Paranormal's Love 11 - Hot-Blooded Alligator by Charlie Richards

Author:Charlie Richards
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781487402167
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Collin felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up, and he knew Tristan watched him. When he’d seen the man sitting at the table with a few other men that he knew were shifters, too, he’d frozen. His gut had done a couple of summersaults as blood flowed south, plumping his dick to half-mast.

Then, he’d remembered why he was in Wren’s diner in the first place...to meet his family while on his lunch hour.

Walking away from the sexy man, when all he wanted to do was slide in and shoot the shit with him and the rest of the guys, had been damn difficult. Now he had to suffer through a family meal while the man he’d fucked sat just a short distance away watching...and Collin couldn’t even acknowledge him.

This is why I don’t fuck people in town. Too damn complicated.

Still, Collin couldn’t deny, at least to himself, that for the first time in a long time, he wished things were different.

Pulling away from his mother, Collin put the thought out of his mind. He greeted everyone with a, “Hey, guys,” and a nod. Then, his mother pointed toward an empty seat between his youngest sister, Clarisa, and a woman he didn’t know.

“Hey, little brother,” Tania greeted from across the table. “That’s my friend, Emily.”

Collin turned to the brunette and nodded. “Nice to meet you,” he greeted as he pulled out his seat and settled onto it.

“And you,” Emily replied, smiling coyly. “Tania has told me so much about you,” she said, placing her hand on his forearm where he’d settled it on the table. “I feel like I already know you.”

Oh fucking shit, no!

Collin clenched his jaw as he glanced over at Tania. His sister smiled smugly. Yeah, she knew exactly what she was doing. Damn matchmakers. His family, the whole lot of them, tried to set him up at every opportunity.

Fending off their attempts was fucking exhausting. And now, they’d done it right in front of his lover...a shifter lover who thought he was his mate. His heart thudded in his chest as anger surged through him.

Forcing a smile he didn’t feel, Collin used the action of picking up a menu to dislodge Emily’s hand. He gave her a small smile as he stated, “Tania always liked telling stories.”

“She does,” Emily gushed. “She told me about the time you stopped a robbery at the market and took a knife through your thigh.” She reached down as if to touch his upper thigh where the jagged gash had once been and now a scar remained. “So very brave,” she crooned.

Collin grabbed her hand before she could touch him. Smiling tightly, he stated, “I’m still on the clock, Emily. Officers have a policy against engaging in open displays while on duty.” Okay, so it was more like an unwritten rule, but still, it had saved him more than once from allowing his family’s chosen ladies free rein of touching him.

“Oh, shame,” Emily replied softly. Then she smiled in a way that would probably make a straight man drool.

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