Wicked Sexy (Wicked Games Series Book 2) (34 page)
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Authors: J.T. Geissinger
I say loudly into his chest, “I am not having eight children!”
He sighs. “Fine. If you
really
want twelve, we’ll have twelve. But I think we should definitely consider a nanny at that point.”
I fake a growl. “You’re extremely lucky that I love you, jarhead, because if I didn’t, you’d be missing a few important body parts right about now.”
He stills. Slowly he pulls away, looking down at me with shining eyes. He whispers, “Say that again.”
I know exactly what he wants to hear, but he isn’t giving me my ring, and so I’m not giving him what he wants either. I ask innocently, “You’d be missing a few important body parts?”
He shakes his head. He’s so still, I think he might be holding his breath.
“Um…you’re extremely lucky?”
He shakes his head again, pulls me closer so our noses are almost touching.
“Honey, you’re getting grease all over my silk robe.”
“Say it,” he demands, and his eyes are so full of need, I melt.
Staring deep into his eyes, I murmur, “I love you. With my whole heart. And I will until the day I die.”
He groans and then gives me a kiss I’ll remember for the rest of my life, in no small part because he’s gripping my head with his left hand and now my ear is full of bacon.
“But I’m still going to keep the townhouse,” I say when we finally draw a breath. He does his bristling cat impression, all glaring eyes and hackles raised, hissing through his teeth. “
Why?
”
“Because the loft doesn’t have the right wiring for the quantum computer I’m going to build.”
He blinks. “Quantum…”
“Computer. Yes. What, you think I
didn’t
upload the source code from Søren’s system to the cloud before you showed up to rescue me?” I make a
tsk
of disapproval. “Honey. You should know me better than that!”
He’s looking at me in total astonishment, which makes me feel pretty damn good. I love being able to surprise him, even though he knows me so well.
He protests, “The CIA said his whole system was corrupted. They examined it for weeks. They couldn’t get it to work—”
I bark out a scornful laugh. “You think I’d let the
government
have it? You know what they’d do with that kind of technology! No way, José! They can try to build their own. But if and when they do, they’ll have a little white cartoon kitty cat watching their every move.”
He looks like he’s trying to wrap his head around the idea and not having much luck. “So…that’s what you’re going to do with it? Watch over the government?”
I lift a shoulder. “That’s just a side gig. Its primary function will be saving the world.”
After a long, silent interval, Connor begins to laugh. It’s quiet at first, a low chuckle, but quickly builds to roar, until finally he’s laughing so hard he’s gasping.
“I always knew you were a superhero,” he says, shaking with laughter and drawing me close.
I wrap my arms around his neck and beam at him. “Can I please have my ring now?”
And the man that I love responds, “Princess, you can have anything you want,” and kisses me once more.
H
uge thanks
to Jim Tierney of Digital Anarchy and Greg Strause of Hydraulx for sharing their knowledge of computer theory, systems architecture and design, and all things automating algorithmic processes that scale. You guys are geniuses.
Big thanks to Marie Force for her support and enthusiasm, and giving me such great suggestions to make the Wicked Games series better! I love working with you! And to Linda “Eagle Eye” Inmanson, thank you for catching all my goofs and correcting the various ways I butcher the English language. You rock.
As always, I have to thank Geissinger’s Gang for their support and encouragement. Facebook wouldn’t be the same without you.
Thanks to Jay for being patient and accommodating when I’m in my writing cave, and for having my back, no matter what. I’m lucky to be on your team. Marrying you was the best decision I’ve ever made.
Finally, thank you to all my loyal readers who have followed me on my publishing journey since my first novel came out four years ago. Without you, this whole writing business is just me amusing myself at a keyboard. I appreciate you more than you know.
And to any new readers, welcome! I’m excited to share the wild and crazy inner workings of my imagination with you. I sincerely hope we will be together for many, many years to come.
J
.T
. Geissinger is an award-winning author of smart, sexy romance. Her eleven published novels all include a high level of sensuality, intense emotional connections, and plot twists galore.
S
he is
the recipient of the Prism Award for Best First Book and the Golden Quill Award for Best Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, and was a finalist for the prestigious RITA
®
Award from the Romance Writers of America. Her work has also finaled in the Booksellers’ Best, National Readers’ Choice, and Daphne du Maurier Awards.
S
he lives
in Los Angeles with her husband, on whom all of her heroes are based.
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