Spin (Boosted Hearts Book 2) by Sherilee Gray

Author:Sherilee Gray [Gray, Sherilee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sherilee Gray
Published: 2016-07-21T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“It’s a woman, right?” Adam sipped his drink. “Hate to agree with your brother, but this”—he motioned in the general area of Joe’s face—“Oscar the Grouch thing you’ve got going on… Is it ending anytime soon?”

Joe took a pull of his beer, ignoring Adam’s question completely, and glanced across the crowded bar then back, not in the mood for this conversation. “You going to stop fucking anything in a skirt and finally face your shit?”

Adam jerked back like he’d punched him, all lightness vanishing from his expression. “Asshole.”

His friend was right, of course. It was a total asshole move, bringing that shit up. It wasn’t his fault Joe was like a bear with a sore head. He was pissed, at himself, and at Darcey. He still couldn’t believe the risk he’d taken the night before, just to get inside her one more time. But when she’d thrown out that bullshit, instead of just telling him she wanted him, his head had goddamn exploded. The woman had some serious issues, and he could see them, clear as day. Instead of making herself vulnerable, telling him what she wanted, she’d threatened to fuck some other guy to get it. Joe didn’t like playing games—definitely not with her—not when he was pretty sure he’d already fallen for her.

Motherfucker.

What he should do is stay the hell away from her. That would be the logical thing to do. Especially with the shit storm circling them both. But he could no more turn his back on her than he could drown a sack full of kittens. He just…couldn’t walk away.

The woman was tough. She’d had no choice, but she was also goddamn fragile underneath it all. He wanted, more than anything, for her to show that to him, let him see whatever the fuck it was that was hurting her. Because he wanted to be the one to fix it.

The one to protect her.

Shit. Rescue her.

As a kid, he’d spent a lot of years feeling helpless, goddamn useless. Not old enough to help out his mom or Hugh. There’d always been so much anger and pain and financial stress in his home. Hugh had been pissed at their old man, their mother, depressed and crying all the time. Joe hadn’t been old enough to help out like he’d wanted, so he’d taken on the role of court jester. One thing he’d always been good at was making people laugh. Seeing his mom and sister smile made him feel good. Being the goof, the idiot, was a hell of a lot easier than acknowledging what he was going though. He kept his own anger and pain on lockdown. It was worth it to hear his baby sister giggle.

He found himself doing it again with Darcey—wanting to make her laugh, to take away the pain in her eyes.

The difference now, though, was he wasn’t locking down shit. No matter how hard he tried. It was impossible. He ran hot, always had. And Darcey hit every one of his buttons.

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