Status Updates From Coop (Reed Security #22)

Even though I haven’t read the other books in the series, I get the jist of what’s going on in the relationship of Becky and Coop. He basically is keeping her at arm’s length yet he still sleeps with her but that’s the only thing. Becky feels used combine that with the bonehead things he said equals some groveling. It better be epic too.

I shook my head and got back in my truck, never having given Becky her coffee. It was for the best. I would have had to find some way to spill it or knock it out of her hands. The guilt of knowing that I backwashed in it was just too much to let her drink it. I dumped it as soon as I got to work.

I want you to repeat after me.”
I rolled my eyes, but nodded.
“I am a fucking badass.”
“Come on-”
“Say it,” he growled.
“I am a fucking badass,” I muttered. God, this was ridiculous.
“I will not hand out romance advice to any of my teammates.”
“I will not hand out romance advice to any of my teammates,” I repeated.
“I will man the fuck up and stop walking around with a smile on my face.”

“Smitty.”
Storm snorted and shook his head. “Smitty? What the fuck kind of name is that?”
“That’s…that’s just what people call me.”
“What’s your real name? You know, the one that doesn’t make you sound like a fucking douchebag.”
“Uh…Carl.”“Carl? Your name is Carl and you’re going by Smitty?” Tony laughed out loud, but narrowed his eyes at me.
“I think your daughter’s virginity is safe.”

“And then Chris, dark and brooding, mysterious, and everything a sexy cowboy should be. The way you describe him assessing people with those almost black eyes, staring from under the rim of his cowboy hat…” She fanned herself for the twentieth time.
“So hot. I seriously need to ride that man.”