"A smile will get you far, but a smile and a gun will get you farther" -Al Capone.
Federal Agent Alex Turner deals better with guns than boyfriends, and prefers it that way. Her emotional range is bleak, but her aim is damn near perfect.
Thinking saving the world is a far easier task than dating, Agent Turner springs at the opportunity to prevent young scientist Marcus Gibbs from selling his biological weapon to the highest bidder. With her goal in sight, and Marcus eating out of the palm of her hand, an obstacle she doesn't see coming interferes. Meet Jeremy Hunt -- the distractingly handsome CEO of Sunscape Biotechnologies, and Marcus's boss and best friend.
A man who is accustomed to getting what he wants, Jeremy's never been one to take no for an answer, which has Agent Turner realizing for the first time that her wit might get her farther than her weapon. With no protocol or training to reference when it comes to matters of the heart, she worries that this might be her hardest assignment yet.
The car
pulls away, and I am alone with Jeremy, who is now standing right next to me.
I stare
into the distance, not wanting to make eye contact even though I know he's
staring at me. I bob back and forth on my heels, waiting for a cab, wishing for
this moment to be over. He scoffs next to me, and I still don't budge.
As if he
can't take it, he says, "Really?"
The
statement almost offends me. I turn to look at him, and it is a blatant
mistake. He stands with hands in his pockets in a nonchalant sort of pose. My
mouth starts watering. Focus.
"Excuse
me?" I ask.
"You're
kidding right now, right? That stunt you just pulled with Marcus. Is this all
because I grabbed your ass?" He is coming dangerously close to being
crude, and I decide to get right to the point.
"Is
this because I offered him my number, and not you?"
His mouth
forms a hard line, and he is all tough CEO, but I am no mouse and I stare right
back. After a moment, he is trying to hold back his smile.
"Maybe
it is." He pouts.
When Jeremy
pouts, it's a remarkable sight. I gulp over my last thought.
"Well,
I would say I'm sorry, but I'm not," I say.
As if
dumbfounded, he continues, "Why Marcus? Why him? He's been a drunk slob
all night!"
Is he
really putting down his friend? I wonder if talking about his friends this way
is a habit.
I turn to
look away because I can't think of a logical response. He knows I am attracted
to him, and I will not let him take advantage of that fact. I can tell he
thinks it's funny that I am giving him the silent treatment, and it annoys me.
He riles me up!
He leans in
somewhat close, and in a mocking tone, he says, "Is it these blue eyes?
Are they too much for you?"
Before I
can stop it, a laugh erupts from my mouth, and I look at him and roll my eyes.
"Mr.
Hunt, you are definitely not used to not getting what you want, and it almost
pleases me that I can affect you so."
He bites
his lip, nodding his head as he looks away.
"You're
toying with me."
Maybe I am.
A. Rosa lives in San Diego, California. When she isn’t scouring city parks or cafe’s to write she is more than likely trying to convince her friends to join her on her next adventure. A sufferer of wanderlust, she is always looking for a new mountain to climb, a canyon to hike, or a plane to board. Her resume consists of coroner, to working at a zoo, and most recently as an executive assistant, but finds her home amongst words, whether it be in books, or in film. Her obsessions are on the brink of bizarre, but that’s just the way she likes it.
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