Before Sienna could move, he leaned down, placing both his palms on either side of her on the couch.

Sienna thought she had forgotten how to breathe.

Shit! I need an Oxygen mask.

She stared straight at his dark shades, "Hunter..." She started again, trying to keep her voice steady, "You’re misunderstanding."

"I don’t think so, Sugar," He whispered, his face tilted down a little. He was looking at her lips.

"I need to kiss you," he said, and then lazily bent ahead. Sienna’s heart was racing as her lashes fluttered. She waited for that familiar touch and that minty breath on her mouth and closed her eyes.

The kiss was soft at first, as if he was trying to get used to her lips. Or maybe he was giving her a chance to back off.

When she didn’t, it was all he needed.

His lips pushed against hers as he deepened the kiss. His hands were still on the couch, and Sienna wanted him to wrap them around her.

Her lips moved against his soft ones, closing her eyes. She wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him closer.

"Goodness. You two love locking lips..." Brian groaned nearby, but both of them ignored him.

"You smell too good!" Hunter murmured against her mouth and resumed the kiss. Sienna moaned into his mouth as she licked his lips.

He was delicious.

He groaned in frustration, "What’re you doing, love?" There was a hard edge in his voice.

Sienna didn’t want to answer him. She didn’t want this kiss to end. His one hand moved to the back of her neck as he pressed her against the couch, without detaching his mouth.

He brushed his fingers of his other hand through her hair and gripped the heavy red mane tightly. Sienna was enjoying his weight over her body.

However, she gasped when he also licked her lips the same way, "Hunter...what are you doing?" She asked in a breathless voice.

"The red lip color..." He whispered, "I want to ruin it."

But his tongue didn’t stop at her lips. It tried to ruin her teeth and then tongue and her mouth inside out... and her heart.

Sienna’s hand, which was busily running over his naked shoulder, slid over his chest, feeling the warmth of his skin and subtle hair.

Hunter’s breath hitched slightly as her curious fingers kept moving down until they reached the bulge in his pants.

Hunter stilled as he quickly placed his hand over Sienna’s to stop her from moving any further. He broke the kiss but didn’t move back.

"It’s getting hard for me to stay away from you..." He leaned his forehead against hers, "You need to decide, sugar, if you want this. Because every fiber in my body wants you. This is getting too much..."

Sienna closed her eyes and blinked rapidly to keep herself from shedding tears.

"Damn," He cursed under his breath, "Don’t you dare cry, menace!"

That made Sienna crack up. Forgetting her tears, she laughed softly as she threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly.

***

"What are we exactly looking for?" Lina asked her while her fingers were already flying over the keyboard.

Sienna leaned against the table, "The Royal hotel footage. Entrance, hallway, and especially the floor where the rooms are..."

Lina glanced at her briefly, "What was Hunter’s reaction? Must be pissed!"

Sienna passed her a glare. She hadn’t forgotten how her friend had cheated and told Hunter about her whereabouts just to win the bet.

"Lower your voice," She hissed, "He might be pissed, but do I care? No!"

Lina grinned as she cracked her knuckles and focused back on the screen, "Alright... let’s see what happened here."

Lines of code flashed across the screen, "Strange. Security isn’t as tight. Either they trust their system too much... or they’re just lazy."

"Or maybe you’re hell genius," Sienna unwrapped the chocolate wrapper and took a bite, "Are you in?"

"I am... I just hope it’s not messy."

Sienna’s gaze stayed on the laptop where Lina was opening another folder. After a few minutes, Lina’s fingers slowed and then stopped.

She scrunched her nose as she looked at the laptop screen.

"What?" Sienna straightened when she noticed the shift in her expression. Lina was clicking a video again and again, rewinding it and watching it.

"Weird..." Lina whispered, not moving her gaze away from the screen.

"What’s weird? Tell me."

Lina moved her laptop slightly towards herself, "Your footage..."

Sienna narrowed her eyes, "What about it?"

Lina kept typing without stopping, "I can’t see it here. It’s gone."

"What!"

"This clip. Look at it. It’s choppy... showing the photographers and the business associates. But the time when you were supposed to show up... it’s not there. The camera shows Tom directly after that."

Lina now turned the laptop toward her. Sienna watched the clips and found herself in the end when Hunter’s shirt was over her head.

Her face was covered while the video showed Hunter’s handsome body.

"It’s already deleted," Lina said with a sigh and closed her laptop, "Whoever he is. He did a clean job. They knew exactly what they were doing."

For a moment, Sienna stared at her closed laptop. She thought for a moment and then held Lina’s arm, "Hey. What about Nora? Did you check her tab? We removed the password last time? Remember?"

Lina raised a brow and then opened her laptop. She kept typing quickly and then paused, "Well, well, well. Look at that!" A slow smile spread across her face.

Sienna moved her chair closer, "What are we looking at?"

"Her tab was accessed after office closing time."

"Wow!" Sienna whispered with a chuckle, "Our plan worked. Ruby did exactly what we wanted her to do."

Lina chuckled and pulled a strand of Sienna’s hair, "Now pick up your phone and order something good from Joe’s. I’m hungry."

Sienna got up with a big grin and started searching for her phone, "Where is it?" She mumbled to herself.

The next moment, there was a knock on the door, and then it opened.

"Your phone and your charger," Hunter’s hand poked through the doorway, "They were sitting on the couch," then his face popped in as well, "Hey, Li. What’s up!"

Lina waved at him and looked at Sienna, who took the charger, and then whispered something to Hunter.

She had never seen Sienna this happy and could see Hunter’s eyes fixed on her friend’s face, though he wore dark shades.

But it was obvious. Too obvious.

She needed to look into him, too. Or Sienna might end up hurting herself.