Spoiled Brat: A Small Town Curvy Girl Romance (Juniper Creek Book 6) by C.L. Cruz

Author:C.L. Cruz [Cruz, C.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Seth

I leave the open house and head straight to Birdie’s house to wait for her, but when I pull up, Sheriff Sweet’s car is in the driveway. I consider driving past, but he sees me and waves as I pull up.

“Deputy,” he greets me, coming up to my window and shaking my hand. The same hand that was up his daughter’s shirt just thirty minutes ago. I squint up at him, wondering exactly how guilty I look. “I thought you’d be with my daughter.”

“We just finished the showing,” I say. “She’ll be here in a minute.”

“Good, good.” He clamps his hands on the top of my car and looks around. “I thought I would stop by for Sunday dinner, make sure she was doing okay.”

I nod. “You two seem very close.”

“We are.” His dark gaze meets mine again. “I got lucky finding you to keep an eye on her. Another lawman like myself who understands the sacrifices of the job.”

“Sacrifices, Sir?” I ask. My eyes catch movement in the rearview mirror as the Suburban turns onto the street and moves slowly toward us.

“That’s right. Protecting and serving without ever letting our emotions get in the way. It’s when we let our choices be clouded by feelings that people get hurt.”

His words seem to knock something loose in me. Just a day or two ago, I’d been thinking the exact same thing. I’ve seen so many officers snap after becoming too emotionally invested in a case. I’ve watched too many women drown in sorrow after learning that their police officer husbands won’t ever be coming home again.

Is the sheriff right? If all I want is to protect Birdie, is she safer without me in her arms? Am I safer alone? Sure, there’s no one to come home to at night, but there’s also no one to answer to. There’s no one waiting up for me, but there’s also no one to cry for me if I don’t come home.

My mind reels as I watch Sheriff Sweet greet Birdie when she climbs out of her SUV. She is so fucking beautiful, and despite her easy bravado, she is fragile, too. I don’t want to be the one to break her. Her eyes keep darting to me, and she can’t stop smiling. It’s enough to tell me that we’re already on dangerous ground.

“I’ll meet you inside, Dad,” she tells him. Then, she comes to my window where her dad stood just moments before. Her hand sneaks inside and brushes against my arm. “Sorry, family dinner.” Her shirt drapes open, giving me a tantalizing view of her cleavage that almost—almost—destroys my resolve. “Want to join us?”

But I force myself to look away and stare out the windshield. “No,” I tell her. “I think…I think this was a mistake.”

She chuckles lightly, not getting it. “You don’t have to have dinner with us. I know Sheriff Sweet can be a lot. Do you want to come back later?”

I finally cut my eyes to her. “No, Birdie, I mean this, you and me, we are a mistake.

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