He looked from face to face, but none of his crew argued. Not even Harley.
Laurel hugged him and nuzzled her cheek against his. “I can wait outside if you need,” she said.
“No.” He shook his head and laced his fingers through hers. “Stay. You’re one of us now.” He kissed her full on the mouth, just in case there was any doubt among them. When he pulled back, Laurel beamed up at him, and the rest of the crew whistled and cheered.
“Can we just get on with this?” Harley grumbled.
“Yeah, Harley needs his beauty sleep,” Jake said.
Nash snickered.
Lucas leaned his back on the couch and closed his eyes, but Xavier knew he heard every word.
“Here’s the deal. We’ve talked about it for a while now, and everyone’s made their opinions clear,” Xavier began. “But the fact of the matter is that we need to hire a sixth. And we need to do it before the season opens, so we have time to train properly.”
“We don’t disagree, boss,” Jake said, and Xavier shot him a glare.
want to bring her in, and before I do, I need to hear from all of you that you’ll bite your tongue against any… opinions you might have about
we don’t get to say what we
the chair by the window. “I can
nodded. “Me too,
also nodding. “I think
squeezed his hand, spurring him to search for words. “I thought all of
to Laurel. “We had a chat about that on the way home from the
any
Jake murmured an agreement.
“Lucas?”
not, Laurel
Jake asked. His
already told Gerald I want to keep my position at DOT,” she said.
said, his
is. And make sure
nod Xavier had ever seen. “Damn
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