Tequila Sunset: A Military Erotic Romance (Sexy Siesta Series Book 2) by Talina Perkins

Author:Talina Perkins [Perkins, Talina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Talina Perkins
Published: 2014-06-21T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Twenty minutes and a couple of shots of Mexican gold later, Ema was pretty damn sure there was no problem in the world tequila couldn’t solve. She didn’t intend to get drunk, but she needed something to dull the tension knotting her nerves.

While Gabriel made his calls to his CO stateside, she’d showered off the soot and was wide awake at some ungodly hour with an eight-hour road trip ahead of her come morning. That was another thing. She couldn’t leave Gabe here by himself to find out what tonight was all about. Not to mention, she wanted answers, too.

“I can see that pretty mind of yours clocking in some overtime. Worried ‘bout what happened tonight?” Gabriel walked up behind her and placed the cell down before resting his hands on her hips. She leaned against his bare shoulder causing the sheet she had wrapped around her to loosen around her breasts. “Hmmmm…lovely.”

Always a flirt. She nodded. “Just thinking about my trip back.”

Gabe’s chest rose and fell with a deep sigh. “Can I offer you another option?”

Ema turned to face him. Streaks of moonlight poured through the window to cast a pale light over his features. Dimmed sconces complemented the low lighting.

Half of his face remained in shadow, but nothing could hide the hope in his eyes. One thing was for sure though—the man wore sexiness and protectiveness with a touch of broodiness like a second skin.

Wistful thoughts flitted across her mind at what it would be like to wake up to a man like Gabriel every morning.

No, she corrected herself. She didn’t want any other man. She wanted him. All six feet plus of sexy muscle rounded out with a sweet heart. But she couldn’t have him. Not truly one hundred percent. Memories of the pain her mother suffered slammed on the brakes to her runaway heart, and the promise he’d made. Gabe was like her father, married to the military.

She wasn’t strong enough to let him get close to her, and she knew Gabriel wouldn’t take anything less.

“There’s that look again. The one that says I’ve lost you, only you haven’t left.” His hand came out to trace along her shoulder and arm.

“You know this can’t happen, Gabe. We can’t do this.” Her voice, barely above a whisper, conveyed all her hurt. “I can’t let my heart continue to guide me while in my head, I know misery is only a matter of when and not if.”

His hand stilled against her arm. Sliding out of his touch, she leaned forward on the kitchen counter, tracing her fingers along the rough edges of the pineapple her cousin favored.

“You’re counting me out? Why? Where do you think I’m going, Esmeralda?”

“That’s just it, Gabriel.” Fear knotted in her stomach. She’d never admitted this to anyone before. “I don’t know when you’re going, coming, or if you’ll ever come back. If an us were even possible, I couldn’t live on the edge of not knowing all the time.”

“Ema baby, how can

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