Shamrock: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

Author:Janie Crouch [Crouch, Janie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Calamity Jane Publishing
Published: 2018-12-03T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 15

There was only so much a man could take. A line where he snapped. A great deal of his Special Forces training had been spent learning how to push that line as far back as possible.

But when Violet’s fingers reached for the hem of the T-shirt covering her body and began pulling it off, Aiden found his line very clearly.

He’d given her every possible out. She was young—so impossibly young, for God’s sake she’d just woken up hungover for the first time—and he’d been trying to do the right thing, trying to explain he’d take it slow.

But now she’d made her choice. He hadn’t been lying when he said he respected her. But respect didn’t necessarily mean keeping his distance. Respect also involved agreeing that she knew her mind better than anyone else did. If she wanted him, he wasn’t going to say no.

He wrapped his hands under that lush ass that had kept him hard for more hours than he could count and stood, bringing her up with him. Her arms wrapped around his neck and her legs looped around his waist. He couldn’t wait one more second, even if Mrs. Mazille had somehow figured out how to peer into his back porch from down the street. He kissed Violet.

It was the opposite in every possible way from the kiss they’d shared at the auction. That kiss had been so much more than just an excuse to slip the tracker on her, but it had been laden with the ugliness of the situation. She’d been frightened, hurt, and trapped, and even though she’d known Aiden wasn’t one of the bad guys, she hadn’t truly had the ability to withhold her permission.

He had never in his life kissed or touched a woman who hadn’t given her explicit consent. His partners had not only been consensual, but enthusiastic. Except for Violet, in that situation.

She hadn’t tried to get away from him, but she hadn’t had much choice in what was happening to her at the time.

So feeling her lips latch on to his own with such passion now eased something in Aiden he hadn’t even been aware was hurting. The fear that maybe somewhere inside her mind, she would associate him with her abusers.

But not now, not here. Here the playing field was equal. They were both free to search and take and do whatever felt right and good.

And, holy Jesus, her lips felt right and good.

He held her with one arm and opened the door inside with the other. He was only a step into his living room when her lips wrapped around his tongue and began sucking. That sent his mind to other places he would like those lips wrapped around.

He slammed her back against the wall next to the door. There was no way in hell he was going to make it all the way upstairs if she kept that up.

“I hope you meant it about hard and dirty,” he said against her mouth. “Because that’s just about all I’m capable of right now.

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