Read Online Not Negotiable: A Trident Security Series Novella - Book 3.5 by Samantha Cole - Free Book Online

her mouth. The beast in him was released and she met it with the one inside of her. Their tongues dueled as she shifted to straddle his lap. Kissing him was just as she’d suspected it would be—explosive. All thoughts of her cancer, chemotherapy, and anything else disappeared from her brain as she let her body take over the moment.
    Changing the angle of his head, he devoured her. The one hand held her head in place while the other closed around her breast. His heat scorched her and her back bowed, thrusting her lush flesh further into his touch. Moans emanated from her, followed by a whimper when he pulled his mouth from hers.
    Breathless, Parker held her to his chest. “Damn, that was better than I remembered it was, and you better believe I’ve dreamed of doing that since the last time I kissed you. But if I don’t stop now, I won’t be able to.”
    “What if I don’t want to stop?” And she didn’t want to. All she wanted was for him to keep on kissing her and to fuck her with that rock hard bulge in his pants.
    He stiffened and the fingers in her hair tightened just enough to give her a bite of pain. “Topping from the bottom, baby? You know better than that. And until I talk to your doctor tomorrow and have my list of questions answered, this is as far as I’m willing to go. You’re important to me, Shelby, and I don’t want to fuck up and do anything that might hurt you.” Snorting, he ran a hand down her back. “Jeez, if someone told me two days ago that I would stop once I had you in my arms, I would’ve told them they were crazy.”
    Resting her head on his shoulder, she placed a chaste kiss on his neck. This was so nice, sitting in his lap as if she belonged there. But she didn’t. Sooner or later she would have to tell him why she couldn’t be his. Why she couldn’t stay.
    How long they sat that way, content in the silence, she wasn’t sure, but reality burst her bubble when his phone rang. Figuring it had to be about his work, Shelby slid out of his arms and stood. She picked up their plates and glasses, then carried them into the kitchen as he answered the phone. While she hadn’t meant to eavesdrop, she couldn’t help but hear his aggravated tone of voice.
    “Hello…We’ve been through this. I can’t drop everything and run to Boston because you want me to. I have a business to run. A successful one, not that it makes any difference to you…I don’t know when I’ll be able to get up there…State Senate? Well, good for you…I don’t know.” A growl came from the family room and it hadn’t come from Spanky. “I said, I don’t know…I have things to take care of down here…Well, they’re important to me…Fine. I’ll check my calendar…I said…Never mind…Goodbye to you, too, Father.”
    The last sentence had been spat out sarcastically, and Shelby got the impression he’d been talking to dead air. His father had probably hung up. Poor Parker. Not only was his brother an asshole, his father sounded like a prick as well. She didn’t know anything else about his family and hoped there was at least one person among them who was there for him, because those two men obviously weren’t.
    She realized she was still standing there, frozen in place, and moved to put the plates in the dishwasher as he walked into the kitchen. “You don’t have to do that, I’ll clean up.”
    Cocking her hip, she gave him a scowl. “I’m not an invalid, Parker. If you insist that I stay with you during my chemo, then I insist on carrying my own weight around here.”
    In a blink of an eye, he was across the room, sweeping her up into his arms. Laughing at her shocked expression, he held her close. “I think I like carrying your weight around, baby. And you’re here to get better, not clean up. But if you want, maybe you can give me some decorating ideas. If you hadn’t noticed, my place screams bachelor pad.”
    Beneath her, Spanky woofed loudly at their antics. Shelby giggled, loving