The Knowing (Partners In Crime Book 1) by Hanna Noble

Author:Hanna Noble [Noble, Hanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781777565510
Publisher: Happy Fox Press
Published: 2021-07-12T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

As he drove to the station a few days later, Cole turned Naomi’s words over in his head. Build some new dreams. She was going to San Diego, and the inevitability of her departure hung over him like a cloud. Even as they got closer, the fact that she was leaving was an added pressure.

Naomi would create new dreams and he hated the idea that he wouldn’t be a part of them. There was no denying their chemistry. The way her soft lips had felt under his had nearly sent him up in flames. He gripped the steering wheel, his body hard.

He looked down at his lap and winced. He hadn’t been this horny since he was a teenager. That little breathy moan she’d made had nearly driven him over the edge. He’d pushed her away before he completely lost his head and took her right there in his gym, responsibilities be damned.

Despite the way she seemed to burn at his touch, it was her forgiveness that had staggered him. His own heart had lurched when he’d felt her arms come around him, understanding that she was trying to offer him a measure of comfort.

That she would try to soothe him when he was the cause of her pain had humbled him. She was seducing him with her kindness and mouthy comebacks, her vulnerability and her courage. He was falling for her, he realized with a start, becoming tied up in all the facets of her personality and the ones he had yet to uncover.

He pulled into his parking spot and turned off the ignition. This couldn’t come at a worse time. They were racing after a madman who was about to strike again, uncovering a potentially corrupt cop, and he was putting his entire career on the line by contacting Naomi when he’d been expressly forbidden to do so. And, despite all that, here he was thinking about how he would devour her if he got the chance and worrying about whether the future she envisioned included him. Pathetic.

Walking into the precinct, he spotted Owen and Leah talking to Leah’s brother. Eli Goldberg was an attractive man with short chestnut-colored hair and dark blue eyes. He and Leah shared the same aristocratic nose, high cheekbones, and deep-set eyes. You could tell at a glance they were related.

He walked up to them. “Eli.” Cole clapped him on the back. “Good to see you, man.”

“Cole.” Eli turned, and the two exchanged a quick male hug. “It’s been too long. How’ve you been?”

“You know how it goes, same crime, different perp,” he joked. “Sorry I couldn’t meet you for drinks last time.”

“It’s not me you have to worry about. Leah wrote your name down in her little black notebook,” Eli said, laughing as his sister raised a brow. “You’ll need to make it up to her. You don’t want to get on her bad side.”

Leah smiled and batted her eyelashes. “I wasn’t aware I had a bad side, brother dearest.” Her face was the epitome of innocence.

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