Chapter 75 CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE.
Chapter 75 CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE.
"Staking your claim, Brianna?" Stella drawled beside them to Brianna's shock and Julian's amusement. And at Brianna's blank stare, Stella stretched forth her hand towards Brianna; "Stella." The two gave each other firm handshakes. "Your man has already told me about you." She grinned.
"Really?" Brianna shot a still dazed Julian a look. "And what exactly did he say?"
"Well...that you're a mama's girl and a Navy SEAL...among other things." Stella grabbed her t-shirt and pulled it on. "So which division do you belong to?"
"Well, you wouldn't know even if I told you." Brianna responded. The Arrowhead was a Classified Black Ops task force division of the FBI, whose operations were not even known to many inside the organization. But since they were drawn from elite Navy SEAL teams, they simply told anyone who asked that they were SEALs.
"Try me." Stella challenged.
"Special Forces." Brianna said. "Know anyone in the Navy?"
"Yep. Admiral Mathias." Stella responded. Then she suddenly grinned at Brianna and stated; "You're an Arrowhead."
Brianna couldn't suppress her look of shock this time. But for the slight quickening of her heart at the mention of The Admiral's name, Brianna could have sworn her expression had remained unchanged. When it came to her work, her poker face was dead accurate. How Stella had been able to tell that she was an Arrowhead, therefore, shocked her to no end.
"Girl, how did you..."
"I have my ways." Stella responded mysteriously. "Anyway, you have nothing to worry about, Brianna." She grinned. "I'm to train your new recruits. So I needed to understand what the Arrowhead was all about, in order to know the type of training to give. You're Lt. Brianna Jackson, right?"
"Damn.." Julian laughed. "You left out sex starv..."
"Shut up, Julian." Brianna groaned, as she focused on the woman before her. "Stella Norris?"
"The one and only." Stella grinned.
"But you're so..young." Brianna breathed.
"Who were you expecting? Chuck Norris?" Stella drawled, making Julian holler with laughter.
"Oh, that's a good one." Julian laughed. "Are you."
"Related?" Stella finished Julian's question with amused laughter. "No."
"What did you want?" Brianna smirked at Julian. "Her autograph on your dick?"
"Well, now that you mention it...imagine the name Norris on my dick, right beneath the ring..."
"Oh my god, shut up." Brianna reached out to cover Julian's mouth with a hand. "He's crazy." She told a laughing Stella.
"Your profile was accurate, Brianna." Stella laughed. "You're too serious."
"You have our profiles?" Brianna took her hand away from Julian's mouth.
"A quarter of a page each." Stella nodded. "No pictures though. Yours said you are fierce, merciless, formidable, stern...among others. Too serious." She drawled.
"I'm trying to loosen her up." Julian chuckled, dropping his head to nuzzle Brianna's neck. "You took a shower." He commented.
"Uh-huh..." Brianna murmured as her eyes fluttered shut. "I figured it was too late to hit the gym so..."
"Damn, you smell divine." Julian groaned as he lifted his head. "So, what do you say we go have breakfast at the restaurant with Stella?" He husked, his body language definitely not that of someone who wanted breakfast.
"Maybe y'all need to skip breakfast and get back to.." Stella sounded really amused.
"Sorry about that." Brianna groaned, stepping away from Julian. "I don't usually do this but... How come you don't look shocked?" She draped an arm around Julian's shoulder as all three of them started out of the gym.
"You should see my boss and his lady." Stella chuckled. "Those two don't mind who is around when they get the urge to fuck. They go right ahead and do it."
"What the fuck!" Julian gasped. "They must be animals."
"You can say that." Stella laughed. "So the Admiral says you and Ty will be out on a mission by the time the scheduled training for the recruits begin."
"Well, the Admiral has his own schedule. All we do is move when we're asked to." Brianna chuckled.
"I know." Stella laughed. "The initial plan was to work with Ty but since he won't be around, I'm to work with Ian Williams."
"Will?" Brianna stopped walking and looked at Stella with eyes filled with mirth. "Damn, I pity those recruits. And you."
"Well, I'm sure he knows what to expect, baby." Julian chuckled. "I mean that quarter-page profile should tell him the guy is..."
"A rascal, trouble-maker, party animal, prankster..." Stella rattled off. "Among others." She added with a look so comical both Brianna and Julian burst into laughter.
And even as the three entered the restaurant, their raucous laughter rang out to the amusement of the staff.
"You know, for the past eight days that we've been here, this is the first time we've actually had a conversation with another person." Brianna murmured as she ran her fingers through Julian's hair.
"Hmm.. We've been busy." Julian murmured, enjoying the feel of Brianna's fingers in his hair.
"Yeah, busy fucking our brains out." Brianna laughed softly.
"Are you complaining?" Julian drawled, tilting his head to look up at Brianna.