Marking What's Mine (A Marksman's Tale Book 1) by Gianni Holmes

Author:Gianni Holmes [Holmes, Gianni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-09-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

I switched off the ignition, and with a sigh leaned back into the headrest of the driver’s seat. I had a knot the size of an ostrich’s egg in my neck. I was grateful to be off work tomorrow, so I would have some time to relax. With the murder investigation of the woman we had found dead leading nowhere, everyone was on high alert. Occurrence of this nature wasn’t the norm in our town, and although it was sad that a life was lost, I hoped the murder was specific to that case. The last thing we needed was a bunch of dead bodies to show up.

I could drive down to Riverside and let off a little steam. I hadn’t had sex in a month, and jerking off to thoughts of fucking Mac didn’t count. Since I couldn’t have him, the next best bet was to drive on out of town and find me a man to chase Mac out of my head. For fuck’s sake, it was already a month, and my attraction had not waned in the least. In fact, it had done the opposite.

With a curse, I got out of the car and entered the house, pausing at the door to listen if Mac was here or not. He had covered a late shift and got off this morning so he would have the day free. Since he wouldn’t report to work until 10PM I could imagine he and Paulie spending the day together. They had become sort of inseparable, but I tried my best to stay out of that relationship, whatever it was.

“Hey, you’re home!” Paulie announced, hurrying down the stairs. “Before you say anything, yes I know it was my turn to cook which I didn’t, but I’m going now to pick us up takeout.”

“Really, Paulie, takeout won’t solve your lack of skills in the kitchen,” I admonished him. “You actually have to spend some time in the kitchen to improve.”

“Or I can admit I just stink and allow it to be somebody else’s problem,” he said, sounding chirpier than usual. He leveled narrowed eyes at me. “Now be truthful. Do you really want me to cook or would you rather I pick us up Italian?”

“Uh…” Italian sounded good, and Paulie really couldn’t cook worth one damn. He was limited to preparing pancakes and eggs for breakfast. On the one hand I wanted to teach him a lesson, but on the other my stomach couldn’t take another of his hard lessons tonight.

“Exactly what I thought,” he said on a laugh. “There’s no problem with admitting weaknesses, you know. I’ll check with Mac and see if he wants to come.”

I groaned. “Can we have one evening without him being here? Are you two dating?”

He paused at the door and frowned at me. “We’re just friends. He’s a pretty cool guy. Why does it bother you so much when he’s here anyway? Is he like a terrible cop or something?”

“No, it’s just that- I just don’t want you to get hurt, Paulie.

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