All The Right Reasons (The Seduced Series) (8 page)

Chapter Nine

I was so excited to be heading home today, I barely slept last night. Just the thought that I will see Dennis again made it ten times harder to relax. On the bus ride home Isabella and me sat together, talking about everything that we learned over the week.
I even slipped up a little and told her about my ring. I don’t think she really believed me but it felt good to finally tell someone. Isabella and I exchanged numbers; we became good friends over the past week. I told her to call me next weekend and we’d do lunch or something. As we got off the bus a few of the other women said there last goodbyes to Isabella and me. I didn’t notice that Dennis was here till I turned and our eyes met. I smiled as he too smiled back at me. He was standing there the same way the last time I seen him. Leaning up against the car, still looking like his hot sexy self. When I was walking toward Dennis, all I could think about was how much I missed him.

“Dennis!” I
said excitedly while wrapping my arms around his neck and his arms went around my waist lifting me off the ground. Oh god, how I missed being in his arms like this.

“Mmmm, I missed you my love,”
he said leaning down to kiss me, and I smiled when he placed me back down on my two feet. I played with his collar to his shirt as he stroked my hair. I then lifted my head off of his chest.

“Did I
ever tell you how sexy you are to me? I asked. He didn’t answer at first, probably thrown off my sudden confession to him. A whole week without seeing, hearing, or touching him has done a number on me, physically and emotionally.

“You do wo
nders for a man’s ego,” he teased as I rolled my eyes at him. “But don’t let me stop you,” he added.

“Well for starters, y
ou have the most intense blue eyes I’ve ever seen and I love the way you look at me with them. Your mouth drives me crazy, what you say and what you do to me with it,” I murmured while biting my lip and touching his lips with my fingers. “And that rock hard body of yours is so worthy of worshipping, and I’d like to do that very soon” I added with a smile. He smiled too at how daring I have become, especially now in public without blushing. He leaned down to brush his lips against mine and I parted them for him, my body always reacted to his touch, it was like an electric current that flowed thru my veins but now being away from each other for a whole week only intensified it more.

“And?” He
breathed against my lips and I moaned.

“There should be a special rehab
facility for Dennis addicts such as myself,” I whispered. He laughed taking my mouth again, kissing it passionately. I felt that familiar spark of desire rise within me, as I welcomed it with open arms. Letting it completely consume me and my body.

“I’m for sure not going to Angelina rehab, because I’m going to overdose on you
for as long as you let me,” he murmured and I laughed as he lifted me in his arms again.

“
Barbie!” I turned in Dennis’s arms to see the other girls waving at me and shouting. “We’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Did I miss something? Why are they calling
you Barbie?” He asked confused as I laughed.

“Don’t worry, it’s just a
nickname. Something to do with my first impression I guess,” I said as I reached up on my tippy toes and gave him another kiss.

After our little reunion, he told me that
we had to go see Colin. I didn’t say anything as I jumped into the car. We drove to the underground headquarters and parked. We strolled inside hand in hand and headed straight for Colin’s office. While walking to his office, I considered the possibilities of what Colin wanted from the both of us. One being, that he wanted to congratulate me on my intensive training course completion and two being that he wanted Dennis to go on a mission. We walked into his office and he stood up and greeted us as we took our seats.

“I heard tomorrow is
your ceremony, congratulations!” He said to me as he sat back down.

“Thank you
,” I said.

“I got a mission for you
,” he said looking at Dennis. I know it; I guess a woman intuition is never wrong. “Our good friend Hector Alverse has a classified memory chip containing some top secret information on it, he stole from us and we need to retrieve it back immediately before the information on the chip is leaked out. We cannot have him access top secret information that is on that chip.” Colin added.

“I’m in
,” Dennis said with a grin. “I haven’t seen him in a while,” he added. Wait, if I was right and this was a mission for Dennis, what the hell was I doing here? Colin could have congratulated me tomorrow if that was the case.

“Um
, where do I fit in all of this?” I asked dumbfounded while Colin smiled.

“You’re going to set things into
motion; we are going for the element of surprise. He already knows he’s a target for the CIA. The guy probably sleeps with his bodyguards,” Colin added with some slight humor to his voice.

“You mean Angelina
should go after him first?” Dennis asked and Colin nodded.

“He already knows you, and most likely knows our other good agents as well, but he doesn’t know her. She can really go undercover
and be undetected,” he stated and I smiled, I can’t believe it my very first mission. And I get to do it with Dennis too.

“What do I have to do?” I asked and Colin
stood up, switching his computer monitor on.

“Like I said
, the guy probably has his bodyguards in the bathroom with him at all times, so we need to set up a trap for him. Get him alone and unprotected, this will make getting the chip back quicker and easier for all of us,” Colin said. “Once he’s alone, Dennis will come in and finish the job,” he added as Dennis nodded in agreement.

“And how is she going to get him alone
?” Dennis asked while narrowing his eyes.

“Hector loves to go to the Lace Gentlemen’s Club
every Wednesday night. It’s located in the heart of Manhattan, and that’s the best place to catch him off guard,” Colin said. A strip club? Me? A fucking stripper? Oh no. Just then Dennis started laughing hysterically, so I stood up.

“You want me to go undercover as a stripper?” I asked
. This is not my idea of a mission; I’d probably blow my cover. I didn’t know the first thing about stripping except that it’s disgusting and degrading. Then I remembered that to do this agent thing I have to sacrifice who I am for what the situation requires me to be; even a stripper. I sat back down.

“Exotic dancer,” Colin
clarified. “Will that be a problem? Or do we need to find someone else to do this?” Colin asked and I shook my head.

“No
,” I said while Dennis was stifling a laugh when I glared at him. “You’re loving this, aren’t you?” I asked.

“Tremendously
,” Dennis said. “I hate to say this…” he added.

“T
hen don’t,” I said trying to not laugh too. “Keep your comments to yourself.” He got me, he warned me about this type of shit but I insisted I could do anything. I’m not going to give him the satisfaction of watching me chicken out. Fuck that shit! I turned to Colin. “I’ll do it but I don’t know anything about dancing in a strip club.”

“Don’t worry about
it; you’ll be working with an informant that is also the club’s choreographer for the next two days. You should be ready by Wednesday,” Colin replied. “I’ll give you the building’s floor plans so you know where to set this up,” he added.

“Alright, a
nything else?” Dennis asked Colin.

“That’s ever
ything. You got one chance at this or Hector might skip the country if this goes down wrong,” Colin stated.

“Got it
,” Dennis said and we both stood up. Colin thanked us and we left his office. “Welcome to the world of secret agents my love,” he teased kissing my hand.

“Shut up
,” I said then I thought of something, beating him at his own game. I sighed theatrically. “I wonder what my overprotective boyfriend would think about me parading around perverted men in sexy skimpy costumes while shaking my ass for some money,” I said and he froze as I stifled a smile. He looked down on me and I gave him an innocent look.

“You play dirty
.” He always says that whenever I caught him off guard.

“I only play dirty when you don’t play fair,” I said as
I stuck my tongue out at him and he laughed.

***
*

The
morning couldn’t have come any quicker because today was my graduation ceremony of officially becoming a CIA secret agent. We arrived on time and I left Dennis as he headed to the take his seat. I went backstage and met Isabella. We both talked about how our first night back was, I wanted to tell her that I was going undercover on Wednesday but I didn’t want to blow my own cover. She told me that she was staying at her mother’s house for the time being, which wasn’t far from my old apartment. I told her that after graduation we should go out and have dinner, which she agreed on. The ceremony was about an hour long, since it was a one week intensive training only a few agents were selected and only a few of us made it to graduation.

I stood next to Isabella as we
waited to be called to accept our graduation certificates. There were only eight of us out of thirty that made it through the training. Once Officer Jameson called my name, I got all excited and accepted my certificate. I looked into the crowd and spotted Dennis, as he clapped and blew me a kiss. I can’t get over the fact that I’m a secret agent now; if my mom only knew that her younger daughter became a CIA agent she probably would have a heart attack.

Isabella, Dennis and I went out to dinner to celebrate then we all went back to Isabella’s
mothers house for some light drinking, just a bottle of champagne since I had to work tomorrow morning. After saying goodbye to Isabella, we drove back home discussing how we’ll go about on getting Hector. Even though the whole stripping part of the mission kinda bothered me, at least I got to work with Dennis, how many rookie agents can brag about that? We drove up the estates driveway only to see a blue convertible Benz parked outside the garage. I didn’t recognize the car as we pulled up.

“Whose car is that?” I asked as we
parked next to it and he smiled.

“Yours
,” he said simply as I stared at him wide eyed.

“What? You bought me a car?” I
asked and he nodded.

“It’s
a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. It’s fast,” he said looking at it. “It’s in your favorite color too,” he added and I threw my arms up.

“
If this is my graduation present, I’m not taking it. You might as well just add it to your collection of cars,” I said and he frowned. I’m not into expensive gifts from him and he knows that, but a fucking car, are you kidding me? I would have been happy with jewelry or even better something simple like roses.

“I can’t. T
he car was practically custom made for you,” he said.

“What
? What do you mean?” I asked and he grabbed my hand leading me towards the car. He opened the door gesturing for me to get in. I groaned but I got in. I gasped as I looked around. It had a breathtaking ivory white interior, but what blew me away was that my name was printed on the leather seats in handwriting I recognized all too well. It was printed in the same blue as the exterior of the car. I looked at him even more shocked now. “But how?” I asked.

“I
signed it myself and sent it out to the customizers,” he said as I just continued to stare at the car in awe.

He continued to sell me
the car, telling me about the cool things he had installed in it. I knew he was trying to sell me on it and damn it, it was working too. I didn’t want to think about the car anymore, all I wanted was to sleep in my own bed snuggled up next to Dennis.

It was Monday morning and
I had an appointment with the choreographer of the club. According to Colin my alias was Jazmine Roberts, I had to wear a blonde wig and blue contacts. I went down to the club, parking the Benz far enough away so I could walk there. I doubted strippers owned expensive cars, like this one at least. According to the manager, I was the new girl and that I would get a solo performance on Wednesday night. I’m pretty sure Dennis had something to do with that. The choreographer introduced herself as Ashley; she was nice. She taught me the group routine and a solo dance that I would be doing on the stage and pole. I’m just glad I didn’t blush at the sexy moves. While in between breaks, I checked out the building and where we could hold Hector without drawing too much attention.

It’s
now Tuesday morning, and we were putting the finishing touches to my routine. Just when I thought the routine was sexy enough; the costumes were way worse. I decided to fish around for information about their clientele, fortunately Ashley mentioned Hector was one of the club’s most loyal customers. I fished around some more for info and she told me that he had a reserved seat and what he normally did here. I had to stifle a cringe every time she said what he liked to do. The thought of doing some sexy taunting to this man while Dennis watched in the distance made my stomach turn. But I had to do it; there was no turning back from this.