Keep Me Wanting by Angela Addams

Author:Angela Addams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance Fiction; Women's New Adult & College Fiction; Family Life Fiction; Coming of Age Fiction; Embrace; NA Romance; Entangled Publishing; Angela Addams; Opposites Attract Romance; Sexy Romance; Forbidden Romance; Bad Boy Hero;
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Liam

Croquet…it’s a game that you hear about, maybe, but you don’t actually think people play. The way Maggie’s family goes about it, you’d think they were competing for an Olympic medal.

Maggie’s got some serious skills. She’s totally kicking ass—mine and everyone else’s. I’m not going to lie…it’s turning me on.

The aunts have set things up tournament style with tiers of players competing in various games. Hitting a little ball through an obstacle course may not seem difficult, but I realize pretty quickly that there’s strategy involved. Hitting it as hard as I can doesn’t get the results I need, but it does make Maggie laugh, and that’s fucking gold as far as I’m concerned.

All the same, I’m knocked out of the game pretty early and get to watch from the patio area as Maggie cleans up.

She’s totally into this, bouncing around and full of energy, cheering when things go her way, which is often. She stops to give pointers or suggestions that will help an opponent but doesn’t hesitate to take a shot against someone, either. She’s a fair player, gives everyone a chance, but doesn’t apologize for being awesome at the same time.

She’s a paradox. Shy and quick to blush at the Coffee Hut, darting glances, no eye contact, making it seem like she’s a wallflower and an introvert. But there’s another side to her. The bold, loud, daring side that she shows other times—times, I realize, when she feels safe.

I make her feel safe.

She’s comfortable in her body with me. She’s responsive and spontaneous, sensual and lacking inhibitions. She likes me in control but then takes control when she wants to.

Knowing all of this does things to my heart. Makes it thud in a way that I wasn’t expecting, in a way that makes me uneasy. I don’t want to hurt her. I don’t want to lose her, either.

When she started asking about my family crest last night, I had a moment of panic. I purposely didn’t put a banner with Doyle above the tattoo so that I wouldn’t be identifiable by my ink. The Doyle name carries weight, yeah, but it also comes with a shitload of negativity among the police thanks to Shawn and his business deals. They know he’s up to no good; they just can’t catch him, so it’s better not to self-identify.

I feel bad for keeping all this from Maggie, more so now even than I did only twenty-four hours ago, and I felt pretty bad then. I know that it’s for her safety, sticking to the plan and keeping her in the dark. But still—

She lets out a whoop-whoop and fist pumps, flashing a quick smile my way before turning back to her game. I smile back, and my heart hammers harder. I’m a no good ex-con; she’s the daughter of a fucking cop. There is no future for us. Not according to her father. No way my brothers will tolerate it, either.

You’ll get to keep the memories, at least.

I lean

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