Make Me Believe by Crystal Jordan

Author:Crystal Jordan [Jordan, Crystal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781609285029
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Published: 2011-07-19T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

“Are we shaving your head again?” Celia ran her hand down Mason’s short hair, which had grown out from the stubble in the weeks they’d been sleeping together.

Instead of showing up at closing time, he’d made an appointment, which meant he had her full attention and she’d have a harder time escaping him to run off and have dinner elsewhere. She’d been getting better at it. Telling him about her past had scared her. She’d let him too close, and this fantasy had gone too far. It was time to bow out of this little game before she got hurt.

“What do you think?” He met her gaze in the mirror, and she could see the turbulent emotions he was trying to keep in check. He knew she was backing away. He was too astute not to have gotten the memo. “Should I go back to bald?”

Danger fluttered inside her that he asked her opinion. It wasn’t unusual for people to consult with their stylist, but he never had in the past. She didn’t like that he’d change himself for her. “I like you with a little bit of hair.”

“Gives you something to hold onto?” He pitched his voice low enough that no one could hear him over the hair dryers.

“You don’t have enough hair for that yet,” she whispered. If he had, she would have yanked it just then. She wasn’t ashamed of her sex life, but she wasn’t about to discuss it in her place of business.

A smile formed on his lips, but didn’t quite reach his eyes. “Give me time. I’ll get there.”

Ignoring the multiple meanings and undertones that ran through those few sentences, she swirled a cape around his broad shoulders and fastened it in the back. Grabbing an electric clipper, she shaved down the edges of his hair and trimmed around his ears.

“Come over to my house after you’re done.” He raised his voice to be heard over the salon equipment. “Let me cook for you this time, instead of just bringing you take out.”

The thought of seeing where he lived, sharing his space with him, sent a thrill through her. To say she was curious didn’t even begin to cover it. She’d turned down the offer before, and she’d do so again. It was too intimate. “No.”

He tensed beneath her hands, but she refused to look up and meet his gaze. She kept her attention on finishing what little needed to be done to his hair. The sooner she was done, the sooner he’d leave.

“Oh, go on, honey. You’ll have fun.” Jerry gave her a sassy smile from the next station over, then ducked away and hustled for the backroom when she glared at him.

Mason ignored the other man and spoke to Celia. “You’re scared.”

“What?” She shut off the clipper and set it aside, dusting the stray hairs off the back of his neck.

“What was it you said? ‘No one keeps me—everyone leaves.’ And that’s why you don’t do relationships.” His brows lowered. “You’re afraid to plan for the future.

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