Riskier Business by Tessa Bailey

Author:Tessa Bailey [Bailey, Tessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: erotic, contemporary romance, line of duty, kristen ashley, laura kaye, police, military
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-01-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Troy positioned himself between Ruby and the group of four men scrutinizing them from across the dim pool hall. His first instinct upon seeing where the match would take place had been to break the speed limit driving her back to Manhattan. Located in a section of Jersey City that hadn’t yet seen the same revitalization as neighboring areas, Mancuso’s didn’t even have a proper sign or entrance. Around the back of an out-of-business furniture store, Mancuso’s was painted sloppily over a dented metal door that let out into an alleyway, where Troy had parked his car. Pool hall was honestly a loose description for what was in reality a basement directly beneath the old furniture store. None of the pool tables matched, and the wooden bar looked so distinctly out of place, Troy had a hunch it had been “borrowed” from somewhere else.

He checked his phone again, in an attempt to distract himself from the fact that Ruby looked completely unfazed by their shady surroundings, reminding him she’d been in this situation too many times to count. Upon entering, she’d tossed the men, one of them an uncle she’d never met, a disinterested glance before screwing her pool stick together, leaning against the wall and promptly looking as bored as possible. Part of him fucking loved her for that. Yet knowing it was an act, the rest of him just wanted to throw her over his shoulder and carry her out of there, damn the consequences.

Seeing that his friends still hadn’t called him with any news, Troy bit back a curse and shoved his phone back into his pocket. Shit. They were running out of time. He reminded himself that Daniel, Brent, and Matt were busting their asses trying to locate Ruby’s mother before this game began, but as time wore on, that possibility seemed less and less likely. The woman had made it damn near impossible to trace her, but as of this evening, they’d been closing in on her. He’d had to leave the station to pick up Ruby, leaving his three friends to put the final pieces together. Thankfully, he didn’t think he could find three more dedicated or capable cops to pick up the slack in his absence.

Troy hoped Jim never showed up. Or at least gave them a little more time to retrieve the information that would render this dangerous game unnecessary. He started to check his phone for the umpteenth time since they’d entered the hall, but the metal door creaked open and slammed, bringing his head up.

His body tensed and he took a step closer to Ruby, but instead of Jim walking through the entrance, Bowen swaggered in. He took in the entire place in one sweeping glance, through an eye Troy had blackened less than forty-eight hours ago.

“He always has to make a damn entrance,” Ruby muttered.

Obviously loving everyone’s focus on him, Bowen shivered dramatically. “It’s colder than a mother-in-law’s heart in here.” He didn’t wait for a reply, but strode toward their side of the hall and sat a short distance away from him and Ruby.

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