Sin for Me by Jackie Ashenden

Author:Jackie Ashenden [Ashenden, Jackie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2017-03-28T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Gideon clenched his hands into fists, watching Zoe disappear down the corridor, the door to the alleyway slamming shut after her.

He didn’t understand why he was so fucking angry.

He’d gotten up to see what was wrong because she’d obviously left the table for a reason and he had a good idea what that reason was: the reality of what was happening between them being slammed home by the comments of the others.

It was his own fault. He should have talked to her earlier and he hadn’t. So he’d followed to her to try to calm her the hell down because if she wasn’t careful, the others would guess what was up and he didn’t need that on his plate as well.

Except he hadn’t expected her distress to kick him in the guts like that. There had been hurt in her eyes and he’d fallen back into big brother mode, wanting to help her, do something to make her feel better the way he usually did. Yet he couldn’t do that now, not when the thing that was going to make her feel better was the thing that he’d known, as soon as she’d said it, he couldn’t give her. It hurt him in some obscure way he hadn’t expected, which was stupid. He’d only given her the reality she’d asked for, plus plenty of warnings about what it was going to mean. It wasn’t his fault she hadn’t been prepared for it.

His dominant, possessive streak growled, telling him to go take what was his. That she couldn’t walk away from him and he wasn’t going to let her.

So he turned, striding down the corridor after her.

He’d given her distance all day. Time for another lesson on what being his lover meant.

The alleyway outside was narrow and dark, a Dumpster down one end of it. The concrete under his feet was pitted and all his senses went into high alert. This was the place where everything had changed for Levi and Rachel. This was also the place he’d had that waitress up against the wall while Zoe, little Zoe, had watched him.

In fact, there she was, in that same exact place, leaning up against the wall in a darker part of the alley. Her arms were crossed over her chest, her gaze pinned to his, waiting for him. The expression on her face was guarded and stubborn, yet there was a softness to her mouth, the way there always was when she cared deeply about something.

“What the hell do you want from me?” he growled, stalking over to her. “I gave you what you asked for and this is the reality, Zoe. If you don’t like it, you know what to do.”

The lenses of her glasses flashed in the dim light as she lifted her chin, her head against the brick of the building at her back. “You always treat your lovers like shit then?”

Anger flared inside him. “Of course not. You should know me better than that.”

“No, actually, and I think that’s the problem, Gideon.

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