Vixen - A Midnight Liaisons Novella by Sims Jessica

Author:Sims, Jessica [Sims, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jill Myles
Published: 2013-12-17T22:00:00+00:00

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“That went well,” Jeremiah commented as Miko stalked out of the room.

Sam gave him an angry glare. “She’s being impossible.”

“She’s not the only one.” Jeremiah stood and began to calmly clear the dining room table, even though he was disappointed that she’d left. He always missed her when she wasn’t in the room. Just her presence warmed him. “You told her we were babysitting her. Of course she’s going to get offended.”

Sam raked a hand through his messy hair, and frustration made his jaw clench. “That’s not what I meant to say. I just…hell.” He grabbed a few of the discarded forks and began to toss them onto the plates that Jeremiah held. “She gets to me. I worry about her.”

Jeremiah remained silent, his thoughts caught up with the petite were-fox. He recognized the look on Sam’s face – he wanted Miko for himself. And if he was a good friend, Jere would back down and let Sam have her, because Sam needed a good woman in his life. Except the thought of backing off and seeing her with Sam left him with mixed emotions. He’d be happy for his friend, but Miko…

He couldn’t let her go. Even the thought of backing away left a sour taste in his mouth.

“I want her, Jere.” Sam said in a quiet voice. “And I know you do too.”

Jeremiah swallowed. Thoughts of Miko flashed through his head. Miko, smiling up at him over a hand of cards. Miko with a smudge of graphite on her nose, bent over her art table as she worked on a sketch. Miko, naked and arching up from her chair, her small breasts tight with longing. No, he couldn’t back off. “I do. So the question is, what do we do now?”

Silence hung in the room for a long moment. Neither man had the answer. Trying to quell his own emotions, Jere left the plates in the sink and paused, bracing himself against the counter. He wasn’t ready to give up on her just yet, but he was torn. Sam was his closest friend, and he wanted him to be happy.

He gripped the edge of the countertop and glanced over at the door frame, where Sam waited.

“No other option, brother. We have to let her choose,” Sam said.

Jeremiah nodded. But he knew very well that her choice would tear the two of them apart.

Sam gave him a hopeful look. “Do you suppose she—”

“Nah,” Jeremiah said. “Wishful thinking, there.”

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