Page 97 of Beyond the Badge: Nox

She also caught his attention when her teeth scraped across his bottom lip. And when her tongue twisted with his.

This woman was not shy. She went after what she wanted.

She apparently wanted him, and he had no idea why. He figured it would be in his best interest not to ask.

But if she had only wanted to use him for sex, last Friday would’ve been a good enough reason for her to look elsewhere. Because there was no fucking way this woman was desperate and would screw any Tom, Dick or Harry.

Or Brad.

Christ, his cock was a steel pipe in his damn jeans. They should move this elsewhere before it went any further.

He turned his head enough to break the seal on their lips. “Doing this here is not smart.”

“Kissing?”

“Is that all you want?”

She didn’t hesitate to answer, “No.”

“Right.”

“In that case… My kids are home, so my place is out. How about yours?”

The fuck if he was bringing her to his place. At. The. Plant. Where his brothers or his fellow task force members would see her.

And possibly hear them.

Ask prying questions.

Rib the fuck out of him.

Maybe even want to give him a fucking high-five.

No,fuck that. That wasn’t going to happen.

He was not bringing her to his place.

The little peace he got would be destroyed. He loved his brothers, would have their six until the day he died, but they were assholes.

“Nox?”

He shook himself mentally. “Can’t go to my place.”

“Why?”

He decided to tell her the truth. Partially. She didn’t need to know about the task force since that wasn’t public information. “I live above the BAMC’s church.”

“Your room isn’t big enough for both of us?”

Shit.“It’s not the size of my place that’s the issue. It’s?—”

“Dealing with your brothers,” she finished for him. “I get it because I’ve seen it. They can be nosy shits and you want to keep anything between us private.”

Damn, it was nice dealing with a woman who accepted an answer, understood why it was answered in that way and didn’t argue. “Yes.”

“Well, then… Close the door, Nox.”

Next issue… “I don’t have a condom.”For fuck’s sake, he needed to tuck one or two into his wallet. Of course, after he went out and bought some first, since he stopped using them years ago.

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