Playing in SECRET (Corrigan & Co. Book 9) Read Free Page B

said to
Audrey, and as we walk over to my “friends” from high school, I
know I’m going to need to stand by it. The guys are all looking at
her as if she’s their last meal, while the women look like they
want to gouge her eyes out. I’d love to see them try, because
that’s one thing I know I wouldn’t have to help her with. From
everything I’ve heard about the Society, they’re the biggest
badasses in the world. Does that make Audrey even hotter? Fuck yeah.
    “You brought some
hooker to our reunion? Real classy, Blake.”
    I start to answer, but
Audrey beats me to it. “Sorry to disappoint you, Misha, but I’m a world-renowned scientist, not a hooker. And this is my reunion as well.”
    “Scientist? You’re
Audrey Sanchez, aren’t you?” my best friend—from high school
and now—Jesse, asks her.
    “That’s me.”
    “Wait? No. There’s
no way you’re Asexual Audrey,” Misha says with a laugh. “I
mean, I guess you could’ve had a bunch of work done.”
    “Listen, bitch...,”
Audrey starts, but I interrupt.
    “There’s absolutely
nothing fake about Audrey. Nothing ,”
I say as I lean down and leave a trail of kisses on Audrey’s neck.
    I’m not sure if it’s
okay, but I feel the need to protect her now, the way I didn’t
twenty years ago. If she punches me, I’ll just roll with it. She
doesn’t, though. She reaches up and runs her fingers through my
hair, pulling me closer to her.
    “Again, I’ll say
it. How Classy. Not.” Misha says with venom in her voice.
    “You wouldn’t know
class if it draped itself all over you,” Audrey snaps back, holding
my head to her neck as I smirk.
    “Says the science
nerd who probably never gets out of her dusty old lab.”
    “I’ll be sure to
let Reina Corrigan know that you think she’d have me work in those
type of conditions.”
    “You work for Reina
Corrigan?” Misha asks, and I know she’s impressed. She’s been
trying to get a job as a spokesperson for the Corrigan Foundation for
years.
    “Yes, and that’s
why you never will. You should really stop trying, because my friend
will never give you a job.” She lets go of me, and moves a few
steps away. “I’m going to see my high school friends now, Blake. Let me know when you’re ready to
leave.”
    Wait, what? “I’ll
go with you.”
    “It’s fine,” she
says, leaning over to kiss my cheek. “You should visit with you
friends.”
    “Maybe for a few
minutes, but then I’m coming to find you.”
    “You really don’t
have to.”
    “I want to.”
    She smiles at me like I
passed a test, and I know I’ve broken through her wall just a
little more. “Okay,” she tells me before walking away.
    “Seriously, Blake?
You’re with her ?”
    “It’s not your
business, Misha, but yes.”
    “Not my business? Our
daughter lives with you, or have you forgotten that?”
    I move right up into
her personal space, and don’t even try to keep the sneer off my
face. “You are the one who seems to forget our daughter. Unless you
need her for some good press, that is. I can’t imagine anyone
better for her to have around than Audrey. She’s not only
brilliant, but she’s gorgeous, too. Just like our girl.”
    “Wasn’t she with
Ares Dixon at the picnic earlier today?” one of the guys asks.
    “Yeah. They’re good
friends. He brought her, but she went home with me.”
    “Of course she did.
Just as desperate for you as she was in high school,” Misha says.
    “Listen to me, Misha,
because I will only say this once. I’m with Audrey, I want Audrey,
and only Audrey, and
if you don’t do a better job of hiding the bitch we all know you
are, I’ll make your life even more miserable than it already is.”
    “Whatever.”
    “Hey, speaking of
earlier, what was going on with those guys trying to grab your
daughter?” one of the guys asks.
    “I don’t know. It
was weird. I hired extra security for her now, though, just in case.”
    “Wasn’t Audrey
fighting them. I didn’t