Enough by Jade Chandler Read Free Book Online

needed to take our intense connection to the most intimate level.
    Her body stilled and I could almost smell the sweet scent of her arousal. Her breathing sped up.
    “This isn’t about work, so I’m asking straight up.” I leaned back against the counter, needing her to understand I wasn’t like the stupid dick she’d been with before.
    “It’s not a good idea.” She almost whispered the words.
    I barked out a laugh. “Of course it isn’t. Nothing fun ever is.”
    I wanted to kiss her when she bit her lip, that sexy little tell drove me wild. I closed in and lifted her chin so I could see the expression hidden by her hair, another turn-on. I had endless fantasies when it came to Red.
    “This is just physical,” I warned her. “I don’t do relationships. And nothing changes here.”
    “Right.” She snorted. “I just left a hot mess that started with sexy words like these. Not two weeks free of him and you want me to repeat one of my worst mistakes?”
    “Don’t piss me off by comparing me to that douche or any other man from your past.” I tried to stay calm but even I heard the pissed-off edge in my voice. “We got some powerful needs brewing between us and I want to see where that goes. I know you do too.” I caressed her bottom lip and she shuddered.
    Her nipples poked out, already on board for some fun. She had to feel it same as me, and fear was never a reason to say no. She stepped away from me, closing her eyes. When she opened them, her face was set with determination. “I’m not ready to fall into anyone’s bed, no matter how much I might want to taste you.”
    Her honesty stole my breath a moment, but I growled, determined she’d see it my way. “This is about the job, isn’t it?”
    She didn’t say anything.
    “Answer me.”
    “Yeah, fine. I like the job, the place, the town, and I don’t wanna relocate again.” She threw the words like a punch in the face.
    It stung, but finally, I saw some of the spirit from last night.
    “We fuck, we don’t, you fuck someone else, you don’t—none of that impacts the job. You do your job, and what you do besides that is personal.” I ran fingers through my hair, she wasn’t getting this. “If we quit working with any girl we went to bed with—”
    “Don’t finish that thought if you value your balls,” she spat at me.
    I threw my head back and laughed because she did care after all.
    “Fear of repeating mistakes is part of it, but you know, mostly I’m just starting over, trying not to make the same mistakes I always make, like jumping into bed with the first guy who smiles my way.” She stalked past me and down the hall.
    I didn’t follow. A thousand reasons I could defeat with a smile and another of those addicting kisses, but not that one. She deserved the new start, and I had no right to bull through her resistance because my cock itched for her.
    I headed down the hall a couple minutes after her. She stood with her head on the door to the supply closet. Defeat had settled into her shoulders, and that pissed me off so much I wanted to hit something. I sucked in a breath and let it out, bringing that anger back inside me. “I get it.”
    She cringed when I spoke.
    “I’ll back off. You want this, just say so. Otherwise, we’re cool.”
    She whipped around and studied me. “Really? That easy?”
    I cocked my head. “I wasn’t easy on you.”
    “You’ll just back off?”
    What kind of pricks did she hook up with? “Yeah, don’t mean I don’t have a powerful thirst for you, but I’d be a dick not to respect what you said.” I turned away from her and walked out the door.
    I wished there was another woman I could take to bed to erase her from my system, but I knew it’d only make me want her more. I called Jericho, telling him to get the whiskey ready. “Man, last night was just the warm-up. We’re drinking until neither of us can get out of bed tomorrow.”
    “Turned you down cold.” Jericho’s laugh echoed in my