Burnout (NYPD Blue & Gold) by Tee O'Fallon

Author:Tee O'Fallon [O'Fallon, Tee]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Select Suspense, Contemporary, big city, Law Enforcement, cop, mistaken identity, protector, Sexy cop, Romantic Suspense, small town, tortured hero, Secrets, Romance, NYPD, running from their past, Entangled, bait and switch
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-06-12T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Mike leaned back on the pillows he’d propped against the iron headboard. The smell of melting cheese and something spicy drifted into the bedroom, and downstairs a pot banged from whatever Cassie was cooking in the kitchen.

Beside the bed, Raven lay curled up on the rug. When Cassie had gone downstairs, Mike couldn’t take the dog’s whining and pawing at the door, so he’d let her in the room. At least for a little while, until he ate and replenished his strength for round two of the most mind-blowing sex a guy could ever wish for.

Jesus H. Christ.

Cassie had more energy than a triathlete. Making love to her had been goddamn life-altering, and he couldn’t wait to do it again. Well into the morning, if she’d let him. He’d be dragging his ass tomorrow during the picnic, but it would be worth it.

He glanced at the small alarm clock on the bedside table next to him. Midnight. No wonder he was starving, he hadn’t eaten since lunch. He clasped his hands behind his head and breathed in the flowery scent that followed Cassie everywhere. He’d never be able to think of flowers the same way again. Not after inhaling the scent of lilacs while she’d ripped his shirt apart and practically jumped his bones in her kitchen.

He chuckled, and Raven raised her sleek black head to stare at him.

“Your mama sure is a handful,” he said to the dog. And one incredible woman.

He ran his hand over his scar. Until Cassie, he’d never told anyone about that night, except for whatever facts he could remember for the police report. He’d never talked about how it ate him up inside. Not to his buddies, not to the department shrink, and not to his family. No one.

Despite having a severe case of cop-itis when they’d first met, Cassie had an innate, compassionate understanding of his job. It was part of the special package that was Cassie. Beautiful. Sexy. Intelligent and intuitive beyond words. She’d dragged things out of him no one else could. Except for his history with Elaine. That disgraceful part of his life he’d sooner take to his grave. Talking about it would reopen a deep gash that would probably never stop bleeding.

He eased his head deeper into the pillow and stared at the ceiling. As for the domestic call he’d botched, the pain would never completely go away, he knew that. But maybe he could get to the point where it didn’t kick the shit out of him every day. Before now he hadn’t cared, preferring to live with the misery he felt he deserved. Now he had a reason to care.

Cassie.

So much for never getting close to a woman again. Cassie’s so damn close, she’s crawled under my skin and begun chipping away at that worthless muscle inside my chest.

He wanted her in his life. Problem was he couldn’t do it without owning up to the past. Without forgiving himself. Until then, he’d never be able to move on with his life or let anyone else into it.

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