Indecent Danger (Danger Incorporated #3)(49)

“I found it.” She was practically bouncing up and down with excitement and Travis must have been exhausted as well, because instead of being happy he frowned and held up a hand, pointing to his phone.

“I’m talking to Jason. Can this wait, babe?”

Aubrey rolled her eyes and lifted the laptop so the screen was facing him. “No, it can’t wait. I found it. I found a photo of Martin wearing another pair of cufflinks.”

Travis’s eyes widened and a smile spread across his face. “Uh Jason, can I call you back? My clever girlfriend looks like she’s found something. Yes, I’ll call you and tell you about it.”

Tossing his phone on the side table, he took the laptop in his hands and sat down on the bed, patting the mattress next to him, and Aubrey joined him. She pointed to the photo on the screen, excitement in her voice.

“There it is. Proof positive that he didn’t wear the onyx cufflinks to the party.”

Travis’s fingers glided over the keys. “Not exactly. If this photo was taken late into the evening he might have changed his cufflinks by then after realizing he lost one. If the picture is early in the evening it gives it more credibility.”

“The mushroom appetizer is sitting on the table.” Aubrey pointed to the screen and grinned. “That was very early in the evening. See? It does prove it.”

“It helps prove it,” Travis corrected gently. “I don’t know if Prather is going to be swayed by this but it should at least help Martin’s case, especially now that Iris is dead. He was already in jail when that happened.”

“I’m still happy that I found it. It’s a clue that exactly might mean something among all the things we don’t know.”

Travis placed the laptop on the bed and wrapped his arms around Aubrey. She settled against him, his warm scent enveloping her senses while the heat from his body penetrated the thin cotton of her pajamas. Her heart kicked into high gear at his nearness and she could feel his own thudding against her cheek. Her fingers curled around his biceps, the muscles firm under her palms. She’d been up all night but suddenly sliding in between the sheets just to sleep didn’t seem all that inviting.

“You did a great job.” Travis’s praise warmed her inside and out. When they were working together he didn’t go overboard with compliments but when he gave one it was truly sincere. As a child she hadn’t received much praise and it was kind of pathetic that it meant this much to her, but she sure as hell was going to enjoy it. “This is an important find and I’m proud of the way you persevered. Martin is going to be very grateful for the work you’ve done, as am I.”

“I hope so because my eyes may never be the same,” she giggled. “I may be cross-eyed for the rest of my life.”

Travis stuck out his lip in mock sympathy. “My poor, poor Aubrey. Is there anything I can do to help ease the…pain?”

It wasn’t discomfort that Aubrey was feeling. Far from it, in fact. Her entire body was beginning to hum with pleasure as his large hands ran up and down her back before settling on her bottom, giving the globes a firm squeeze.

Aubrey placed the back of her hand on her forehead and sighed as if she’d just worked a full day in a hot kitchen or maybe ran a marathon. “I’m not sure there’s anything anyone can do. I may be beyond all hope.”

Smirking and obviously trying not to laugh, Travis slid a hand under her tank top and traced her spine with his fingers. “You do seem to be running a fever. Are you hot?”

You are. Very, very hot.

“It is getting warm in here.” Aubrey fanned her face as he lifted her onto his lap. She felt him hard and ready underneath her and she deliberately squirmed, drawing a small groan from his lips. “Maybe I should get undressed.”

Travis snapped the lid of the laptop shut and slid it to the floor. “That’s a good idea. I also think you need bed rest. Lots of it.”

Mmmmm…not alone, I hope.

“Are you hurting anywhere?” Travis asked, his hands gliding over the sensitive flesh of her belly just above the waistband of her sleep shorts. Her panties were already drenched and she had to work to keep her eyelids from drifting shut. His touch was mesmerizing, lulling her into a state where she’d allow him to do just about anything, knowing it would be pure pleasure.

“I hurt everywhere,” Aubrey whispered. “But especially here.”

Aubrey pointed to her lips.

“And here.”

She pointed to her breast. “And here.”

Taking a deep breath of courage, she pointed to where her panties were already wet and her clit was tingling.


She must have done something right because Travis was grinning like an idiot, despite her own flush that she could feel from the roots of her hair to the tips of her toes. She’d basically just told him to kiss her intimately and he seemed happy about it.

Aren’t I a lucky girl?

“It sounds like you need the full body treatment, Aubrey. Every inch of you needs extra special care. I know just what I need to do. We can’t wait a moment more or it might be too late and you’ll get worse.”

A bar of arousal began to build in her abdomen and white heat swept through her head to toe.

“I do want to feel better,” Aubrey cooed, looking up at Travis from under her lashes. “Whatever we need to do I’m fine with. I just have one request.”