Perfect Fit (Serendipity's Finest 1)

Thank goodness she wore a lacy bra and panties when she wasn’t on duty or else this would be a lot more awkward, she thought, unable to suppress a smile.

“What’s so funny?” he asked.

“Just thinking it’s a good thing I wore something sexy,” she said, being completely honest.

He fingered the lacy fabric of her bra with roughened fingers. “That you did,” he said as he drew one fingertip down her abdomen, stopping at her navel.

He leaned in, breathed deep, and pressed a hot kiss to her stomach. Her entire body quivered with need as moisture flooded her panties.

“You taste sweet too,” he murmured, leaving her with an aching yearning for him to fill her, hot, hard, and fast.

“Michael,” she murmured, arching her back and lifting her hips in an effort to tell him what she needed.

“Soon.” The gruff word was a definite promise.

Suddenly the sound of a phone ringing interrupted the heated moment. “That’s mine,” she said, unable to hide her disappointment.

“Don’t move.” He reached behind her and pulled out the cell phone she’d tucked in her pants pocket and handed it to her.

She glanced at the screen. “It’s the station,” she said to Mike, surprised she’d be called now when she was off duty. She freed her hands, hit a button and put the phone to her ear. “Hello?”

“Cara, it’s Andy, the night dispatcher. I thought you’d want to know a call came in from your parents’ neighbors.”

All the warmth in Cara’s body dissipated, and a chill took over. “What did they say?”

“They reported shouting and the sound of something hitting the walls. I sent a car to check it out,” Andy said.

She nodded, feeling Mike’s concerned gaze, knowing he’d been standing so close he’d heard every word the dispatcher uttered.

“Thanks for the heads-up. I’ll meet the car over there.” She disconnected the call.

Nauseated and embarrassed, she couldn’t look Mike in the eye. “Sorry. Gotta go,” she said, pushing herself off the counter as she hopped to the floor.

“I’ll go with you.” She heard the steel in his voice and knew it wasn’t an offer.

“No!” She jerked her head toward him. “I mean, no thanks. There’s no need.” She didn’t want him to see her father at his drunken worst. Bad enough he could read the report later and feel sorry for her.

Four

From the determined look on Cara’s face, Mike knew better than to offer to drive or go with her on the call. He knew embarrassment when he saw it, and Cara didn’t want him to witness her parents’ issues. Too bad. She might be a tough thing when it came to the job, but she had her vulnerabilities and he’d seen those tonight when she’d talked about the woman at Havensbridge. She might not want him there, but she needed him.

He waited until she’d buttoned her blouse and practically run out the door before grabbing the keys to his truck and heading out. At the very least, the cold night air and the drive to her parents’ place would give him time to cool down. He was still erect from their encounter. When he inhaled, he could smell the luscious scent of her body and remember the feel of her soft skin as he breathed her in deep.

He drove with the window open, the rush of cold air blasting him and tamping down on the heat still flushing him from the inside. By the time he pulled up to the garden apartment complex address he’d gotten from dispatch, his officers were back by their car, one talking to Cara, the other writing up the incident.

She watched Mike climb out of his truck, a scowl on her pretty face. What the hell are you doing here? He could hear her thoughts as if she were broadcasting them out loud, but because he was her superior and there were other officers present, she held back and he admired her restraint. Found it sexy, even as he had no doubt she’d let him have it in private.

“Hey, Chief,” Rob Sumter said.

Mike nodded.

“Any arrests?” he asked, not meeting Cara’s gaze. He didn’t have to. Her glare bore holes right through him.

Rob shook his head. “Mrs. Hartley declined to press charges,” he said, without looking at Cara. “We’ll just write up the incident so it’s on record.”

“Thanks, Rob.”

The other man inclined his head and joined his partner in their squad car. A few silent minutes later, they drove away, leaving Mike and Cara where they’d started. Alone.