Sting by Jennifer Ryder

Author:Jennifer Ryder [Ryder, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781508483656
Amazon: B00TVU8M2S
Barnesnoble: B00TVU8M2S
Goodreads: 23200287
Publisher: Jennifer Ryder
Published: 2015-02-16T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

RYAN

I left the coffee house thinking what the fuck?

What did I do? Something felt off. Willow was short with me. She seemed, I don’t know, flat? When a smile came to her lips, it didn’t hang around for long. It never made those little crinkles at the sides of her blue eyes.

I was planning a lazy trip to a secluded beach with her after sunset, but now, on second thoughts, I’m gonna have to lift my game. Maybe it’s more a problem of what I haven’t done that’s the issue.

I haven’t taken her out on a real date.

Dinner and wine. I’m an arse. In my defence, it’d be a stretch to even remember the last time I took a girl on one. A real fucking stretch. College maybe?

Three raps on the door alert me to Mick’s arrival.

We go through some more pics, and make a few calls to make sure the wire-tap we requested yesterday is in place. Unfortunately, no new intel from the guys at the airport, or from the existing wire taps. Sometimes the waiting is a fucking killer.

“So, how’s it going with little Blondie?” he asks, and strokes his beard.

I nod. “Good. We’re really good.”

“That’s great.

“Yeah, it is.”

“Just out of interest, does she grill you about shit?”

What does he care? I can certainly manage the questions. Is he worried I might let something slip?

“Nope. Not that I’m any relationship guru, but it’s like we have this mutual understanding. She doesn’t pry, and neither do I. I get the feeling there’s some heavy shit in her past, and I get that she’s trying to move on from that.”

“Sounds like you’ve found yourself a unicorn.”

“What the fuck?”

“You know: a mythical creature that most people think don’t exist.”

“How the fuck is Willow a unicorn?”

“Seems to be the whole package if you ask me.”

“She is.” I’m a lucky son-of-a-bitch.

“Hey, can I ask you something?” Christ, I feel like I’m about to emasculate myself. Because if anyone knows, it’s this guy.

“Shoot.”

“How did you make the job and a relationship work?”

“You know it didn’t end well, but I was already married before I started undercover, so I guess it was easier. The wife knew I couldn’t tell her things and she knew not to ask. When I was away for smaller jobs we seemed to manage okay with the time apart, but when I was gone for long stints, and she couldn’t contact me, that’s when shit got strained.”

“Yeah, I get that.”

The niggling feeling in my gut gets my attention. I can barely go a day without my Blondie fix. If I couldn’t see Willow for weeks, or months, how would I manage?

“I just made the time I had with her special. Let her know I appreciated her.” He rakes his fingers back through his hair and sighs. “But I never had to break it to someone, what I did for a job. Not sure I’d know how to handle that. It’d have to be someone pretty special though. I’d imagine you’d have to be pretty clear.

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