Chapter One
“I see where you’re looking.” Lorraine shook her head as she walked up beside Mandy. “Look away. Trust me when I say that particular detective is more than you want to handle.”
Mandy let her eyes roam over the detective standing a few feet away at the desk of the emergency room. He was downright edible. He’d been in the emergency room several times already her first two weeks of work, and she couldn’t help staring. “I would love to handle every inch of him.”
His sandy blond hair looked thick enough for her to pull and tug on while he rocked her world. And his body. Good grief. Men shouldn’t be that sexy. It was dangerous to a woman’s mind. Oh, the places her thoughts were going.
Lorraine laughed, breaking Mandy away from those wicked places. “That’s only because you’re too new to know the rumors about him.”
Mandy sighed. She hated rumors. It was one of the reasons she’d uprooted her entire life and started fresh somewhere else. People destroyed lives with rumors.
“I can’t imagine anything making me not want to sink my teeth into him.” He was a cop after all. So, it was very unlikely he’d committed some horrible crime that would be unforgivable.
“What if I told you that if you took him to your bed, it wouldn’t just be the two of you?”
Mandy lifted her eyebrows. “He needs two women at a time?” She let her eyes sweep his body again. He was a whole lot of man. He had to be close to six-foot-two with shoulders that made her think of football players. But, she wasn’t into sharing her current bedmate with another woman. Not by choice anyways.
“Nope. Even worse.” Lorraine shook her head with disgust, and Mandy stared at the older woman. She wasn’t big on judgmental people. “It’s rumored he and his best friend like to share their women.”
“He’s gay?” Why were the gorgeous ones always taken or gay? Life just wasn’t fair sometimes.
“No. I don’t think they do things with each other. They just get off on taking the same woman. You know, at the same time. It’s just weird.”
“I guess it would depend on what the best friend looked like. Is he as gorgeous as Mr. Tall, Blond, and Edible in front of us?”
“I’ve heard he’s even better looking.” A deep voice whispered close to her ear, and Mandy jumped a little before turning to stare at the man it belonged to. He wasn’t lying either. She tried to casually let her gaze brush over him, but the smile on his lips let her know he was aware she was checking him out. But who wouldn’t? “And a hell of a lot better tasting.”
Lorraine squeaked, turned bright red, and almost ran down the corridor. Mandy couldn’t help it. It was just too funny. She started giggling and had to brace a hand on his arm to keep from falling over. He was rock solid. She wondered if he was that muscular all over. And damn if she didn’t want to find out.
“Oh my God. Did you see her face? I guess that will teach her to gossip and spread rumors.”
He grinned at her. “Not a fan of rumors, huh?”
“Not at all.”
“I’m Tanner, by the way.” He held his hand out to her. “Detective Tanner Mathers.”
“Mandy Greyson.”
“I haven’t seen you here before.”
She grinned. “I bet you say that to all the nurses.”
He laughed and shook his head. “No, I know most of them. My partner and I seem to spend far too much time at the emergency room to suit me.”
“The perks of working for the police department?”
“Yeah, great perks, huh?”
She grinned. “It’s not so bad here. This is tame.”
“Spoken only like someone from the city.”
“Nice detective work.” She laughed when he grinned, revealing perfectly even, white teeth. His blue eyes twinkled at her. His hair was a shade of brown darker than hers and looked lush where it fell to his shoulders. She judged there was maybe six inches between their heights, making him around six-feet even.
“Ready to go?” A
“I see where you’re looking.” Lorraine shook her head as she walked up beside Mandy. “Look away. Trust me when I say that particular detective is more than you want to handle.”
Mandy let her eyes roam over the detective standing a few feet away at the desk of the emergency room. He was downright edible. He’d been in the emergency room several times already her first two weeks of work, and she couldn’t help staring. “I would love to handle every inch of him.”
His sandy blond hair looked thick enough for her to pull and tug on while he rocked her world. And his body. Good grief. Men shouldn’t be that sexy. It was dangerous to a woman’s mind. Oh, the places her thoughts were going.
Lorraine laughed, breaking Mandy away from those wicked places. “That’s only because you’re too new to know the rumors about him.”
Mandy sighed. She hated rumors. It was one of the reasons she’d uprooted her entire life and started fresh somewhere else. People destroyed lives with rumors.
“I can’t imagine anything making me not want to sink my teeth into him.” He was a cop after all. So, it was very unlikely he’d committed some horrible crime that would be unforgivable.
“What if I told you that if you took him to your bed, it wouldn’t just be the two of you?”
Mandy lifted her eyebrows. “He needs two women at a time?” She let her eyes sweep his body again. He was a whole lot of man. He had to be close to six-foot-two with shoulders that made her think of football players. But, she wasn’t into sharing her current bedmate with another woman. Not by choice anyways.
“Nope. Even worse.” Lorraine shook her head with disgust, and Mandy stared at the older woman. She wasn’t big on judgmental people. “It’s rumored he and his best friend like to share their women.”
“He’s gay?” Why were the gorgeous ones always taken or gay? Life just wasn’t fair sometimes.
“No. I don’t think they do things with each other. They just get off on taking the same woman. You know, at the same time. It’s just weird.”
“I guess it would depend on what the best friend looked like. Is he as gorgeous as Mr. Tall, Blond, and Edible in front of us?”
“I’ve heard he’s even better looking.” A deep voice whispered close to her ear, and Mandy jumped a little before turning to stare at the man it belonged to. He wasn’t lying either. She tried to casually let her gaze brush over him, but the smile on his lips let her know he was aware she was checking him out. But who wouldn’t? “And a hell of a lot better tasting.”
Lorraine squeaked, turned bright red, and almost ran down the corridor. Mandy couldn’t help it. It was just too funny. She started giggling and had to brace a hand on his arm to keep from falling over. He was rock solid. She wondered if he was that muscular all over. And damn if she didn’t want to find out.
“Oh my God. Did you see her face? I guess that will teach her to gossip and spread rumors.”
He grinned at her. “Not a fan of rumors, huh?”
“Not at all.”
“I’m Tanner, by the way.” He held his hand out to her. “Detective Tanner Mathers.”
“Mandy Greyson.”
“I haven’t seen you here before.”
She grinned. “I bet you say that to all the nurses.”
He laughed and shook his head. “No, I know most of them. My partner and I seem to spend far too much time at the emergency room to suit me.”
“The perks of working for the police department?”
“Yeah, great perks, huh?”
She grinned. “It’s not so bad here. This is tame.”
“Spoken only like someone from the city.”
“Nice detective work.” She laughed when he grinned, revealing perfectly even, white teeth. His blue eyes twinkled at her. His hair was a shade of brown darker than hers and looked lush where it fell to his shoulders. She judged there was maybe six inches between their heights, making him around six-feet even.
“Ready to go?” A
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