Positively Criminal by Dymond Mia

Author:Dymond, Mia [Dymond, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: detective, love, contemporary, romance, psychologist, dancer, novelist, domestic violence
Publisher: Mia Dymond, via Smashwords
Published: 2013-02-19T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Giovanni’s Coffee Bistro welcomed them inside with the strong, bitter smell of freshly-brewed coffee, the scent providing just the push Bri needed for encouragement. Her knees still threatened to buckle from the night’s earlier excitement and more than once she’d already considered trading coffee for sex.

But there were things that first needed to be said.

Once seated across the table from Jake in a secluded corner booth, Bri wrapped her hands around her cup as a deterrent to reach for him. As she lifted the cup to her lips and the warm liquid coated her tongue, she found herself at a complete loss for words. Her intended confession would go over about as well as waving a red flag in front of an angry bull, and there was absolutely no way she could outrun him.

She moved her gaze from the top of her cup into his face in the off chance she might catch a hint of what he might be thinking. As usual, those deep, mysterious eyes scanned hers from left to right and back again, taking great care to disguise emotion. She swallowed a mouthful of liquid, gently returned the cup to the table, then reached into her skirt pocket.

She slid the earlier folded bills across the surface. “You paid way too much for tonight’s entertainment.”

Finally, a sly grin graced his features. “I beg to differ.”

“I didn’t do that for money.”

“I know that, Bri. What happened between us in that room was no act.” He chuckled as he pocketed the money. “And you surprised the hell out of me.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. I wasn’t sure my feelings for you were mutual.”

With little effort, her lips split into a smile. Silly man. “Do you remember the first time we met?”

“I’ll never forget.”

“I watched you from behind the curtain before I ever danced. I wondered why such a good looking, confident man would seek female attention at a gentlemen’s club. I was so relieved to discover you were part of a bachelor party. Something about you intrigued me, Jake, something so strong it scared me to death. I couldn’t stop watching you – wanting you.”

“Yet, you were all business.”

“Survival,” she admitted. “Besides you thought I was a stripper. You didn’t know my story.”

“You danced to put yourself through school.”

“How do you know that?”

“Research – payback for the hard-on you left me with.”

“What else did you find on me?”

“Nothing other than your relation to Mabel.”

“And you didn’t tell her?”

“Absolutely not – for your sake and mine. Your disguise had me fooled for a little while, until I saw you the second time at Mabel’s house. You told me I wouldn’t find you at the Velvet Glove again.” His gaze darn near burnt her. “But I did. Twice.”

“I wasn’t planning to return.”

“You’re a successful psychiatrist. You and Liberty speak all over the country. Make me understand, Bri.”

“Business is slow?”

“Try again, and while you’re at it, explain why there was a man at the clinic when I dropped you off after I released you from jail.”

“I told him you’d find out,” she groaned.

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