Page 114 of Nothing to Win

“How did they take it?”Julius asked.

Brogan shrugged.“Better than you.You always take these things hardest.”

Jenna stood up, brushing her hands together.“Would you like me to take the cases to the car?Elton is ready.”

“We’ll do the heavy lifting,” Brogan said and turned to Tripp.“You joining us?”

“I’m staying,” Tripp said and took her hand.“Missy here says leaving an advisor for Gault is the least we can do.It’s fair to say there are only two real prospects now.Mexico can wait a couple of days.Gives our PI time to pinpoint Jarrod’s location.”

“Did your family really want to take Gault’s company apart, Gia?”Jenna asked.

“Some of it,” she said.

“That’s surprising.”

Brogan’s hand went to the back of his neck to rub out some of his tension.Everyone was supposed to be there for days, they weren’t supposed to be traveling.He’d have his board on his back and was shouldering the responsibility of Jarrod’s mess too.

Picking a chocolate from the corner of the box, Gia sneaked around Jenna and climbed off the bed to meet Brogan at the end.

“Open,” she said and put the chocolate between his lips when he did.As he chewed, she smiled.“Good?”

He nodded and swallowed.“Coffee.”

Sliding her arms around him, she nodded.

“Your favorite?”Tripp said.“What happened to saving it?”

“That’s sweet,” Jenna swooned.

“Completely selfish,” Gia said, straightening her arms over his shoulders and pulling herself higher.“Now he has to kiss me so I can taste it too.”

“The things I do for you, Irish,” Brogan muttered before lowering to kiss her.

The chocolate did taste good, but it didn’t arouse her half as much as the man who held her close.When his lips left hers, she dropped a hand to his chest while the other stayed hooked around his neck.

“You know,” she said.“I’m pretty pissed that you ignored my explicit wishes.”

He kissed her again.“Yeah, I can tell.”

Stroking him, she continued to tease.“I’m only being nice to you because there’s a chance I won’t have a home to go to tonight.”

“Damn,” he muttered and lowered to nuzzle her mouth.“Good time to use some of your vulnerability to my advantage.”

“You can.Didn’t you hear me?I don’t have a home to go to.”

Bending lower, he blew the hair away from her ear to whisper.“Your home is our home; I would never take it away from you.”

Leaning back against the arm he curved around her waist, she couldn’t believe what he was saying.Her home?Was this his way of asking her to move in full-time or was he just caught in the moment?

When there was another knock on the door, Jenna left the bed to answer it.Brogan’s conversation went to Julius about some work thing.Gia kissed his cheek and slipped from his arms to return to her previous place on the bed.The bed, yeah, but really the chocolates.

She should offer Julius one since he hadn’t partaken yet.

Her father’s sudden appearance in the room blanked every thought.

Bram was on his tail.“Oh, she’s in his bed, what a surprise,” her brother snarked.

Look at the number of people in the room.What exactly were she and Brogan accused of doing?