Pop and Pour: A Grumpy Hero Small Town Romance (Grado Valley Vineyards) by Bella Michaels

Author:Bella Michaels [Michaels, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946510877
Publisher: Altiora Press
Published: 2022-08-14T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

cosimo

In terms of inappropriate things you could say to an employee, that was a doozy. Not like we hadn’t had pretty women working at Grado before. But never, not even when I was in high school, had I found myself unable to separate the person from the position.

“I’m sorry—”

“Do it.”

We talked at the same time. Which was why I needed Brooke to repeat herself. “Excuse me?”

“Do it,” she said again. This time, her words were crystal clear.

“Brooke, I can’t,” I said with a headful of regret. “We agreed not even a half hour ago it was a really bad fucking idea.”

“We did,” she admitted, setting the glass aside and jumping from the stool. With every step she took, I could feel myself getting harder and harder. I could feel the noose of my parents’ expectations tightening.

But most of all, I could feel Brooke, even though we weren’t touching. She was close enough. If I reached out, she’d be in my arms.

“I’ll be leaving in two months,” she said.

“But this is still incredibly inappropriate.”

“Agreed.”

We were at an impasse. Then, out of nowhere, Brooke reached up and clasped the rim of my glasses. With a deft hand, she pulled them off. Which wasn’t at all what I’d been expecting.

“I’ve always wondered what you would look like without them.”

Every fiber of my being wanted to grab Brooke by both shoulders and kiss her so hard her lips would look like she’d been kissed from even half a mile away.

“And?” I asked.

“I didn’t think it was possible you could get any hotter.”

Screw it.

I closed the small gap between us, reached for the back of Brooke’s neck, and pulled her into me. The first touch of our lips was mind-blowing. It shouldn’t have been anything more than a kiss. Two people whose lips met, whose mouths simultaneously opened for each other. Whose tongues immediately tangled.

I used the leverage of my hand to draw her closer, as if such a thing was possible. Her soft moan undid me. Brooke’s hands, suddenly on both of my arms, elicited a groan of my own. One that told her I wanted this, even if I shouldn’t have. One that made her open even more for me.

Our kiss wasn’t gentle at all. It hinted at a passion between us that was anything but contained. Fucking her would not be soft and sweet. It wouldn’t be slow and sensual. If this kiss was any indication, it would be explosive. All-consuming.

“So I’m guessing this is a bad time?”

Just as I was about to slide my free hand down to Brooke’s ass, and pull her into me, to have her feel how much I wanted her right now, the voice dumped an ice-filled bucket on us both. I stepped away, but the damage was done.

Fuck.

Brooke looked between us, recognition replacing confusion as the newcomer strolled past wine barrel tables toward us.

I wanted to bury my face in my hands, kick the bar in front of me and curse, badly, all at once. Instead, I said, “Brooke, I’d like you to meet my brother Marco.

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