Free Robin and Her Merry Men by Willow Brooke

tone — awakening something new she had never felt. Her panties soaked instantly. Unfortunately, reality slammed her back in place.
    “No… I can’t.” She stepped forward, tucking her bangs under her hot pink ball cap and turned to walk out. Before she got through the doorway, he blocked her path.
    “Not tonigh t of course. But soon. Dinner, maybe dancing — ” Before he could continue what she considered a dream date, she interrupted.
    “John, thank you for everything. Under normal circumstances I’d take you up on your offer.” She sighed, having a hard time justifying her denial. He was a sexy force of nature, and her body screamed to reckon with it. Like acid on her tongue, she choked out her next words. “But, I can’t. Too many people depend on me.”
    John bowed up, his eyes fierce. “I know. I want to help.” He could feel her denial seeping through his pours and braced himself for a battle he was determined to win. All of the wet dreams he had endured of this hot little redhead had finally led him to the real thing. There was no surrendering now. “Don’t say no. I’m not giving you an option.” He watched as emotions rolled over her gorgeous features .
    Robin went from flattered to pissed in less than six secon ds flat. He was going to black mail her! “So, what? I don’t go out with you, you turn me in? Is that it? There is no way in hell you are getting a cut. You might want to rethink your strategy on picking up women and business deals .” She shoved past him and stormed into the front room, fully aware of him hot on her heels.
    “Cool your hot little ass before I bend i t over my knee and spank it,” h e grumbled, sounding more like a grizzly bear than a man. It had more effect on her than she would have liked. Her cheeks flushed a warm pink, only pissing her of f more. No man controlled her… or her emotions.
    “Don’t. Threaten. Me.” Robin arched her shoulders back, ready to lay the smacketh down on his candy ass . “Tell your guy I’m on my way.” She grabbed her purse and keys and stormed out the door, spotting the unmarked cops sitting at the end of the parking lot. Fuck. So, she did what any woman would do. With each step, she popped an extra sway, taking their attention off where she was going this late and on to the bulge in their pants. When she got to her car she dropped her keys, bending at the waist to give them a view just for good measure. When she got in her car and took off, it took them awhile to catch up. It wasn’t far to the grocery store, and by the grace of all things magical she found a front row parking spot, giving her a few minutes inside the store alone while the uniforms searched for a spot and hiked across the parking lot.
    She didn’t waste time. She grabbed a cart without stopping like a pro and headed straight to the frozen section. There were only three people wandering around, narrowing down the odds as to one being her buyer. When a big man who looked more like a damn bulldozer than human stopped in front of the appetizers , she knew he was the one.
    Robin casually strolled over to the clear glass door next to him and watched out of the corner of her eye as he turned away from the suitcase left in the front of his cart. She looked around , making sure there was no one in sight and glanced up pretending to fix her contacts to scope out the area for cameras. When the coast was clear, she peeked inside and saw the bills were legit. In an effortless swap, she left the box that contained the Hope Diamond and slipped the case of cash in her huge hobo purse and walked on, shopping like nothing had happened. Before she made it to the end of the a isle, the two rent-a-pigs caught up with her, doing a sorry job of pretending to shop. She passed them without giving them a second look, heading over to the tampon a isle. Of course, they were right on her heels. Okay , assholes, you wanna play? She took her time deciding on which brand to get, tossing the