The Some Like It Hot Series Box Set by Erika Wilde

Author:Erika Wilde
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Erika Wilde
Published: 2020-07-21T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Cole entered the reception area, a new client report in hand for Melodie to type up, and frowned when he found the surface of her desk cleared for the evening and Noah standing by the front door staring out the window.

“Hey, where’s Melodie?” he asked as he dropped the five-page report into her in-basket, thinking she’d most likely run out to get a bite to eat since it was only five fifteen.

Noah turned and headed back toward her desk, his expression way too pensive for Cole’s peace of mind. “I’m not sure you really want to know,” his brother replied wryly.

Cole frowned, an ominous feeling settling in the pit of his stomach. “Why wouldn’t I want to know?”

“Let me put it this way. Melodie’s not thrilled about all the women you’ve been interviewing while you’ve been ignoring her, and she’s decided that she wants to have fun and meet men who’ll show her a good time and treat her like a real woman. Her words, not mine.”

Cole rubbed his temples, where a slow throb was making itself known. “That doesn’t tell me where she is,” he persisted.

“She asked me where she could go to meet men,” Noah replied matter-of-factly. “So, I told her about Paxton’s.”

Noah had sent her off to a trendy nightclub by herself? Images flashed through Cole’s mind, taunting him. Melodie dancing with other men. Melodie drinking and letting go of inhibitions. The situation was too ripe for sex and sin, and Cole was furious that Noah had encouraged her interest.

“Why the hell would you go and do something stupid like that?” he barked.

Noah lifted a dark brow at his insult. “Give me more credit than that, Cole. It was the smartest move I could make considering how intent she was on going somewhere, with or without my help. She made it abundantly clear that if I didn’t suggest a nightclub for her to go to, she’d find one on her own. I figured this way you’d know exactly where she was, and you could go and keep an eye on her.”

Cole jammed his hands on his hips. “What makes you think I want to keep an eye on her?”

“Maybe you don’t, then.” Noah stared at him for a long, penetrating moment, then gave him a too-pleasant smile. “She’s a big girl, so she can take care of herself, and she’s a consenting adult and can do whatever she wants, with whomever she wants.”

Cole’s blood pressure spiked a few notches at the thought of Melodie doing anything with another man. He released a harsh exhale, torn between letting her go to Paxton’s unchaperoned to get the experience out of her system, and heeding Richard’s heartfelt request. You’re the only one I trust to keep an eye on her, he’d said.

Without further internal debate, Cole knew what he had to do—what he would do—because he’d made a promise to Richard, and if anything happened to Melodie he’d carry that blame with him for the rest of his life.

“Fuck,”

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