Guarding Suzannah by Norah Wilson

Author:Norah Wilson
Language: eng
Format: epub

“There's more?”

“You're a beautiful woman, Suzannah. Classy, smart,

sexy, sophisticated. Way out of my league. I know that.

But for a minute there, when I put the brakes on, it didn't

feel like that. It felt like I was taking depriving you of

something you were really stretching for.”

She muttered something that sounded like, “Oh, God.”

His face burned. “Stupid, I know. I can't give you

anything you can't get anywhere, anytime, with a crook of

your little finger. But I just can't shake the –”

“Okay, Detective.” Her voice broke into his, and

suddenly she was on her feet, facing him aggressively.

“I'm only going to say this once, so you'd better listen up.”

His instinct was to stand, too, but he squelched it.

Patience. Going toe to toe with her would accomplish

nothing. Instead, he slouched back in his chair. “I'm

listening.”

“I don't like sex.”

He blinked. “Huh?”

“I don't like it. It's ridiculous, awkward, and ultimately

unfulfilling. It's my fault, I know. I'm just no good at it.”

He heard the words, his brain processed them, but they

didn't make sense. That wasn't the woman he'd held in his

arms last night. “But –”

She held up a hand to stop him. “I know what I'm

talking about, John. It's not like I tried it once and decided

okay, I guess sex isn't for me. I do feel stirrings from time

to time. I am human. And when it seemed like the right

thing to do, the natural progression in a relationship, I

tried it.” She dropped her eyes, twisting the delicate stem

of the now empty wine glass in her hand. “It never got

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Guarding Suzannah – Norah Wilson

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