Mission Made For Two (10 page)

She was helpless to fight it.  Perspiration slicked their bodies creating different
waves
of pleasure as his chest rubbed her
ultra-sensitive
nipples.

When he released her mouth, she groaned again.  “Jake…I can’t hold on much longer.”

“Then don’t.  Let me feel you come undone
, this time wrapped around me
.”  His whispered words were the fuel her body needed to reach completion. 

Her climax
, more powerful than the first,
slammed into her with the force of a truck.  She screamed. Jake took her mouth again in a heated caress
, his body stiffening, pulsing, until he collapsed on top of her.

Sierra lay breathless beneath his weight, for once in her life speechless.  Never had she experienced anything like that.
 

It was like two live wires touching, and then exploding. 
Utter completion and satisfaction.
 

Jake lifted his head, his weight still pressing her
o
nto the mattress.  The passion she’d seen just moments ago was replaced with regret.  “We shouldn’t have done that.”

A sharp pain stabbed into
Sierra’s
chest.  Ridiculous that his attitude should hurt, yet it did.  Sierra did what she always did in the face of emotional pain.  She smiled.  “Exactly what made it so
exciting.
”

Jake’s eyes narrowed.  “This i
sn’t a game, Sierra.”  He ran a hand through her still damp hair, pushing it from her forehead.
 

Despite everything, the feel of his muscular frame pressed against her sent a
nother
thrill through her.  “I never said it was.”  Her voice was steadier than she felt.  “Just two people working off a little sexual energy.”

Jake shook his head.  “You don’t believe that.”  He pushed off her and snatched up his briefs.

Sierra
, not sure how to interpret his words,
scooted
off the bed
and grabbed a pair of panties from her duffle bag. 
Once she’d slid into them,
she turned on a lamp and faced him
, not caring that she stood before him bare everywhere else.  He’d already seen her body
.  “Why are you so uptight, Jake? 
Considering how aloof you are most of the time, I’m sure you’re well acquainted with sexual flings
.
”

His eyes seemed to burn a hole into her and Sierra fought the urge to cover her breasts with her arms.  She’d be
damned if
she’d cower from him and let him
see how much his regret hurt.

He walked toward her.  She stood
her ground.  He walked past
,
grabbed a
robe she’d left on a chair
, and
shoved it in
to
her hands. “Put this on.”

“
Screw you!  You don’t
seem
to
get that I don’t take orders from you.”

Jake grabbed her arms and
she found herself in the same position against the wall she’d been in moments ago
.  “Don’t push my buttons, Sierra.  I’m not happy that I’ve already broken my rule about not getting involved with another agent and even
more unhappy
that you’re involved with Diaz.”

That was Jake’s problem.  People didn’t push his buttons often enough.  He was too damn used to getting his way.  “No, what you’re unhappy about is that you’re not in
c
ontrol of everything.”  Sierra shoved against his chest, loosening his grip
, even though he wasn’t hurting her
.  “You can’
t control me, Jake.  I think for myself.”

Jake closed his eyes, his mouth set in a hard line.  When he opened them, he released her.  “Will you put your
robe
on please?”

The words came out through clenched teeth, but at least he was making an effort to ask instead of order.

Sierra chuckled
, even though there was nothing humorous about what she was feeling
. 
“Certainly.”

Ja
ke ran a hand through his short, dark
hair and turned
away from her
while she slipped into it.
 

He
pulled on his jeans and turned toward her. 
 
    

He was a fine specimen of a man, standing there bare-
c
hested with his jeans still unzipped.  Muscle rippled across his abdomen as he leaned down and retrieved his shirt
, then pulled it on
. 

“I
have no intention of sleeping with Diaz
,” Sierra blurted.

Jake ran a hand over his eyes and frowned. “I know your tough, Sierra.  Hell, I’ve seen you in action…but I’ve seen what Diaz can do to a woman.  An
d he likes to share his sex par
t
n
ers.”

His words did cause a moment of trepidation to skitter down her spine.  Sierra had no doubt she could handle herself, but she was going to have to go in with no weapons, other than herself.  She was good, but no match for four of five armed men.  The
thought
of being gang raped created
an image of those old spy movies where the spy had a poison capsule in their mouth to end things if they got captured.
 

She shoved the image away. No way was she backing down now.  “That’s why we need to work together.  You’re my back
-
up.”

“I’m not used to working with anyone.”

“Maybe not, but in this instance a
partner is an advantage. 
With any luck we can find out who’s selling us out, the location of the children and take
Diaz
out
.”

Jake seemed to consider that a moment.  “
What do you have in mind?”

“I figure I’ll be there at least through the weekend.”  She walked to her bag and pulled out
a small kit
.  “I brought communication equipment.  With you
watching over me
, I should be able to search for information.
You have thermal gear?”

Jake nodded.  “Diaz has a safe. It’s hidden behind a big picture of himself
in the hall outside his office
.  My guess is any info on the mole will be in there.”

She arched an eyebrow.  “Don’t suppose you know the combo?”

Jake’s lips twitched.  “No, but even if I did
he
changes
it every week
.”  He walked toward the window and picked up a small black bag she hadn’t noticed.  Of course, why would she have noticed it?  Jake had pounced on her as soon as she’d walked out.
  She knew better than to leave her window unlocked.

He tossed it to her.  “I’d planned on searching it myself, but since you’re determined to be in the middle of this…”

She caught the bag and looked inside. She recognize
d
the small box that would decipher the combination when attached to the safe.
  It gave her some satisfaction to
know he’d already resolved himself to her involvement before he’d come here tonight.
  “You just can’t admit that my presence will make things easier.”

Jake cros
sed his arms over his
chest.  “Nothing about you is easy, Sierra. 
You’re impulsive, stubborn
and fearless.”

“That’s exactly why Trent recruited me.”

Small furrows speared Jake’s forehead.
“I still don’t like this
.
  There’s
a
chance that whoever is giving
Diaz information will feed him info on you.  The fact that Trent’s put out the word you’re on R and R doesn’t mean everyone will believe that.
”

Sierra decided to cut him a break.  After all, she’d just had the best sex of her life with the man.  She walked to him and rubbed a hand across his cheek. “I promise to be careful.  I won’t take any unnecessary risks.”

Jake’s eyes darkened.  “If things start going south, you’ll get out of there?”

She nodded.
“Promise.
”

Jake pulled her against him and kissed her hard.  Lord the man was lethal.  When the kiss ended, he still didn’t look happy about anything.  “I need to get to work on
some things
.”

He zipped his jeans and slipped in
to his shoes
, reached down and retrieved a coil of rope beside the window
and then was gone—u
sing the door this time
.

Sierra
walked to her window
and
looked out. 
The hotel was only nine floors, child’s play for someone of Jake’s experi
ence to scale from either top or bottom
.  She shut the window and locked it.

After, sheddin
g the robe Jake had made her put on
,
she climbed beneath the soft sheets of the bed.  Her body still tingled from making love.

She snorted. 
Jake’s claiming of her body wasn’t exactly the soft, sweet first union of two people
making love
.
  It had been hot, hard and damn satisfying. 

Sighing, she rolled over and plumped her pillow.  She’d told Jake it was just two people working off
sexual energy. 
Sex.
  That’s all it should have been. All it should be.

So, if it was just sex then why did she
have a
strange flutter
in her chest?
  Why did she feel like nothing would ever be the same again?  That sex with anyone else would pale in comparison?

She may need to face the cold hard truth.  This might be one time she wouldn’t be able to hide her emotions.

Jake dropped anchor far enough out that his small fishing boat wouldn’t draw attention from Diaz’s guards. He raised his binoculars and scanned Diaz’s compound.  He knew the place well. 
Had spent several weeks there before he’d been sold out.

The
se
last three days and nights, he’d watched the guards and Diaz, figuring out the best way and best time to go in.

Three stories, the house had a flat roof and always one guard on top.  Two more roamed the grounds, w
ith two inside on duty
.  Diaz employed
ten guards in all working in shifts.

Lowering his arm, he set the binoculars on the seat and pulled his ball cap lower on his head.  He grabbed a couple of fishing poles and cast them out, setting them in the holders of the rented boat.  He looked like just another tourist.

Sierra should be arriving anytime and he meant to keep a close eye on things.
Her earrings had transmitters in them, so he’d be able to hear everything that was said as long as he didn’t get too far away from her.
     

He rubbed the tense muscles in his neck as he thought about last night. Damn it!  He shouldn’t let her get under his skin.  She was too good at it.

Sleeping with her was a colossal mistake.  Personal feelings had no place in this business.
Hadn’t
he
already learned that lesson once in his life?  But Sierra was a force like nothing he’d ever encountered. 

He’d read her file not long after he’d come to work at USOI
, his curiosity over the tall, exotic woman with the big brown eyes getting to him.  Plus, the fact Trent had done nothing but sing her praise to him
. 

Jake k
new she’d been raised in foster care, and had joined the army right out of high school.
The foster care probably explained some of her toug
hness. He could almost imagine her as a young girl, all tough talk and piss, no doubt trying the patience of every adult in her vicinity.  A child shouldn’t have to grow up that way. 

He shook his head. 
Reaching inside the cooler he’d brought, he retrieved a
bottle of water
,
unscrewed
the top and took a long swig to cool him off.
It wasn’t that hot out—mid eighties—but his body had been on fire ever since he’d left Sierra’s bed.

The thought of Diaz pawing her put a kink in his gut.  And that was stupid.
She was involved in this now by her own doing.
This is what she’d set up and as much as he hated it, it would probably work
. Diaz had a weakness for beautiful
women.

He’d k
nown Diaz would
head to town to gamble
last night. He did it every Friday night he was on the island and rarely came home alone.  Every man liked the thrill of the chase, but Diaz wouldn’t chase too long before he’d take what he wanted.