Forbidden (The Soul Mates Book 4) by Victoria Johns

Author:Victoria Johns [Johns, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-22T16:00:00+00:00

Jack Griggs

“Another?”

I nodded at my brother’s suggestion and waited for the bar maid to hand me the beer bottle. “Romantic weekend cut short then, eh?”

“Welcome to my world and the world of kids. You know what, you pray for fucking five minutes alone time every day. I’m sick to death of having to take a shit with the door open, just in case. I don’t even get any peace then, but the minutes we got away, it felt like I’d hacked my arm off and left it somewhere.”

I paid attention to my brother’s emotions as he explained himself and I knew he was more than pleased to be home. “I thought it was Rebecca’s idea to come back?”

“It was. I kept her away long enough for her to actually get a full night’s sleep and a little something-something, then faked a strop and happily let her drag me out of there.”

“Liv was fine. She’s a good kid but has a radioactive butt. Something else she gets from her dad.” I laughed. My brother grinned, too, and in one of those moments that reminded me he was my true other half, we clinked bottles together.

Their arrival home was seriously untimely. Carly and I needed to get on the same page with what was going on with us and now that was delayed. I was certain we could make a go of it, but today held a lot of reminders of the damage we’d cause if our secret became real life. I needed to make sure we handled that with care.

My cell vibrated in my pocket and I tried not to panic when I saw Carly’s name appear, but my panicky fumble sent it spiraling to the bar top. Jake went to grab it, too, but I got there first and turned it face down, trying to get my shit together.

“You need to get that?”

“Nope.”

His face changed from confused to intrigued, and I had to head him off at the pass. The phone was still there between us like an elephant in the room and it was making me edgy. He knew it, too. “For fuck’s sake, answer it.”

“It can wait. Just a girl.” When the words left my mouth, I hated them. They felt all sour and wrong.

“Serious?”

“Brother, have you met her?” I asked with a raised eyebrow, dragging my game back in play. “Exactly. Not serious.”

“I worry about you,” he finally admitted. I wondered how much of him coming home had to do with getting the chance to talk to me. We both knew I’d been avoiding him.

“Don’t. I’m good.”

I saw his shoulders sag. He understood I wouldn’t be opening up and having the heart to heart he was hoping for tonight. “Well, if it’s not serious, I’m setting you up. Got a friend on the force who’s working near the college. We went through the academy together.”

This was the last thing I needed or wanted. My fucking head was all over the place and throwing another woman into the mix would not help.

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