to do some spots for a podcast network, hawking some of my favorite comedians. “She’s almost as good as you,” I say.

“And Crosby’s new partnership is kicking into high gear. Plus, I spent some time with Tanner. He’s got a good head on his shoulders.”

“He sure does. That dude is passionate,” I say. “I’m glad you got him.”

“Me too,” Maddox says.

My boyfriend is a badass agent running his solo shop. He brought over Carter from the Renegades, along with Drew Adams from the Mercenaries, and Crosby Cash from the Cougars. And he signed a couple of hockey players, a tennis star, Trace from the Devils, Tanner from the Comets, and Sutton from the Storm Chasers.

Among others.

I’m so stinking proud of him. He works tirelessly. But he plays just as hard too. When we get to my home in Hayes Valley, he makes a show of sending out one of his famous text messages, letting the crew know he’s unavailable.

He never says why.

No one asks.