The Chase by Adrienne Giordano

Author:Adrienne Giordano [Giordano, Adrienne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-01-16T13:00:00+00:00

The microwave dinged, but Jo kept her forehead pressed into Gabe’s chest. If she could just stand here like this, letting him hold her, maybe the chill, that paralyzing freeze that had soaked into her, would disappear.

Not that she’d ever needed a man to chase away her demons, but this was an unusual circumstance. For one night, she’d like to let someone take care of her. To allow her to be vulnerable without it turning into a power play.

Tomorrow she’d be herself again. She’d be the woman who wasn’t afraid to break rules to make a difference. Tomorrow she’d wake up and the person who sent that hand would experience how tough Jo Pomeroy could be. She’d find the sick bastard and make sure justice was served.

Tomorrow.

Tonight she needed a taste of euphoria to even out her fried edges and obliterate the recurring vision of that hand tumbling out of the box.

Tonight she’d allow herself to be weak.

She gripped his T-shirt again. “Are you going to help me forget about that hand or not? I know you want to.”

Unless the erection poking her belly was an apparition, he really wanted to.

“This is unfair.”

Leave it to her to find the one man on the planet who wanted to be a good guy and fight an opportunity to have sex.

She stepped back and held her hands up. “I see what you’re doing here. You’re trying to be a stand-up guy. I appreciate that, but I know you’re not a pig.”

He snorted. “Thanks so much for that stunning observation.”

“I call ‘em like I see ‘em, big boy. Here’s what I propose. We’ll have dinner. A dinner that is probably now cold again, but whatever. We’ll have dinner, have a glass of wine, I’ll tell you about the lacy red bra I’m wearing—”

“Are you fucking kidding me?” he shouted. “That is totally unfair.”

“I know. But you’re a man, and men are easy when it comes to sex. Trust me, you’ll see this bra and you’ll give in. Laws of nature.” She handed him the platter sitting on the stove. “Take this to the table while I get dishes.”

He marched to the dining area grumbling about manipulation and trickery. If he thought this was manipulation, wait until she got him naked. “Sergeant, you ain’t seen nothing yet.”

From the dining area, he laughed, but not his normal laugh. This one was low and tight. Frustrated. “You know what? Forget it. You’re on, Jo.”

He stormed back to the kitchen, pushed her against the wall and kissed her. Her mind exploded, every nerve ending sending signals. Here. Not here. Yes. No. All at once they hit her, but she wrapped her arms around him and held on while his kisses incinerated her. Literally fried her mind. No more deep freeze, that’s for sure.

Then his hands were under her shirt in search of the red lace she’d promised.

“There it is,” he said. He lifted her shirt, pulled it over her head and tossed it on the counter. His gaze zeroed in on the bra and he grinned.

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