Total pages in book: 30
Estimated words: 27534 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 138(@200wpm)___ 110(@250wpm)___ 92(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 27534 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 138(@200wpm)___ 110(@250wpm)___ 92(@300wpm)
His lips turned up at the corners, and he shook his head. “Yes, sir.”
I rolled my eyes and led the way out to my heavy-duty pickup where we both climbed in—not a particularly easy task with the brace—and buckled up. Simon entered the address into my GPS, and we pulled into the parking lot of a training and care facility twenty minutes later.
Cursing at my hampered mobility, I carefully exited the truck so I wouldn’t land hard on my feet and end up on my ass if my leg gave out. I waited for Simon at the curb, then locked the doors and followed him inside.
The lobby walls were covered with posters about service dogs, and it had a warm, inviting atmosphere. A middle-aged woman sat behind the large desk next to the only other door in the room. She typed on her computer but looked up with a smile as we entered.
“Can I help you?”
Simon stepped forward and handed her a stack of paperwork. She quickly scanned it, then smiled again. “I’ll need to enter all of this into the system, but our best trainer, Annalise, will be right with you. She’ll explain the matching process, and we’ll get you started as soon as I’ve verified your information. You can go ahead through the door and wait for her in the second room on the right.”
We thanked her, then I trailed my friend, but when we passed the first room, I glanced inside and froze in my tracks. The most perfect ass I’d ever seen was on full display as the woman it belonged to was bent over feeding a treat to a dog. My cock made an effort to stand at attention, but my jeans mostly hid my hard-on.
When she straightened back up, my eyes were drawn to her legs. She wore jeans, but they didn’t hide how toned they were, and even though she was of average height, they looked miles long.
Someone called out, and she pivoted around. Her silky-looking chestnut ponytail swung, showing off a slender neck. She had an athletic build, but her tits were full and her curves were mouthwatering. Her face was heart-shaped, with high cheekbones, big green eyes, and a plush mouth. Those lips inspired all manner of dirty thoughts.
“See you later, kid,” said a man who bore a significant resemblance to my girl—the girl—called out. An older man, who shared the same features, smiled and lifted his chin at her.
She blew a kiss their way, and a surge of jealousy shot through my veins, shocking the shit out of me. Thankfully, the feeling receded when they left out of a side door. But my dick refused to back down, and since I’d made the mistake of going commando, the hard length pressed hard against my zipper causing the metal teeth to dig into the sensitive skin.
The woman turned back to the dog and said something before giving its ears a scratch, then it trotted off to lay in a bed. When she did an about-face, she spotted me, and her eyes went wide as her perfect mouth formed a little O.
We stared at each other for a long time before she swallowed hard and shook her head, as if to clear it. “Hi. Um, I’ll be right with you. In, um, room 2.”
I was reluctant to walk away from her, but I’d brought Simon here for a reason, and that wasn’t for me to get a date. “Yes, ma’am,” I murmured. Then mentally smirked when her cheeks turned pink. It was adorable. After giving her one last sizzling glance, I backed up the few steps I’d taken into the room and bumped into Simon.
He snickered, and I tossed him a warning glance as we made our way to the next room.
“You should ask her out.”
I didn’t reply.
“Seriously, Kade. When was the last time you went on a date?”
I remained silent because I honestly couldn’t remember.
3
Annalise
Imet plenty of former military men at work—and had been introduced to many more over the years through my dad and brother—but none of them had ever garnered the kind of reaction that this guy did. He was about half a foot taller than me and muscular, with brown hair that was short on the sides and slightly longer on top, and grayish-blue eyes. He was gorgeous and purely masculine, which made those plump lips of his stand out even more since they were his only soft feature.
The scruff on his cheeks was more than just a day’s growth, making me wonder if he belonged to a special operations unit that had relaxed grooming standards. Or if that brace meant he was on convalescent leave.
My brain didn’t kick back in until I joined him in the room I had directed him to for our meeting. When I spotted the other man with him, I realized my assumption about the hot guy being my appointment was incorrect. Which I should have realized on my own since the information I’d reviewed about my next intake didn’t say anything about mobility issues.