Loving Vin (Barretti Security Series, #1) by Sloane Kennedy Page B

what Vin had told him. “But at some point Mia’s going to want everything that a young woman her age wants.”
    “And you don’t think you can give those things to her?”
    As much as he loved his brother, Vin was too tired and too fucked up from the events of the last twenty-four hours to deal with this. “If you think you can convince her to stay with you, have at it,” he muttered. “I’ve got work to do.”
    He forced himself to ignore his brother’s probing stare and didn’t say anything when Dom finally got up and left. He spent the rest of the day locked away in his office. Telling himself he didn’t care if Mia was sitting at her desk or not, he took his time putting his own desk back in order and tried really hard not to remember the vision of Mia draped across the middle of it. When he did finally leave his office, his step faltered when he saw Mia typing away at her computer. A quick glance at Dom’s darkened office had a rush of relief going through him that was so powerful, it nearly knocked him to his knees. Mia glanced up at him with a smile and quickly locked her computer and stood.
    It took everything in him not to grab her hand as they headed towards the elevator and even more not to kiss her once the elevator doors slid closed and they began their descent to the parking garage. Neither of them spoke on the way home but when he reached for his door handle after he parked the car in the driveway, Mia suddenly stopped him with a hand on his. He settled back in the seat and looked at her questioningly but before he could ask if she was okay, she reached up and dragged him down for a kiss. Before he could even grab her to pull her onto his lap like he wanted, she was releasing him.
    “I don’t need to know what this means...not yet,” she said. “It’s enough for me right now.” With that, she got out of the car and by the time he came to his senses, she was already in the house and heading up to her room, presumably to take care of the animals.
    She’d told him exactly what he needed to hear so why the hell didn’t he feel more relieved?
    ***
    “H i, Vin,” the young woman said with a bright smile as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
    “Hi sweetheart, how are you?” Mia heard Vin ask as his eyes passed briefly over the woman’s baby bump. A strange look swept over his features but it quickly disappeared when he reached out to shake hands with the large man standing behind the woman.
    Mia clenched her hands together as the woman glanced her way. The last time she’d seen Riley Sinclair, the woman had been out cold on the floor of her father’s shed.
    “Mia, this is Riley Maddox,” Vin said as he came to stand next to her, his hand coming to rest on the small of her back.
    “Hi, Mia,” Riley said as she ignored the hand Mia managed to extend and dragged her into a huge hug.
    “Hi,” she managed to squeak out.
    “And this is Gabe,” Vin said. To her shock, the big man also hugged her though he must have sensed her discomfort because he kept it very brief. They were a startlingly good looking couple and the second Gabe released her, he was seeking out his wife’s hand. Even when they both took turns greeting Bane and Briego, they continued to hold onto one another. Envy went through Mia at the sight and she wondered if she’d ever find someone she was so connected to that maintaining a physical connection became as natural an occurrence as breathing or eating. She couldn’t help but glance at Vin who also happened to be watching her. But she refused to read too much into the look because she’d caught him doing a lot of that in the past three days since she’d told him what they had was enough.
    He’d been like a man possessed ever since. She’d lost track of the dozens of times and ways they’d had sex. And she hadn’t spent a night in her room since. But as much as she’d like to believe he kept her close because he couldn’t bear to be apart from her, the logical