Tempt by Joya Ryan

Author:Joya Ryan [Ryan, Joya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-01-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

“Where the hell did you go?” Trade asks me as I take my seat at the table. The bar is still busy and you are likely in the kitchen, adjusting your clothes because I just fucked you outside of a bar.

I run a hand through my hair. My skin feels hot, then cold. Like I’ve just taken a hit of the best drug and now don’t know how to regulate my own temperature. Not completely untrue.

Trade smiles in a leering kind of way. “Ah…I noticed Tawny left too…”

He thinks I nailed her outside. I didn’t.

I nailed you.

Only I’d never refer to it like that. Because the emotions that are getting attached to every time I’m inside of you are becoming a problem. Problem for my judgment. Problem for my lifestyle. I came inside of you.

I know, I know.

We talked about it last time. You’re cool with it. But this is new for me. Not just the fucking freely, but the trust. The trust you put in me. The trust I have in you.

What the hell am I supposed to do with all that?

It’s making my chest hurt.

I take a drink of my stale soda and wish it had Jack in it.

Because every moment with you leaves the aftermath of withdrawal. And like any good drug, I’m getting addicted fast and needing bigger doses to keep me stable longer.

“She’s doing a good job,” Quinn says out of nowhere. I notice she’s looking at you. “Trade said you helped her get a job and she’s clearly a hard worker. Smart girl I hear too.”

Jesus, this town really is a rumor mill.

“And how did you hear all this?” I ask nicely.

“Trade told me,” Quinn says.

I glare at him.

He shrugs. “Mic told me. Said you had a hard-on for this girl.”

“I was trying to help her out. Her brother is in lockup because of us.”

“Whoa,” Trade held up his hand. “Her piece of shit brother is in jail with our piece of shit cousin because they’re drug dealers. That has nothing to do with you.”

Bullshit it doesn’t. Because the guilt weighs hard when I think of you and your grandma struggling.

“It has nothing to do with her either.”

Trade nods and mumbles something like, “This is why you’re the good brother,” and before I call him on it, he moves on, saying, “You can’t save everyone, and everyone is not yours to save.”

I wanted to tell him I’m not trying to. That I could give a shit…but that’s not true. Because I do care. And I do have a hard-on for you. Only in more ways than what Trade is thinking right now.

“I just gave her a good word to Mic, that’s it. She’s going to college soon, so a summer job isn’t a big deal.”

“Hey, that’s all you need at eighteen, right?” Trade said and took a drink.

“Eighteen?” Quinn about spit her drink out. “That girl is gorgeous; I would have never guessed she’s that young.”

“Legal,” I mutter.

“Still young,” Trade says. “Even for you.

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