Carter: The Sinner Saints #1 by Adrienne Bell

Author:Adrienne Bell [Bell, Adrienne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-26T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Carter had eaten worse dinners in his life. A man didn’t spend years in the Army without learning how to survive on questionable rations.

It was the thick slice of Humble Pie that he was having a hard time swallowing down.

He looked across the table at Ally as she finished off the last of her dessert of berries and cream. She’d even shared a bite, passing her spoon across the table for him. He’d almost waved it off, but instead he’d wrapped his hand around her wrist, steadying her hand as he drew the sweet strawberry into his mouth.

She’d been right. He’d been treating her like a pawn, but not for the reasons that she thought. It was because that was the only way he knew how to keep people safe. If he could coordinate their movements, if he could fit them into a bigger plan, if he could just control them, he could keep them alive.

It was everything that he’d been trained to do. And he knew how effective it could be. He’d never put his safety above his men’s, and their loyalty and brotherhood had been his reward.

But as Ally had made it clear, she wasn’t one of his men.

Hell, she wasn’t like anyone he’d ever met before. And she was right. She deserved everything she’d demanded.

Even if she had stuck him with a bowl of spare squid parts for dinner.

Her spoon rattled against the bottom of the porcelain dessert cup as she went in for another swipe.

“You know, you can order another one of those if you like,” he said, putting his napkin down on the table.

“No I can’t.” She looked up at him like he was crazy. “Nobody orders two desserts.”

“I could order it for you,” he offered.

She shook her head and plopped the spoon down in the dish. “No, I’m good.”

“Then, shall we?” he asked, pushing back his chair to stand.

He watched as Ally gave one last sneaky glance to the empty bottle of wine that was sitting on the table. Between the two of them, that poor soldier had fallen long ago.

He put his arm out for her. “I can have them send up another bottle to our room if you’d like.”

She shook her head before slipping her arm slowly into the crook of his. Her side grazed against his as she stood. The slight touch was enough to send a shockwave of heat clear through him.

Ally tilted her chin up to look him in the eye. “That might not be the best idea.” Her voice was low, raspy…and it wasn’t doing anything to cool the fire inside him.

He wasn’t so sure. It might be the best idea he’d had all night. Something told him her lips still tasted like strawberries and her body…well, that promised to be a hell of a lot sweeter. Carter could only imagine what she would sound like when he wrapped his lips around her—

His phone chimed from his jacket pocket.

He pulled it out and looked down at the screen.

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