Once Is Never Enough: Delta Heat, Book 5 by Delilah Devlin

Author:Delilah Devlin
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: bdsm, ménage, f/m/m, dom/sub
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2014-05-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

On Saturday, Mondo sat on the bench beside the playing field, watching the weekly friendly scrimmage between the local firehouse and his friends. He’d come to play, but Craig, who was today’s team captain, had sat him on the bench after he’d missed yet another throw. Mondo’s heart just wasn’t in the game.

He sat in his sweats, his T-shirt soaked through, sucking on a Gatorade and wishing he was a million miles away. Since Thursday night, he’d been out of sorts. Restless. Ornery. His mood had been noted at work where his latest assignment, shaking down corner drug deals, hadn’t netted a single bust or decent lead. And even though it had only been one lousy day, his lieutenant had even called him in to find out if anything was wrong. Something that had never happened before.

“What gives? You sick or something? You’re on autopilot, Acevedo. Need some time off? Because you sure as shit aren’t any good to me here.”

He’d ended up sending Mondo home for the weekend, telling him to do whatever it took to get his head back into the game. Mondo realized now just how long it had been since he’d taken any time for himself. He liked his work, but that nagging emptiness he’d been feeling for months had only been aggravated, like lemon juice on an open cut, by his encounter with Sunny at the club.

He’d hated letting her leave like that. Had wanted to drop by and see how she was. He wanted to ask her on a date, but that set him back on his heels, because he hadn’t been on a normal vanilla date in years. His dealings with the opposite sex had been confined to Dom/sub play for so long, he felt uneasy about approaching her again.

Mondo set down his bottle and let his head sink between his shoulders. He’d seen the moisture in her eyes when she’d asked for privacy. And the memory was killing him. He’d pushed too hard. Hadn’t read her level of comfort with the things he’d done. Hadn’t shown her a shred of mercy.

Sure, she’d been eager and so endearing in her stubborn assurances that she was ready to experiment. But his judgment had been impaired by his own heightened arousal. He’d failed to get himself under firm control before he’d begun. He’d probably scared the hell out of her.

“Hey there.” Jenn settled down beside him, giving him a blinding smile. “Craig was a little harsh. I’ll have Aiden have a talk with him.”

Mondo snorted. “He was right. My head wasn’t in the game.”

“But it also wasn’t up your ass. He had no right to be so rude.”

Mondo gave her a narrowed look.

“Hey, these days I have to look for good reasons for punishment.” She waggled her eyebrows.

Mondo gave her a grin and turned his attention back to the action on the field. The ball had changed hands and the firefighters were steadily forging their way toward the goal line. Looked like he and his friends would be buying the beer.

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