New Recruit by Em Petrova

Author:Em Petrova [Petrova, Em]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erotic Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Hartwood Publishing
Published: 2016-03-03T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Hanna clung to the side of the rock wall, her damp fingers digging into the plastic hold. A rivulet of sweat slid into the corner of her eye, and she blinked at the sting. When she’d come here to climb, she’d hoped the rush of being thirty feet in the air would erase the past two days she’d spent with Jagger.

But no, she found herself thinking about him with every damn move she made. Using her calf muscle, she lifted herself another two inches to reach for the next hold.

I shouldn’t have shown him where I live. Since then he’d become a permanent fixture in her apartment. Sure, as well as being an amazing lover, he’d brought her breakfast in bed. He was neat in the bathroom and didn’t seem to leave his clothes and shoes lying around for her to trip over.

But the point was, she didn’t want a man in her life. If he came over once in a while to fuck her into oblivion, that was fine. But… Who was she kidding? There was no but. Fact was, she liked rolling over and seeing his bearded jaw against her sheets.

And seeing him walk through her apartment was a real-life porno. The man didn’t walk—he strutted. His bigness swallowed her space, which might be annoying if he didn’t have anything but looks to fall back on. Why did he have to be smart and witty too? They’d had an entire conversation about her current nonprofit work project, and he’d actually offered a few ideas that might work for that case.

Besides being awesome in bed, he was handy outside of it. Hell, he’d fixed the loose cable wire that had been driving her batty for a month.

Her muscles trembled from exertion, but she was getting to the freaking top of this wall if it killed her. She hoisted herself up and swung her foot to the next hold. At the bottom, her spotter called a bit of praise. Hanna bit down on her lower lip and moved across the wall.

Why couldn’t she shake Jagger? The fireman was constantly in her mind. After a weekend with him, she was far too close. Distance—she needed distance.

Can’t get much higher than this. She stole a peek at the top about six feet away. Two more holds and she’d reach it.

Her spotter called for her to try a route to her left. Great—she wasn’t as agile moving left. The left side of her body didn’t have as much strength, and it was harder for her to navigate that way. Still, if he said she should go left, she would.

She released her hold and reached. With her fingertips grazing the protrusion she needed to grasp, she fought to control her breathing. More sweat poured into her eye, and she growled in annoyance.

Don’t lose focus. You’ve got this.

She did. She clamped her fingers around the hold and moved her foot.

The world fell out from under her. She gasped, suddenly swinging in the air. She threw her head back and roared with frustration as her spotter slowly lowered her to the ground.

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