Forbidden Attraction [The Callens 5] (Siren Publishing Ménage Everlasting) Read Free Page B

other way to describe him. He took her breath away. His close-cropped, dark brown hair framed a face with a slightly heavy brow ridge and was complemented by a five-o’clock shadow. To say he looked edgy would be an understatement.
    “Jenny?” Jackson squeezed her hand.
    “Huh?”
    “You left us.”
    Shit . How uncool was that? Spacing out over the man’s beauty wasn’t good. She prayed the taller man was Taylor. When they reached the duo, Jackson introduced them. No way. The godlike man was Jackson’s roommate. She bit her cheek to keep from smiling and held out her hand. “I’m Jenny.” Even to her ears, she sounded breathy, as if being in his mere presence inspired awe.
    Taylor held up rather greasy hands. “Sorry.” He stepped back and picked up two hard hats. “You need to wear these.”
    She wondered why he wasn’t wearing one, but she decided to keep her opinion to herself.
    Jackson put his on, turned, then helped adjust hers to fit her head. When his fingers brushed her skin, her whole body tingled. Between the two men, she couldn’t decide who was more alluring. She felt more comfortable with Jackson, but Taylor possessed a more powerful aura.
    “Why don’t you show Jenny what you do?”
    Taylor hesitated, acting as if he didn’t want to be bothered. “Sure. Come on over here. I’ll show you my drawings.”
    He typed something into his computer and up popped a line drawing of an engine. She couldn’t make heads or tails out of it. “So you design engines?”
    “Among other things.”
    He looked a lot like someone she’d seen at her school, but she doubted it was the same man. “Did you happen to go the University of Denver? You look familiar.”
    Taylor glanced first to Jackson then back at her. “No. I never went to college. What has my roommate been telling you?”
    “Nothing.” Her voice trailed off. Here she’d thought this hottie who made her heart race would be such a good match.
    His brows furrowed. “From the look on your pretty little face, you’re disappointed.”
    I am. “No. I’m just surprised.” No way would she tell him the truth. That would make her look like a total snob.
    Someone called his name. He turned to Jackson. “Take a look around, but don’t let her get in the way.”
    Ouch . Did he think she didn’t know how to keep her hands to herself? Once he walked away, Jackson clasped her shoulders.
    “He’s in his focusing mode right now. He doesn’t mean to be standoffish.”
    “Sure.” Then why did he look so happy to let her know he’d never gone to college? Was he lying? She found it hard to believe someone so talented would be self taught, but what did she know?
    Jackson wrapped an arm around her waist and her blood pressure immediately dropped. “How about we grab some dessert and a cup of coffee?”
    The tension in her shoulders relaxed. “I’d like that.”
    He unsnapped her headgear as well as his own and placed them back where Taylor had gotten them. The loud noise was giving her a headache anyway. His roommate might be a brilliant man and an exquisite specimen, but he wasn’t right for her. She couldn’t believe she’d just been played.
    Too bad her pussy didn’t care how the man had acted. Damn .

Chapter Three
     
    “What the fuck were you doing with a Callen?”
    Jackson hadn’t expected the harsh comment the moment he walked in the door. He’d had a wonderful time with Jenny and didn’t need Taylor’s grief. “I told you she works for me.” Maybe he should have warned him about her. The Callens were the royalty of Intrigue, but damn, that didn’t mean they were untouchable.
    “That’s no excuse to bring her on a date.”
    “It wasn’t a date exactly.”
    Taylor’s lips pressed together. “What was it?”
    “A chance for her to meet you.”
    His roommate laughed. “Oh, that’s rich.”
    “I don’t know why you’re upset. You meet the Callen rich requirement.”
    Taylor ducked into the kitchen, brought back two beers,