Bad Boy's Heart: A Firemen in Love Series Novella by Starling Amy

Author:Starling,Amy [Starling,Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-22T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9 - Carter

Watching Alicia get ready for bed was a treat and torture both.

“Ugh. I hate getting dressed up.” She kicked off her heels with a sigh. “No wonder I never got into the club scene. Bleached hair, manicured nails, and a fake tan just aren't for me.”

“Then it's a damn good thing you look beautiful just the way you are.”

She studied me in the mirror as I brushed my teeth. I didn't mean to hit on her, but how could I help it?

“I appreciate you trying to flatter me, but I highly doubt I look good with no makeup and dark circles under my eyes.”

She went into the bathroom to change clothes – door shut, sadly – and emerged wearing a tank top and gray cotton shorts.

All right, that did it. She was trying to punish me now. How could I sleep tonight without this woman in my arms?

“Four more days of this,” she murmured, checking the vacation plans on her phone. “Tomorrow, we're visiting my grandparents at their house for dinner. Think you can keep up the husband act?”

“Mmm, I don't know. We still haven't consummated this marriage, if you know what I mean. That'd make it a lot easier for me to get into character.”

That knocked her speechless. Maybe I was overstepping my bounds, sure. And she'd probably get pissed off at me all over again.

But she was already pretty mad, so I figured taking a chance with her wouldn't hurt.

“Y-you're joking, aren't you?”

I didn't say anything. I couldn't talk, anyway. Was too busy staring at her curvy ass as it bounced in those stretchy shorts.

The vibe was weird between us all of a sudden. It mostly started at the club, when she freaked out at all the girls hanging on me.

What she didn't know was I never had any interest in them. It was her I had my eye on the whole time.

That's why when those guys put the moves on her, something broke inside of me. It infuriated me.

Because I wanted her all for myself.

Figured if she was gonna torment me, I'd do the same back, so I sprawled out on the futon and peeled off my shirt.

“What do you think you're doing?” She fumbled with the coffee pot, but didn't take her eyes off me.

“Not sure what you mean,” I said, resting a hand on my stomach, drawing her gaze right where I wanted it. “You don't expect me to sleep with my clothes on, do you?”

Adorably flustered yet again, she pretended to be organizing the things in her suitcase. It took a lot of willpower not to go up and hug her from behind.

“I can't believe you did that. At Captiva.”

That wasn't exactly the answer I'd been hoping for. Still, she needed to get something off her chest. Maybe I did too.

“You're not going to let that go, are you?”

She slammed her bag shut. “I don't understand you. First, you encourage me to go out and have fun. The second I start talking with someone, you flip out and run them off like you're my overprotective father.

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