A Force of Three [Elite Dragons 4] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) Read Free Page B

Codi.
    Codi studied Linton intently. Linton could see the conflict in his brother’s eyes. “You’re attracted to her,” Codi said. “Shit, Linton.”
    Linton shrugged defensively. “Meet her and tell me that I’m wrong.”
    He knew Codi would never back down from a challenge. “Fine. Do it.” He got up and tossed his beer bottle in the trash on his way out.
    Bryden watched him go and then turned his attention back to Linton. “So how do we start with the woman?” Linton pulled his cell out and searched for the doctor’s office phone number on the Internet and then hit dial . A shiver of excited apprehension ran up his spine as the phone rang.
    “Dr. Jones’s office, Nyssa speaking.”
    “Nyssa, it’s Linton Wade. I was in the office about half an hour ago.”
    “Yes, Mr. Wade, what can I do for you?” Nyssa’s voice sounded slightly breathier than it had when she first picked up the phone.
    “I’d like to take you out for dinner.”
    The silence that followed Linton’s statement had him worried, but then he heard a breathy sigh through the receiver.
    “Um, I don’t know…”
    “What time do you get off work, honey?” Linton asked
    “5:30.”
    “Okay, I’ll pick you up outside the doc’s at 5:30. See you then, Nyssa.” Linton disconnected the call before she could refuse his offer and grinned at his brother.
    “You didn’t say anything to her about Codi and me coming along,” Bryden observed.
    “Hopefully she likes surprises.”
    “Or you could go in alone until you feel sure about her,” Bryden said. “Codi’s going to skin you if she’s part of the smuggling ring and you get interested in her.”
    Linton wasn’t worried about that. “I think it’s best if all three of us are in this from the beginning. I have a feeling that Nyssa Mathis may just be the one.”

Chapter Three
     
    Nyssa stared at the phone in her hand. Had she just accepted to have dinner with a complete stranger? No, she hadn’t. Mr. Wade hadn’t given her time to even answer him. Replacing the handset, she realized her hand was shaking. Linton Wade was a big man, and his size had intimidated her when he had first walked into the office. But he was so handsome and muscular, the epitome of every woman’s wet dream, that she had been attracted to him at the same time.
    Nyssa would have to have been dead not to see how handsome he was. He stood around six five, with short gold-blond hair and the bluest eyes she had ever seen. Just a hint of stubble roughened his strong, square jaw, and when he had winked and then smiled at her Nyssa had thought she would swoon like a heroine in a historical romance. Her body had liked what she had seen, too. Her breasts had felt swollen, and even her clit had stood up and taken notice of Mr. Wade’s masculinity. And that sort of thing never happened to Nyssa. Not ever.
    She’d only ever had two boyfriends in her twenty-four years on the Earth, and only one of those had ended up physical. Giving a mental snort, she remembered the one and only time she’d had sex. It had been painful and messy and definitely nothing to write home about. Nyssa didn’t know what all the fuss was about and, to be honest, had decided not to bother with men ever again. But after meeting Mr. Wade, she thought she might have to reconsider that decision.
    Pushing her unusual lascivious thoughts aside, Nyssa concentrated on updating the software on the computer screen in front of her. She had only been working for Dr. Jones since last week, when he had hired her for the receptionist job. Even though the clinic had opened only three days ago, she wondered how much longer she’d have to work here. There was something about Dr. Jones that made her skin crawl. If she had to describe it she wouldn’t have been able to, but he gave her the creeps. But a job was a job, and she needed to work to pay her bills and keep a roof over her head.
    What scared the bejesus out of her, though, was that a reporter had