General Joe (Magnolia Ridge #2) - Alexa Riley Page 0,7
I cover Kayla’s body with my own so the officers from the police station can’t get a good look at her. In the distance I see the chief’s cruiser and I curse once again.
This is not good.
Chapter Four
Kayla
My heart pounds so loud it’s all I can hear. I know someone came in, but I was so wrapped up in Joe. My body needs more of him and I burrow into his chest. I’m so close to finally having him, I don’t want to stop now. Why are people always ruining things?
“Joe?” I mumble, still trying to get my mind straight.
His big body covers mine and I know whoever opened the back door is gone for the moment. The outside light no longer fills the small storage room and we’re alone.
“Gotta let me go, Bunny.” I shake my head against his chest and my heart wants to break. “I’m not letting anyone see you like this, so I need to fix your clothes.”
“Oh.” I peek back up at him. “You don’t mean like really let go.”
“No.” The one word snaps out. “You think that after what we almost just did?”
“Almost,” I remind him. I lick my bottom lip, still tasting him there. “Who walked in on us? I thought you said Barbie and Shaw left.” Joe reaches between us, trying to straighten my skirt the best he can without me letting him out of my death hold.
“Two cops and your dad.” My hands drop from his chest and I jerk back. The fuzz is here again? “No more running.”
“I’m innocent, I tell you!” I tease, trying to break the mood, but still my stomach turns at what is about to happen. If there’s one thing that would keep Joe from me, it’s my dad. I know my dad means a lot to him and I get it. He took him in when Joe lost his own family and then they grew closer when we lost Ben.
His big hands come up to cup my face and I lean into his gentle touch. “I’ve got you, relax.” He sees right through what I’m trying to do. I’m always quick to joke or to change the subject when I get nervous.
“You were almost mine.” We’d been so close.
“Bunny, I’ve always been yours and I’m sorry I ever made you doubt that.”
In what way does he mean that he’s always been mine? I don’t think of him as a brother even though I know it’s the role my dad has tried to slot him into.
I jump when someone pounds on the back door.
“I’m giving you thirty more seconds,” I hear my dad say.
Time is up and Joe takes a step. I watch him put his cock back into his jeans and it doesn’t matter that my dad is five feet from us, I am still turned on. It’s way bigger than anything I’d ever dreamed up and I’m not sure how it’s going to fit. Good thing I'm up for the challenge.
“Bunny,” Joe snaps, reminding me that now is not the time.
I get down off the table and make sure my clothes are all okay as Joe buckles his belt.
My dad pulls the door open a second later and he stares right at Joe before looking at me. I grab Joe’s arm and try to pull him behind me but he doesn’t move. I’m not really sure how my dad will be about me dating anyone since it’s never come up before now. What I don't want is for Joe to lose my dad as a father figure. He has no family and maybe I’ve been selfish this whole time, but I can’t hide my feelings forever. We’re the only family he has and I am jeopardizing that by putting him in this situation.
I realize I’m never going to be able to move him, so I step in front of him instead. “It’s my fault,” I blurt out before anyone can say anything. I look past my dad to see Officers Jefferson and Clarence leaning up against their cop cars talking and not paying us any attention. Joe wraps an arm around me and pulls me into him. “You’re not helping,” I hiss over my shoulder. “I seduced him.” The point of all those letters was to make him fall madly in love with me.
“Bunny.” His arm tightens around me.
“Zip it,” I order him again. How did he make it as a Marine if he can’t take orders?
“Can we not talk about you seducing anyone?”