Falling for Trouble

When Hunter called, she had been genuinely happy to hear from him. Their date had been great. He was easy to talk to, and she felt comfortable around him. The thing was, he didn’t make her chest hurt in the good way like Abe did. It was hard to let her heart go in another direction, especially concerning another man, but it was something she had to make herself do. Letting herself think like this was bad.

Sophia needed to let it go, needed to let Abe go. He was going to ruin every guy for her, because all she could do was compare them to him.

Breathing out, she turned away from the window and went into her room to get dressed. She was meeting with Hunter in a few hours and planned on having a good time. At least, she hoped she could, because now all she could think about was Abe, but then again, how was that different from her norm?One week laterAbe nursed his beer and watched Sophia laugh and smile with Hunter fucking Bronson. Seven whole damn days had gone by with only a few texts and phone calls between him and Kid. Ever since he brought her breakfast and then left after she got the call from Hunter, they really hadn’t seen each other.

It was hard as hell on him. He felt like he was missing a piece of his life. It didn’t matter how many times he made the effort to see her. She was either not home or on her way out to see that fuckwad.

Yeah, he was sour over all of it.

There hadn’t even been a good time for him to talk to her and tell her what he wanted to say a week ago. He refused to pour his heart out to her at Tiny’s. When he told her he loved her, it would be just the two of them.

Tipping back his bottle, he felt his dick start to harden. Sophia wore a jean skirt, one that wasn’t obscenely short but that showed her long, tan thighs. God, what he wouldn’t give to feel those thighs wrapped around his waist.

An image sliced through his mind, another one of his mystery girl. Her legs had been wrapped around his hips as he pushed inside her and pulled out. He imagined Sophia’s face on his mystery girl’s body and had to shift in his seat to ease his raging erection.

The sound of Kid laughing had his cock jerking in his jeans. She always had a beautiful laugh, soft and sweet and the kind of sound that made a man fall to his knees and do whatever she asked. As if she sensed his brutal stare, she turned around and looked at him. Their gazes held for several long moments, and then something Hunter said had her smiling and turning back to him.

Sophia placed her hand on his arm and leaned into him. Damn, all he could think about was whether she was letting Hunter fuck her, which had all kinds of rage coursing through him. They were awfully friendly for only dating a week, but then again, she had known him for years.

Abe gripped the beer bottle so hard he wouldn’t have been surprised if it shattered in his hand.

Hunter reached up and put a piece of her hair that had fallen from her ponytail behind her ear. He disappeared back into his office, and Abe straightened when he saw Kid walking toward him. She held a glass of beer, and she smiled at him.

When she stopped at the edge of the table and set the beer in front of him, he caught a whiff of the perfume she wore, the perfume he bought for her. A surge of possessiveness slammed into him, and he had to force himself to stay in his seat and not make a claim to her in Tiny’s like some kind of maniac.

“Hi.” Her tone was light and friendly. “Thought you could use another beer.”

“Thanks, Kid.” He was glad as hell they were talking, but he didn’t know what to say. One week seemed like so much longer than seven days. She looked down at her shoes and took a deep breath. His fingers itched to drag her to him, but he held back. He wanted to take her somewhere nice, where it was just them and he could open his heart to her.

“Listen, about last week.” She lifted her gaze, and he was struck speechless at how beautiful she was, at how green her eyes were, like cut emeralds. “I want to apologize for putting you on the back burner. I haven’t come by for breakfast, and I feel really bad.” She looked over her shoulder. “It’s just… I’ve been hanging out with Hunter.” The way she said it, almost like she was in fucking dreamland, had him gritting his teeth in frustration. “I also wanted to apologize to you about the morning you came by with breakfast. I felt really shitty answering that call while we were visiting.”