Free The Temptation by Cheyenne McCray

she said. “It won’t take me longer than fifteen minutes so I’ll be there in twenty-five.”
    “Great.” I paused. “Thank you, Georgina. I owe you.”
    “Not yet,” she added. “But you will.” Of course she was kidding. She never felt the need to hold anything over me and I felt the same way about her.
    The four of us continued to lay down plans while we waited for Georgina.
    “She’s a master at transformations,” I said. “She’s helped me on more ops than I can think of at the moment.”
    “Lexi and I can pose as a married couple,” Nick said.
    An odd sensation went through my belly at the thought of posing as husband and wife and being with him in close quarters again. I didn’t know if I could keep my hands off him. Maybe he’d be strong enough for the both of us.
    Nick looked at me. “Georgina will need to perform some of her magic so that no one recognizes you.”
    I nodded. “No problem.”
    The four of us talked strategy until the doorbell rang. “I’ll get it.” I was out of my seat before Nick could get up and I jogged down the stairs.
    I looked out the peephole and saw it was Georgina. She was a good Italian Catholic girl who happened to be a very bad girl when it came to men.
    When I opened the door she strode in.
    “Something’s going on. What is it?” Georgina’s gorgeous runway model features were tense as she closed the door behind her. At five-ten she was a good six inches taller than me.
    I took a deep breath. “Rori’s been abducted.”
    “Your sister?” Georgina widened her dark eyes. “What happened?”
    “I was the one who was meant to be taken.” I held my hand to my belly. “But she was in my apartment while I was out jogging and they grabbed her by mistake.”
    Georgina looked horrified. “Do you know who has her?”
    I nodded and explained about Bachmann as we headed up the stairs to Nick’s war room. The more I told her, the sicker I felt. I kept thinking of Rori and what she must be going through right now.
    When we reached the war room, she and Nick hugged. She said hello to Zane who worked with her in the same department, and I introduced her to Ryan.
    She set her purse down and took the fifth chair. She wore big gold hoop earrings, designer jeans, sandals, and a low-cut orange blouse that showed her rather generous cleavage. Her toenails were painted a matching color and she had a French manicure on her long nails.
    “We need you to be a high-priced call girl,” I said as I jumped right to the point.
    She nodded, clearly taking it in stride. “Fill me in.”
    We caught her up to speed and ran through the basic plan that we’d put together and she interjected her own ideas as we went on. Georgina was quick and intelligent in addition to being dazzlingly beautiful. I noticed my own brother, Ryan, seemed to be caught in her spell.
    When we had worked everything out, Georgina headed to her home and Ryan and Zane took off to get ready for their drive up to D.C. tonight in the van. That left Nick and me alone.
    “It’s getting late and I’d bet you haven’t eaten since early this afternoon.” His blue eyes glittered in the dim light. “I’ll fix something.”
    “I don’t know if I can eat anything.” I wrapped my arms around my belly as another sick feeling went through my gut.
    “Hey.” He took me by the shoulders. “Since when have you refused my cooking?”
    I gave him a half smile. “Since never.”
    “Then come on.” He put his arm around my shoulders and it felt warm and comforting. Every touch he’d made tonight had felt that way. “I’ll make you some of those crepes that you always demand.”
    “Me? Demand?” We walked together downstairs. “Never.”
    He snorted. “That’s not what I remember.”
    “Then your memory is faulty.” It wasn’t, of course. I loved both his breakfast and dinner crepes.
    He squeezed me to him as we walked through the doors of the kitchen then released me.
    As he started to get out the