Free Feel The Fire (Unforgettable Series) by Adrianne Byrd Page B

She shifted from the seat across from him to slide next to him. When she crossed her legs, she made sure that they rested on his. “What you need is to relax.” Her fingers walked up the center of his chest and then loosen his tie. “You know my place isn’t too far from here.”
    Jonas stared into her chocolate gaze, seeing nothing but the promise of pleasure. But again, he found himself comparing Patsy’s ethereal beauty to Toni’s sultry beauty and grew frustrated in the process.
    “That’s not necessary, Patsy. I have a full day of work ahead of me. I need to get back to the office.”
    Instead of backing off, Patsy leaned close and nibbled on his ear. “We can always do it right here.” You used to like that.” The hand on his tie dropped suddenly to grab at his crotch.
    Jonas launched out of his seat and landed on the opposite side of the limo. “Uh, I think I’m going to take a rain check. I really got...a lot on my mind.”
    Patsy erased her look of surprise and replaced it with suspicion. “What’s her name?”
    Jonas straightened his tie. What’s whose name?”
    She laughed and straightened in her seat. “What? We’re playing games now?” Patsy shook her head and tsked under her breath. “The annoying thing about you is that you’re monogamous. “If one woman has captured your heart, the rest of us mortal women don’t have a chance. It would be refreshing if life was a romance novel-but in real life, it’s just plain silly.”
    A sardonic laugh rumbled in his chest as he turned back toward the window. “There’s no woman.”
    “Liar.”
    His gaze swung back to his attorney, but she only shrugged beneath his piercing stare.
    “I call them like I see it.”
    Jonas clenched his jaw tight and remained silent during the rest of the ride to his office. There were still a few legal issues they needed to go over, but Jonas suggested they review them at another time.
    “You’re the boss,” she said, and remained in the limo to return to her office.
    He climbed out and swiftly entered his building.
    Once he was alone in the elevator, he finally questioned his reaction-and definitely wondered at Patsy’s assessment. Why in the hell didn’t he take her up on her offer? He was a free man, despite his affinity for women who belong to other men. In this case his brother.
    Who knows, maybe Q was right. Where women are concerned, he needed to keep his heart out of it.
    “You have a visitor,” Michelle informed him the minute he strolled through the door. “Last minute,” she added when he rolled his eyes.
    “Give me a minute and then send them on in,” he instructed, storming through his office door. Once inside, he made a beeline toward the bar. He only intended to toss back one shot but instead downed three.
    At the knock at the door, he bristled, “Come in,” and was thrown off guard when Toni Wright stepped into his office. But then, given how his day was going, he shouldn’t have been surprised.
    “What do you want?” he asked.
    “Gee, you don’t sound too happy to see me.” She closed the door, but inched across the office like she was in pain.
    “Are you all right?”
    “Yes, of course,” she covered, but her tight smile belied the words. “Let’s just say that your brother is quite a handful.”
    Jonas tossed down another shot. “Going well, is it?”
    “Too soon to tell.”
    “Apparently it’s not too soon for some things.”
    Toni stopped and whipped a curious look in his direction. “What is that supposed to mean?”
    “You tell me,” he said, his gaze remained laser-sharp.
    “I have no idea.” She eased into a vacant chair and sighed in relief to be off her feet. “But to answer your question I’m here on more business.”
    Jonas didn’t want to talk about business. “You know, Sterling is a good guy,” he said, unsure where he was going with this. On one hand he loved his brother and on the other...it was like Tracey Mathis all over again. Why that was so,