Taking the Bait: An ARC Operatives Romance Read Online Free PDF

to grab the taser that was stashed there.
    “Nico, honey,” she murmured, as if he was right beside her in bed like they’d practiced in case of just this sort of infiltration, and she turned. To her surprise he was actually there and not on the couch, a solid warm lump under the blankets beside her. That made her heart beat even harder. If he was there then who was moving through the suite of rooms? Her throat was tight and she knew that there was definitely somebody else with them. It wasn't one of their fellow operatives, or they would have announced themselves.
    “Mmm,” he said apparently just waking up. She’d ask him about why he’d crawled into bed with her later. Later, after their strange night-time visitor had been dealt with. “Are you alright?” his voice was sleep husky, and he shifted under the sheets, rolling into her as she slithered down on her back. He was the escape, the escape , she had to keep thinking of that, had to remember that, even as her breathing was unsteady and her heart was going and holy fuck there is someone in the room with us . Her brain wouldn’t shut up.
    “ Mila ,” he asked in a low voice, and then he was rolling on top of her, his leg shifting between hers. She felt his muscles tense when the thick muscle of his thigh encountered bare skin, she hadn’t worn panties to bed, just a thin tank-top, and his flesh was pressed directly into her cunt. If she hadn’t been terrified for her life she would have probably been mortified. Then he sighed, a lusty half-moan. “It is late, darling.”
    She felt him shifting over her, and could feel the heavy warmth of his cock through his boxers as he lay on top of her. His hand curled under hers and grabbed the taser from her in a slow, even motion. She felt a flood of relief, his augmentation made him stronger and more adept at close combat, and in their pairing he was the fighter. With his reflexes, she preferred him having a grip on the only weapon at their disposal. “Surely you are not interested in-” He bent his head and kissed along her neck, up her jaw to her ear. She shuddered at the pre-arranged sign to make noise, and moaned loudly as he whispered in her ear that he had her , that she was safe .
    Whoever had infiltrated the room had managed to get past, or evade detection by their team. As far as she could tell, they were still in the outer room of the suite, and maybe if… if she and Nicolai started… maybe they’d leave. His teeth grazed the lobe of her ear, another sign worked out far in advance, although she’d never expected to have to use it.
    “You’ve been working so much, I’ve missed you, it feels like you never sleep these days, your eyes on your work all the time and not on me,” she whispered loudly, the pre-arranged words for I didn’t get a good look at them .
    “But I must work, Daria, love, to keep you comfortable, in this life I have always wanted to give you. I only want to see you well rested.” Stay still and I will take care of this. His hands were moving under the blankets, one cupping the side of her breast, the other wrapped firmly around the taser. In this scenario, where there was an intruder in their suite, Rykov had explained, Nicolai would cover over Daria, and they would… get loud , as it were, to signal to the surveillance team that something was not right. It was either that, or have video and audio surveillance in the room, and Daria didn’t like her co-workers well enough to give them a glimpse of her naked.
    Well she was paying the price for her earlier modesty, having Nicolai on top of her when she was basically nude. If she survived the night, she’d never live this down with him. His fingers ghosted over her nipple through the thin jersey of her top and she gasped. He pinched it, rolling it between his thumb and index until it hardened, and her back arched ever so slightly off the bed. Adrenaline and panic were making her tremble, as he noisily kissed down her neck and