by London, S.
“Don’t,” he snapped. “You haven’t seen crazy, yet. And, I can explain... everything.” At least, he hoped he could. In the past nine months, his whole life had been tossed in the wash and spin—on the extended cycle. It hadn’t been his plan to vanish for almost a year, but he had no idea how to explain how much he had messed up. Knowing that his confession could cost him what they had, he chose to stay away until he could gain some semblance of normal. The shock came when Shayla had done the same to him.
Just then she stiffened. “The book,” she accused. “You hit Malcolm? He could’ve been hurt.”
He entered an office, holding onto her hand, and slammed the door. In an instant he had her back pressed against it, caging her in.
“Don’t say his name to me,” he growled. Before she could respond his lips was on hers. The sweet taste of caramel and mint burst on his tongue, fueling his hunger. He ate at her mouth, using his tongue to stroke her lips further apart for his impeding feast. He groaned when he felt the nip of her teeth on his lower lip. Have mercy, this woman knew how to kiss a man. What he’d planned as a chaste kiss boiled over into a steamy prelude of unbridled lust. Everything inside him roared to take her, here and now. Behind his zipper, his erection throbbed in anticipation.
Damn, he’d missed her. Missed her taste, her warmed-brown sugar scent, the way she made him weak as a newborn colt. Holding her in place, he cupped one breast in his hand, and squeezed.
“Graham, no.” She pushed at his chest. “What’s wrong with you?”
Seriously? Like she didn’t know he was going insane for her.
“You,” he blurted; his response harsher than intended.
“Me?” She panted, her breathing labored from his kiss.
“Did you let him between your thighs, Shayla?” he pushed out. “Did you give Malcolm what belongs to me? Is he the reason you stopped returning my calls?”
Silence reigned between them at Graham’s question. He realized she might tell him to piss off; or that she was done with him, but that kiss? That instant connection that popped and sizzled between them still existed. It said she was his. But, something in her stare made him uneasy. His gut said Shayla was the type of woman who remained faithful to her man, but he felt the telltale sign of a woman who’d slipped away from him.
“Graham, I don’t belong to you.”
Well, he sure as hell belonged to her. What he shared with Shayla felt solid. The reality that what they shared had a sand foundation being washed from under his feet chafed.
“You screwing that pansy-ass nerd rolling around on the damn floor?”
He wanted to shield her, protect her. He damn sure wouldn’t be curled in fetal ball from a paperback book to the arm.
“Says the pretty boy doctor wearing designer loafers.”
There was that.
Pounding on the frosted-glass pane in the door rattled the frame, causing Shayla’s back to vibrate. In a protective gesture, Graham pulled her into his embrace.
“This room is taken,” he barked.
He could hear more than one voice respond, none of them the receptionist, or Malcolm.
“That you white boy?” A male voice asked in a low tone, the underlying threat obvious. “Bring your ass out here, and I dare you to throw another book.”
Graham and his best friend, Logan Masters, had attended medical school at Johns Hopkins University in downtown Baltimore. Residency in the inner city had taught him a few things in the self-defense department. At six-foot-four inches and two-hundred-five pounds, Graham could double for Nick Bateman on screen. He would take a hit for Shayla and remain on his feet. The thought of a gang of male social workers ready to rumble failed to raise his internal alarm. Knowing that he might have lost her, however, had all of his warning bells going on high alert.
Shayla curled closer to his chest. “Shit, Graham.” Her brow creased with genuine concern. “Look what you’ve started.”
He tightened his hold. The seconds ticked by, the tension palpable. “Forget them. Answer my question.”
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