Free Spencer-3 by Kathi S. Barton

teacher.”
    “No, nothing like that. I want you, O’Malley. I’ve never wanted a woman as much as I want you. Right now, against the wall, on the floor, standing here with you wrapped around me. I want you hard; I want you fast. I want you now.”
    “Oh my.” Her voice was breathy. And her eyes had become darker; her pulse at her throat was pounding. Spencer found he wanted to sink his teeth into her there and taste her.
    He reached out to pull her to him, but her uncle Paddy came up behind him again and it was everything Spencer could do not to snarl at the man.
    “Come on, you two, before you’re arrested. You have to ride with me and Dee. Your family has already left.” With a quick kiss, Cait pulled away, but held his hand as they walked to the car.

    ~CHAPTER 9~
    Cait was used to loud rooms. The squad room sometimes sounded like a locker room and a football stadium at the same time with phones ringing, loud shouts of anger, and humor. But this was entirely different. These were families.
    They had been shown a private room when they entered the restaurant.
    Everyone they met, the staff and owners, seemed to know the Grants. Even her uncle was not a stranger to some of the women they saw.
    There was a long table set up in the middle of the huge room. It was blessedly cool and Cait took a deep breath as soon as she walked in.
    Meggie rushed to her dad and he scooped her up into his arms. Meggie gave her daddy a big kiss and then starting telling him about the ride over and also how she loved talking to Cait’s aunt Dee.
    Cait’s aunt had been born deaf. A product of a severe infection that her mother had had in the later months of pregnancy, Cait had been told as a child.
    Dee had come to the United States from Ireland to help her brother Paddy raise Cait when she became an orphan after the death of her parents.
    “She wants to know if she can sit next to you during lunch. You don’t have to, O’Malley; my mom will be happy to let her sit with her,” Spencer said.
    “No, that’ll be great. Just no checkers.” Cait signed to Meggie her answer and smiled when Meggie gave her a huge kiss as well.
    “Spencer, bring the girl of the hour over to meet the rest of your family, please. I’m sure she needs to sit down and take a break. You can suck face with her later.” Cait glared at the man, who just laughed at her.
    “Behave, Byron. We happen to like sucking face, thank you. You should meet my family,” Spencer told her. “Let me introduce you. Everyone, this is Caitlynne O’Malley. She’s a detective from Chicago. This is her uncle, Paddy O’Malley, a retired detective, and her aunt Dee, Paddy’s sister.” Everyone stood and said their name. Cait knew a couple of them already, but most of them were strangers. She had not realized that Spencer had so many brothers, but immediately could tell that they were related to each other.
    Ordering became the first order of business and the waitress brought in several pitchers of beer and mugs. Cait let hers sit empty in front of her. She didn’t like alcohol and detested the smell and taste of beer. Her attention was on what Meggie was saying to her when she heard Spencer being teased about not having a brew with his brothers.
    “Sorry, guys, but some people don’t enjoy beer breath and since I plan on partaking of some of her later, I’ll pass.”
    Cait, used to male banter and who had no problem taking care of herself in a dirty joke, turned to Spencer. “You planning to get lucky later, teach? ‘Cause if you think not having beer breath will help you, you have another thing coming.” When he reached over, pulled her to him, and kissed her full on the lips, she nearly squeaked out loud. Then when he slid his tongue along her lips, she melted against him. The room just faded away at the feeling of him and his mouth.
    When he pulled away, she actually whimpered and then flushed when she realized that everyone close to them heard her. She was more