Dirty Little Lies: A Men of Summer Novel by Lora Leigh

Author:Lora Leigh [Leigh, Lora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250101525
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2016-08-29T18:00:00+00:00

chapter fourteen

He was dressed when she awoke.

Like a cat burglar.

Black pants, shirt, and boots. Leaning against the wall, with the low light on the bed table casting long, sinister shadows around him as he stared at her silently. The expression on his face was pensive in the low light—brooding, perhaps.

“Well, I’m going to guess the postcoital bliss has passed,” she stated, sitting up in the bed and staring around the darkened bedroom.

The fact that she was still naked, not quite awake nor entirely focused, wasn’t lost on her.

But he was entirely too focused now. And that wasn’t a good sign.

“Something’s come up—I have to leave the house for a while.”

Something came up, huh? More like someone was desperate to run.

“Then go.” She waved him to the door. “Why wait until I woke?”

“Que and Garret will be in the house, along with two Brigham agents, Calli and Lobo. You’ll be safe until I get back.” And his expression never changed.

Sawyer had warned her not to love Zack. He should have warned her years ago.

“Fine. Why are you waiting, then? Just leave already.” So she could cry or rage or shower or something. So she’d be alone to process this emotional roller coaster.

Instead, he was just standing there.

“What, Zack?” she demanded, keeping her voice low. “What are you waiting for?”

“I forgot to wear a condom,” he told her, the unemotional tone of his voice giving little clue to how he might feel about it.

She was guessing he wasn’t pleased by that tidbit of information. And she’d be damned if she knew what to feel about it herself.

“I see.” She cleared her throat uncomfortably. “I gather that doesn’t happen often?”

She should have guessed, she told herself. It was okay to fuck a Maddox, but the risk of a lifetime connection to one was quite another story. Especially a connection involving a child.

“First time,” he admitted, sliding his hands into the black slacks he wore, his gaze revealing little.

She nodded, holding the sheet to her breasts as the ache in her heart refused to abate. “Well, isn’t it a good thing I don’t leave it to my partners to keep me from getting pregnant.” Flipping the blanket back, she slid her legs from the mattress before rising. “No worries at all. Though I’d do something about that faulty memory of yours. It could end up getting you in trouble at some point.”

Zack watched as she strode from the bedroom—chin lifted, her expression composed despite her anger—and restrained a sigh. Not that he could blame her for being offended. Wasn’t that what he’d intended?

“True.” Straightening from the wall, he followed her from the bedroom, unable to keep from staring at the bare, sensual curve of her ass.

She did have a pretty ass. Perfectly curved with just enough plumpness to tempt a man’s hands and his common sense.

“Stop staring at my ass, Zack,” she ordered as she paused at the dresser, pulled open a drawer, and removed a pair of sexy silk panties and some outfit that looked soft and far too loose for her delicate frame.

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