Walk the Line (Man of the Month Book 12) by J. Kenner

Author:J. Kenner [Kenner, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781940673707
Publisher: Martini & Olive
Published: 2018-07-09T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“I’m sorry to put a damper on our plans to have wild sex all over the house,” Elena said inside the circle of his arms.

“Oh, baby.” He tightened his hold on her. “Don’t even worry about it. I’m shell shocked, too.”

They were spooned together on his sofa, shifting only to get another sip of wine. They’d already had two glasses each, and the wine had dulled a bit of the shock of Easton and Tyree’s announcement.

“Do you think the city will really shut The Fix down?”

He heard real fear in her voice, and though his instinct was to simply reassure her, he owed her the truth. He’d seen a few eminent domain cases play out when he was still a cop—not directly related to his cases, but a few played out tangentially—and he knew that most of the time, the city prevailed.

“It’s possible,” he said honestly. “But if Landon and I can track down the tagger, maybe we can show the court that the vandalism is under control. That might go a long way to stopping the proceedings.”

“That’s why they let me go, isn’t it? They realized who my father was and knew that this was coming.”

He closed his eyes, not wanting to voice the truth that he’d realized back in Tyree’s office. “Yeah,” he finally said. “I’m pretty sure you’re right.”

For a moment, she was silent. Then she said, “You’ll find them,” and the trust in her voice would have brought him to his knees had he not already been stretched out on the couch.

“It’s going to be okay,” he said, sitting up and pulling her up with him. Without him asking, she shifted, moving to straddle his lap, and for the first time he paid attention to what she was wearing—a black dress with a loose skirt and a fitted bodice closed by a column of tiny, vertical buttons.

“And I’m sorry that the crisis with The Fix overshadowed your news,” he added. She’d told him about an excellent phone meeting with an urban planning consulting firm based in California. Apparently, they already wanted to talk with her about coming on board with them after graduation.

“Thanks,” she said, and the pride in her voice did a lot to dull the ache of the knife that news had thrust in his gut. He’d known it would happen—they’d talked about her leaving from day one. He just hadn’t expected to be faced with the reality of her departure so soon.

“Hey,” she whispered, cupping his stubbled jaw. “Where’d you go?”

“Just thinking about how proud of you I am.”

A bright smile lit her face, then faded slightly until she was biting her lower lip, looking both pouty and sexy as hell. “You didn’t check,” she said, her voice coy. “To see just how much I was thinking of you.”

He felt his cock grow hard, and knew from the slight twitch of her eyebrow that she felt it, too. But he swallowed then shook his head a little. “We don’t have to, babe. There will be other nights when the house is empty.

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