Nate.”
“No, I wanted to see if you wanted to go to the bar tonight. I have a hunch there will be a bunch of hot, single, drunk, willing females there tonight.”
“No thanks , man.”
I wasn’t into that kind of scene. Yes, I was human and had needs, but I wanted my women fully aware of what they were doing and consenting to. I may not want a relationship with them beyond that moment, but it didn’t mean I want them to feel I’d taken advantage of them. I didn’t want a relationship with anyone.
Well, m aybe Kayla was the exception.
What the hell? I shook my head and Nate smiled next to me. He was a bachelor to the core. He loved women, and wanted as many of them as he could get. Women loved his blonde hair and blue eyes. He was a gym nut and it showed.
“Dude someone has already tripped your trigger!”
I wanted to swing at him, but we were at work and getting into a fight with your partner was automatic suspension.
“Shut up , asshole!”
“Oh shit! I’m right aren’t I?”
“Asshole…” I mumbled under my breath as I moved to my desk.
His desk sat across from mine , so when he sat down, there was no way to avoid the huge, satisfying grin on his face.
“Just leave it alone, Nate”
He laughed and I gripped my coffee cup tighter. I concentrated hard on taking deep breaths to keep from giving in to the urge to chuck my coffee mug at my partner and best friend’s head.
“I can’t. I won’t. So spill it. Who is she? What’s she look like? She must be amazing in bed!”
My head shot up and I gave Nathan an evil glare. That man, the only brother type I’ve ever had, picked me up from the darkest time in my life. Knowing how much I owed him, I knew not telling him was out of the question. I sighed in defeat. There was no way he was going to let it go anyway, and the rest of the day would have been spent trying not to kill him, rather than focusing on my job.
“I met her yesterday when I had to go to this party and deliver a message for my mom. I can’t quit thinking about her, her smile, her laugh, her…”
I let my voice trail off, knowing that if I mentioned how unbelievably sexy and beautiful she was, he’d hone in on just that. I shrugged.
“Her brother helped me out and told me where I could find her. So I surprised her with breakfast this morning. Only she … I don’t know. Something happened to her, someone hurt her. I told myself to not push her. Somehow not long before I came in here, I quit thinking and I pulled her into my arms and kissed her.”
I looked at Nate, “It wasn’t an open mouth kiss. It was just my lips on hers , mouth closed, but…” I shrugged again. “She panicked, told me it was too dangerous for me to like her and bolted.”
“Holy shit dude! You actually care about her?”
“I don’t know. I just met her yesterday.”
Thankfully , the Captain walked in for his brief, and we returned to work mode again.
“Okay, let’s get down to business here. Gold! What else do you have on the serial rapist that ’s been taunting this office for over a decade?”
“We ’re following up on every lead we have, analyzing the photos and the writing, but we still have nothing to connect it to the person behind them. We’re going to reevaluate the evidence again and try to look at it from different angles to see if we’re missing something that might help us.”
“Good! Get started, this sick bastard needs to be off the streets!”
Nate left me alone about Kayla the rest of the day, and I was thankful for his restraint. We needed to focus and take care of the rapist. Women were not safe with him around.
CHAPTER FIVE
~KAYLA~
Driving around was not helping me calm down at all. I pounded my steering wheel with the heel of my hand. I wanted my life back! In all the years since I first met Alex, there has never been anyone like me before. There has been
“No, I wanted to see if you wanted to go to the bar tonight. I have a hunch there will be a bunch of hot, single, drunk, willing females there tonight.”
“No thanks , man.”
I wasn’t into that kind of scene. Yes, I was human and had needs, but I wanted my women fully aware of what they were doing and consenting to. I may not want a relationship with them beyond that moment, but it didn’t mean I want them to feel I’d taken advantage of them. I didn’t want a relationship with anyone.
Well, m aybe Kayla was the exception.
What the hell? I shook my head and Nate smiled next to me. He was a bachelor to the core. He loved women, and wanted as many of them as he could get. Women loved his blonde hair and blue eyes. He was a gym nut and it showed.
“Dude someone has already tripped your trigger!”
I wanted to swing at him, but we were at work and getting into a fight with your partner was automatic suspension.
“Shut up , asshole!”
“Oh shit! I’m right aren’t I?”
“Asshole…” I mumbled under my breath as I moved to my desk.
His desk sat across from mine , so when he sat down, there was no way to avoid the huge, satisfying grin on his face.
“Just leave it alone, Nate”
He laughed and I gripped my coffee cup tighter. I concentrated hard on taking deep breaths to keep from giving in to the urge to chuck my coffee mug at my partner and best friend’s head.
“I can’t. I won’t. So spill it. Who is she? What’s she look like? She must be amazing in bed!”
My head shot up and I gave Nathan an evil glare. That man, the only brother type I’ve ever had, picked me up from the darkest time in my life. Knowing how much I owed him, I knew not telling him was out of the question. I sighed in defeat. There was no way he was going to let it go anyway, and the rest of the day would have been spent trying not to kill him, rather than focusing on my job.
“I met her yesterday when I had to go to this party and deliver a message for my mom. I can’t quit thinking about her, her smile, her laugh, her…”
I let my voice trail off, knowing that if I mentioned how unbelievably sexy and beautiful she was, he’d hone in on just that. I shrugged.
“Her brother helped me out and told me where I could find her. So I surprised her with breakfast this morning. Only she … I don’t know. Something happened to her, someone hurt her. I told myself to not push her. Somehow not long before I came in here, I quit thinking and I pulled her into my arms and kissed her.”
I looked at Nate, “It wasn’t an open mouth kiss. It was just my lips on hers , mouth closed, but…” I shrugged again. “She panicked, told me it was too dangerous for me to like her and bolted.”
“Holy shit dude! You actually care about her?”
“I don’t know. I just met her yesterday.”
Thankfully , the Captain walked in for his brief, and we returned to work mode again.
“Okay, let’s get down to business here. Gold! What else do you have on the serial rapist that ’s been taunting this office for over a decade?”
“We ’re following up on every lead we have, analyzing the photos and the writing, but we still have nothing to connect it to the person behind them. We’re going to reevaluate the evidence again and try to look at it from different angles to see if we’re missing something that might help us.”
“Good! Get started, this sick bastard needs to be off the streets!”
Nate left me alone about Kayla the rest of the day, and I was thankful for his restraint. We needed to focus and take care of the rapist. Women were not safe with him around.
CHAPTER FIVE
~KAYLA~
Driving around was not helping me calm down at all. I pounded my steering wheel with the heel of my hand. I wanted my life back! In all the years since I first met Alex, there has never been anyone like me before. There has been
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