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I nudged her with my leg and she giggled, reminding me all over again that she was so young.
Seventeen years ago I was in second grade.
Dear God.
“Do you not like darling?” She licked her lips, her eyelashes fluttering as her eyes opened. “Or do you prefer sir?”
I cupped my hand over her mouth and turned her in my arms, making her laugh again as she looked back at me. Giving me the perfect opportunity to see just how many of the customers in line and at the little round tables were watching us avidly.
Answer: a damn lot of them.
Did I pull away? No.
Did she resist the opportunity to bite my hand again as she’d done on Monday? No.
So I nuzzled my face between her neck and shoulder and murmured, “Come with me.”
She did without hesitation, slipping her hand in mine as I led her out of the bakery. Almost as soon as the door swung closed, I imagined I heard voices exploding behind us, but it didn’t stop me from dragging her around the side of the building. I opened my mouth to speak, my words disappearing in a rush as she molded her lips to mine and sucked my tongue into her mouth as if she was dying for more.
I caged her in with my arms and let her take the lead, happy to go wherever she was headed. I didn’t expect her to grab for my belt buckle.
“You’re at work,” I reminded her between desperate, drugging kisses.
“Yeah and I’m working on a public lewdness charge. Should I turn myself in?” She released my buckle and held up her wrists while she batted her eyes. “Want to bend me over your cruiser to frisk me, Officer?”
“Where have you been all my life?”
She snagged my belt again, running her thumb over the buckle while she nibbled on my lower lip. And she started to drop to her knees, right there in the alley.
Mere feet from her job and not that much farther away from mine.
“Honey.” A voice snapped out. A very familiar voice.
I dropped my head back and decided next time I had to cancel, I’d just call. It was better for both of our reputations.
She straightened and tossed back her hair as she aimed a glacial glance toward the mouth of the alley. “Hi, Brady. How’s it going?”
“I don’t know what you’re trying to prove, but I have to think this has something to do with Mav.”
Her laughter bordered on hysterical. “You think I’m making out with Christian because of our brother? Newsflash: I made out with him before I knew anything about Mav marrying Van.”
“Even so, this behavior isn’t like you.” He didn’t spare me a glance.
I didn’t mind. I wished I could dematerialize altogether and just reappear at my desk back at the station. It wasn’t safe for me to be around this woman.
At least not in public.
Tabitha shot out of the front door of the bakery and hustled around the side of the building, stopping short at the sight of her husband. “Brady? What’s going on?” She covered her eyes with her hand then spread out her fingers to peek between them. “Please tell me they aren’t naked. I don’t want to see things I can’t ever get out of my brain.”
“If they were naked, would I be standing here talking to them?” Brady asked.
Tabitha dropped her hand. “No, good point.” She ran into her husband’s arms and hugged him as if she hadn’t seen him in days instead of hours. “I missed you.”
Honey let out a heavy sigh. “Can we just go?” she asked me in an undertone. “They’re nauseating.”
“Look who’s talking,” Brady tossed back without releasing his wife. “And no, you can’t just go. Christian is chained to his desk because I have to take the newbie out on his first ride-along. I was coming to find out what the holdup was when I saw you mauling my sister.” He pointed at me. “You’re damn lucky it was me who saw that and not Mav because he’s not nearly as non-violent as I am.”
“I’m an adult and Mav doesn’t even give a crap about me enough to make sure I see his wedding. Forget see, he didn’t even tell me about it. Instead, he had you stand up for him and you two barely even spoke while you were in the FBI. I know, I know.” She flapped her hands. “You two have that cutesy twin thing happening with Tab and Van so now you’re besties and I’m left out in the cold. Well, whatever. I can fuck whoever the hell I want to. Maybe I’ll do it right in the police station next time.”
