Semi-Sane: (an adult paranormal romance) (Harper Hall Investigations Book 5) by Isabel Jordan

Author:Isabel Jordan [Jordan, Isabel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Harper Hall Investigations #5
Publisher: Isabel Jordan
Published: 2017-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Over the next hour, Nikolai was a study in patience and tolerance.

He listened politely to Jeff’s rambling stories about his co-workers at the elementary school where he taught math. He didn’t get irritated when Dalia took every possible opportunity to grope him (“Oh, you’ve got a piece of schmutz on your jacket. Here, let me rub that off for you. Ha! Rub that off. See what I did there? It’s a play on ‘rub one off’?”) He made sure everyone at the table—even the stiffs—had fresh drinks whenever they wanted them. And he did it all while looking fuck hot and surreptitiously surveying the room for possible threats to her safety.

In short, Nikolai was the perfect wedding date. It was like he was going for some kind of wedding date sainthood, as a matter of fact.

Violet leaned toward him and asked, “Any signs of trouble?”

He rested an arm on the back of her chair and shook his head. “None,” he said quietly. “Except your mother keeps giving me really strange looks I can’t interpret.”

Violet raised a brow. “I’m in my early thirties, unmarried, and I show up at a wedding with a guy who looks like you. There’s nothing to interpret. To her, you’re walking sperm, heaven-sent to give her grandchildren.” She shrugged. “Sorry.”

He should just be happy her mother had been too busy helping the event coordinators make sure everything was perfect for Rose’s reception to spend too much time at their table. Violet could only imagine the kinds of embarrassing questions her mother would grill them with.

His answering smirk would’ve weakened her knees if she’d been standing. “What about you, kotehok? Tell me the truth. The whole stalking and attempted murder was a ploy to get me where you really want me, wasn’t it?”

The giggle that escaped her was so girlish and embarrassing she clapped a hand over her mouth to keep it from getting any worse.

Nikolai’s pupils dilated as he leaned in closer to her and pulled her hand away from her mouth. He pressed a kiss to her knuckles and the brush of his breath across her skin nearly set her panties on fire.

Holy. Hell.

“I’ve been waiting a lifetime for you to give me that laugh,” he said gruffly. “Don’t deny me.”

I’m done denying you anything.

The words wanted to roll off her tongue, but Violet held them back out of sheer force of habit. What was wrong with her? Why couldn’t she just let go for once and give up the calm, cool façade? Here was this beautiful man, looking at her with his heart in his eyes, being nothing but open and honest with her, even though she knew it was hard for him, and she just couldn’t let herself tell him how she felt about…well, anything, really. It was ridiculous.

She swallowed hard. “Nikolai, I—”

Whatever Violet was going to say was cut off by a shriek she knew all too well. And this time it wasn’t Dalia’s happy-go-lucky, drunken shriek. Nope. It was way worse than that.

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