Free Irons (Norfolk #1) by Mj Fields Page A

for you.”
    She smiled, “No, silly, why should you be the leader?”
    “Because I can’t be any other way. And honestly I don’t think you’d want it any differently. What I mean Frankie is I want to take care of you. I want your parents—”
    “Hold up, Irons, I don’t want them to be caused any pain when you’ve had enough of me or I’ve had enough of you. We can leave them out of it, okay?”
    “We can discuss it, but I don’t want to lie to your parents. And when you move in—”
    “Jax, I have a year left of school. I have an apartment. I don’t think we need to rush this.”
    “I don’t want you to tell me what you think I wanna hear. I’ve been with a lot of women, Frankie, women who I made no promises, who said they understood I wasn’t relationship material. Then when it ends and I move on, it’s different. My point, don’t act like you don’t want this when we both know you do. Don’t pussy foot around my emotions because I don’t play that way.”
    “You’re pretty sure of yourself.”
    “I am. I know who I am and I know you want me as much as I want you.”
    “Maybe I’m here for the steak.” She opened her mouth, asking for more.
    “I’m pretty sure that’s exactly why you’re here.”
    She shook her head and looked down. “It can’t be that easy, Jax.”
    “Everything else in the past three years has been hell. Don’t you think its time for easy?”
    “I miss him,” she whispered.
    “Me too, sweetheart, me too.”
    “I hated when he left, every time he left, it hurt.”
    “Is that why you’re not sure about us? Is it because of what I am?”
    “Jax, I don’t think I could handle losing someone else again.”
    “They say only the good die young, Frankie. I’m not all that good.”
    “Don’t you think we should think about this a little more? What if it’s because of Will?”
    “It was because of Will that I know you. It was because of Will that I care about you. It’s because of Will that I understand what you need. I watched him handle you for years.”
    “Handle me?”
    I smiled and nodded, “I also watched you handle him, so don’t get pissy. But understand, I know all your little tricks to tug at someone’s heart strings. That being said, it’s also because of Will, that I know what you want and what you need emotionally. But Frankie, Will, wasn’t here when I started caring deeper. He wasn’t in Pensacola when I couldn’t get you out of my mind. He wasn’t here when we kissed that night and I felt a need that I had never felt for a woman before. That was all you.”
    “But if he was here—”
    “I’d have some explaining to do, because one look at you as a woman and I would’ve used every move I had to get you under me.”
    She tried not to smile and looked down. “What would he have said?”
    “He would have been pissed, but when he figured out that I wanted to do you right, I’m sure he would’ve been just fine with it.”
    “But if you hurt me…” she looked up sadly.
    “He would know I’m a man of my word and if I said I wanted to take care of you, that’s exactly what I would do.”
    I held up the fork and she shook her head back and forth. “I don’t want any more. I want you to take me to bed.”
    I wanted nothing more than to do just that. “When can we tell your folks?”
    She stood up and started undressing very slowly and I knew I was not going to be able to walk away, I did that two days ago and it nearly killed me.
    “You said I could have that part of you when I broke up with Joel. It’s time to pay the piper.”
    Her blouse fell to the floor, exposing a red lacy bra that I am sure should be illegal because it, alone, could cause men to tear down a country. She undid her pants and slowly they shimmied down her body, exposing matching red lacy booty shorts. I wanted her to turn around so I would see how that tight little ass looked in them.
    “You just going to sit there and stare at me or are you going to accept