Never Be Tamed by Clare James

Author:Clare James [James, Clare]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-04-09T16:00:00+00:00

“Why are you such a bear this morning?” Tabby asked from the phone, far too early for the weekend. I slowly pried one lid open, and then the other.

“Hey T-bear,” I yawned, “what’s up?”

“Breakfast, you tool,” she said, reminding me of our morning date. She was leaving soon and wanted to catch up before spring break. “What’s wrong with you? You sound weird.”

“You know how my weekends are,” I told her. “I don't mean to be a dick, I'm just tired, that’s all.”

“I'm sorry, big brother, but you’re not getting out of breakfast. I’m going to be in Mexico for ten days and I need to spend time with you before I leave.”

“I want that too, Tab,” I told her. I rolled out of bed, found a pair jeans on the floor and yanked them on, then scrounged around for a clean T-shirt. “I'll wait for you outside in the parking lot.”

I was hoping maybe some fresh air would do me some good.

“Okay, I’ll see you in about ten,” she said before hanging up.

I hated the dread knotting in my stomach, knowing that I’d been betraying my sister by spending time with Jenna. But hell, I don’t ever remember being so hard up for a girl. I had it bad, but maybe spending some time with Tab was exactly what I needed to get my head on straight.

Or not.

When I got out to the parking lot, Jenna was there with the mutts. Of fucking course. She looked adorable in her pj shorts and oversized sweatshirt, clomping around in a pair of winter boots. Molly and Ruby were running around her in circles, practically tying her up in their leashes. Perfect. That only brought to mind other things that I’d like to do with the woman. Those lucky mutts.

“Hey,” I called out to her, unable to help myself. “There’s a noise ordinance in the neighborhood, you know. We have quiet hours,” I looked at my watch, “for another fifteen minutes.”

“Is that so?” she asked, a soft smile on her lips.

I approached. “It is. Here, let me help you with that,” I said as I grabbed Ruby’s leash and tried to untangle her. I bent down and looped the leash between her legs, unraveling one and then the other.

Just don’t touch her skin, moron.

“Why are you so nice to me?” she asked, the words hanging in a bubble above her head to illustrate what a schmuck I was. But I was so far beyond getting the message. Jenna’s cinnamon scent filled the air around us making my brain all weird and fuzzy. I sucked it all into to my lungs, desperate to hold on to some little part of her.

Beautiful, now I sounded like a serial killer.

I touched her cheek, trying for some semblance of normal. “You deserve someone to be nice to you, Jenna. You deserve so much.”

That was the absolute truth.

“So how did you sleep?” she asked.

“Not great. You?”

“Same. Are you working today?” she asked, reaching down to pet Oscar. I was already kneeling by Molly and Ruby, trying to keep them from twisting their leashes again.

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