Melt (Steel Brothers Saga 4)

As he closed the distance between us, I crossed my arms over my chest again, wishing I formed a more imposing presence.

“You just stop right there. Don’t come any nearer to me. I swear to God, I will scream.”

Chapter Five

Jonah

I stalked toward her. “Who’s going to hear you? You said yourself the secretary is gone for the day.”

“There are people in the offices adjacent to mine,” she said, chewing on her lip.

I closed the distance between us with one more stride, grabbing her hand. I placed it on the bulge beneath my jeans. “You feel that? Feel how much I want you?”

Her hands trembled against mine.

“Tell me you don’t want me. Tell me you’re not wet for me right now, and I’ll never bother you again.”

She shivered against me, and her nipples poked out from the green silk of her blouse. I reached toward her and fingered one.

She groaned, closing her eyes.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve had a woman, Melanie. A long, long time. I want you. Tell me you want me too.”

She shook her head, still biting her lower lip. Her skin turned that rosy pink I had seen during our session.

I lowered my voice, moving to her ear. “Just tell me. Tell me you don’t want me, and I’ll go.”

She pushed me backward. “I can’t. Don’t you understand?”

“From where I’m standing, Melanie, we’re both consenting adults. You told me your age. So what’s so wrong about it?”

“I… I can’t do this anymore.” She grabbed her handbag from the corne

r of her desk. “Please, let yourself out.”

Within seconds, she was gone.

I met my buddy Bryce Simpson at Murphy’s Bar in Snow Creek later that evening.

“Who’s watching the kid tonight?” I asked, referring to his ten-month-old son, Henry.

“My mom and dad. They’re crazy about the little guy.”

“Are you still staying at the house with them?” Bryce’s father was the mayor of Snow Creek.

“Yeah, for now. I’m looking to find a place of my own. I think Henry and I might stay here for a while.”

“Really? That would be great. I was just telling—” Whoops, I had been about to say that I had told a therapist that I had very few friends. So didn’t want to go there. “I was just thinking that it would be nice to have you around.”

“I hear Talon has a girl.”

I took a sip of my CapRock martini and nodded. “Yeah, she’s very nice. Young though. Only twenty-five. Marj’s age.”

“Wow, that is young.”

“She doesn’t seem young though. She’s the city attorney.”

“Yeah, I heard. That’s crazy what happened with Larry Wade.”