Risking It All by Christi Barth

Author:Christi Barth [Barth, Christi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2016-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Chloe plucked at the sleeve of Griffin’s tan sports coat as they stood in line in the muggy spring air. “Tell me why you didn’t wear your dress uniform?”

Should he tell her the truth? That it was because he was pissed off at his commander, at his squadron, and at the entire Coast Guard in general right now? And because wearing his uniform reminded him that he wasn’t wearing a flight suit. And because he didn’t know if he’d be stuck wearing that stupid tie around his neck every damn day from here on out?

Nah. Sounding like a whiny little bitch wouldn’t get this date off on the right foot. Instead, Griff made an exaggerated wince. “Oh, no. Don’t tell me you’re one of those uniform-chasing girls. The ones who drop their panties whenever a Navy midshipman from Annapolis wanders by holding a dress sword?”

She sucked in a breath. “You have a sword?”

For fuck’s sake. “No.” No matter how normal and grounded a woman seemed, they all lost it whenever a uniform sword glittered in front of them. Ever since the television ads that showed a Marine wearing dress blues and wielding a sword, it had become a magnet for women. Probably accounted for lower recruitment numbers in the Coast Guard, too.

“Oh.” Chloe visibly worked to erase the disappointment from her face. This time she ran a hand down his sleeve. Lingered at the bottom with her thumb caressing the side of his wrist. “Remember, you’re the one who picked me up, mister. No indiscriminate panty dropping going on here. I was minding my own business, starting my workday, when you insinuated yourself into my life.”

Lifting her hand, he kissed the back of it. Then flipped it over to lick a teasing circle where blue veins showed through her pale skin. At her shiver, Griff made a seal with his lips and sucked until another shiver escaped her. Looking up, he said, “Good thing I’m a take-charge kind of guy.”

“In that particular instance, yes.”

“I think you’ll find it useful in other instances, too.” Even though Griff knew Chloe was more than smart enough to pick up on his innuendo, he squeezed her hip to be sure she got it. Also because he couldn’t stop touching her tonight. She was completely different. He’d done a double take when he’d picked her up.

Tonight she’d come out of her self-imposed cocoon. Gone was the natural beauty, the comfortable-in-her-own-skin girl who’d captivated him. She’d been replaced with a seductive siren. It made Chloe sound like the star in a black-and-white movie, but there was no better description. Her speech was slightly slower. Softer. Just enough to make him lean in close enough to smell her perfume. Which hardened his dick with every whiff. It smelled like midnight and a saxophone solo and moonlight all wrapped up in vanilla. It drove him crazy.

Their dating hadn’t followed the standard lines. No long candlelit dinners with him in a tie and her dressed to impress. Or,

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