Lovers and Other Strangers Box Set: The Boston Stories by L.C. Giroux

Author:L.C. Giroux
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: L.C. Giroux
Published: 2012-10-07T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

He took her in to work which probably wasn't the best idea because she was like blood in a shark tank. It would have been comical to watch if he weren't going crazy every time a guy found some idiotic reason to come over to his desk and chat her up. She thought it was funny at first but as the morning wore on Joseph was getting grumpier and starting to growl like a big mean dog. Which of course made her want to purr like a kitten. He had called the security guys and they had discussed with her what they thought they could do. It wasn't going to be cheap but she had to admit she felt safer with the idea of it being there. Spending the morning at his place of work let her know exactly what he did too.

When she had asked him about it he'd just said Victims' Services, which made things clear as mud. Now she understood, the kinds of things he'd done for her he did for other people that had had something nasty happen to them. One case he was working with, a family had their house targeted by some drug dealers who basically destroyed all their stuff. Joseph was able to help them get the services they needed, even got the kids some clothes since most of theirs had been burned. He was working with the parents to get back on their feet too. She figured if he had his wish he'd rather do regular cop stuff but he was good at this too and it meant he wasn't getting shot at anymore.

When the last guy left Joseph's desk, she suggested lunch anywhere but there. He smiled at her with that silly boyish grin of his and made her turn all gooey inside.

"I've been force-feeding you Italian so why don't I take you to a Belgian place, not fancy, but the food is good. Did you call Rayna?"

"Sounds good, although I don't think a couple of dinners counts as force-feeding and I have loved everything you've made. As far as Rayna, she said she'd be in the studio all afternoon. We can go there after lunch if you're free."

She loved eating with him. Besides the pleasure he got from getting her to try new things, he just enjoyed her eating and always made it into something luxurious and sensual. Today was no different. They were having fancy grilled cheese sandwiches and french fries but the sandwiches were Croque Monsieurs and the fries, Frites with a garlicy mayonnaise. Only Joseph could make that meal sexy but he kept dipping the frites in the aoli and feeding her like she was some precious pet. He even got her to drink beer which wasn't her thing but went perfectly with the food.

"So the guys at work seem nice?"

"Shame most of them will be dead soon."

"What! Wait, are you being jealous?"

"Maybe, a little, okay, I am. But... you're mine. Let them get their own girls.

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