Sinner (The Hades Squad #1) by Jianne Carlo

Author:Jianne Carlo [Carlo, Jianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hartwood Publishing
Published: 2015-02-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“What the hell happened in Alaska?” Jess Blaine asked, fingers draping a classic black sheath-clad hip, her squared, white-tipped nails a stark contrast against the onyx material.

One long-stemmed rose, stripped of thorns and sporting a satin ribbon three inches from the ruby petals, dangled from Jess’ two-fingered grip. She brought the flower to her nostrils and sniffed. “God, it smells like a rose. I can't remember the last time someone sent me flowers that actually had an aroma.”

Jess offered Destiny the rose. “Do tell, honey. At least share the card.”

If Lincoln Abraham Chapman thought he could bribe her with flowers, he was in for a big surprise. Destiny glared at the potential floral inducement, the pit in her belly yawning wider with each inhale. Sighing, she took ahold of the green stem. Fingers shaky, she fumbled with the rectangular envelope, let the rose fall onto her desk, drew the note card free, and flipped the paper over.

I'll do anything you want to make up for my mistake. Anything you want, anything.

We belong together. Forever.

Kenny

“I don't believe it.” Destiny flicked the card hard, picked it up, and crumpled it with one hand. “Kenny.”

She snorted.

Two weeks. Two weeks, thirteen hours, and—she glanced at the clock above the water cooler—thirty-five minutes, and she hadn't heard a peep from Linc. Not a single, fucking peep.

She groaned and covered her face with her open palms. “I'm even thinking the word fucking.”

“Honey.” Jess used the soothing tone she usually reserved for authors with egos of Everest magnitude. “You're not actually considering going back to Kenny, are you?”

Slapping her hands so hard on the desk that her palms stung, Destiny glared at her mentor. She grabbed the errant rose and thrust it at Jess. “Are you nuts? As if. Take it. If not, I'm shredding every petal and then stamping on the stem.”

“What did happen in Alaska, honey?” Jess’ gaze raked Destiny's features. “I've never seen anyone change so drastically in the space of a week. It must have been a man., but in Alaska? Isn’t the male population of that state more inclined to a, shall we say, ’primitive’ view of a woman’s place? Can’t imagine you falling for someone like that.”

Man, ha! A SEAL/paratrooper who couldn't tell the truth if fed the lines.

Stop. You are not going there.

Destiny shook her head and hoped the physical action would stop her mind from picturing Linc naked and erect every other heartbeat. She took a deep breath, pasted a smile on her face, and shifted in her seat. “I got Nadine's book in under deadline. That's what happened in Alaska.”

“You'll get a tongue-lashing if anyone hears you call her by her real name, and you know it,” Jess warned. “The edits were terrific, Sara.”

“Thanks.” Since Alaska, hearing her pseudonym jarred her, and she often forgot to answer when someone called her Sara.

“You know, before I read the new version, I really thought Angel had lost that spark,” Jess commented. “But her idea of starting the book with that smoking one-night stand—simply brilliant.

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