Luke's Absolution (The Colloway Brothers Book 3) Read Online Free

spitfire I cannot stop thinking about. I let my gaze slowly roam down her tight body, which is sadly hidden underneath a light pink spring jacket.
    Jesus, she is something else. No wonder she’s haunting me. Addy Monroe is the only woman I’ve met in the last five and a half years who has eclipsed all thoughts of Livia, so if I’m honest with myself, that’s the main reason I need to be here with her. She does so many things to my body, to my emotions, but giving my heart and soul a little bit of peace is probably the single biggest one. And while I feel like a rat bastard taking something that she’s not freely offering me, I fucking need that peace like I need air. If only for a little while.
    When my eyes finally collide with hers again, I let a broad, cocky smile turn my lips, as fury further turns down hers. It’s quite apropos, I think. For some reason, we seem to bring out the worst in each other. All that fire will make for one hell of a good fuck, though. She can say otherwise, but she wants me. Plain as day.
    Bigs was probably right. Never shit where you eat. But hell if I care at this particular moment. All I’m doing is planning the hundred ways I’m going to make her moan, scream, and sob my name in pleasure…and maybe even a little in pain. I do keep my promises, after all.
    “Hello, dear. How was your day?” I finally retort sweetly.
    Her eyes light in fury.
    Yeah.
    This is gonna be fun.

Chapter 3
    “ H ello , dear. How was your day?” he says with so much false sweetness I swear I was just dipped in a vat of melted sugar.
    “You’d better explain yourself,” I grit. I have had one hell of a long day and all I’ve thought about for the last hour is sinking into a hot bath with a bottle of beer before falling into bed. Carla still has the flu, so that means I’ll have to open the store at 10:30 instead of going in at 1:00 as I usually do on Fridays. The last thing I need is to come home to some pompous ass invading my personal space. Even if he is the best looking pompous ass I’ve ever laid eyes on.
    When I struck up a conversation with the intimidating but good-looking big dude named Ben, who’s now walking toward me from what used to be Livia’s bedroom, and he told me he was helping a buddy move in, I have to confess I was excited at the prospect of a younger guy living in this building. It’s mostly filled with low-income families and senior citizens on a fixed budget. I admit this isn’t the greatest place to live, however, the price is right. Cheap. And, while I’m now finally making a decent profit, a good part of what I make is still going right back into my business.
    So I was excited, until big and handsome walked right into my apartment, that is. He was all chatty on the three flights up, but once we walked through my open door, he completely clammed up. Could have been my screeching or it could have been the knowing look Luke Colloway was giving him.
    “I’m waiting.”
    “Not really sure I owe you an explanation, sweetheart.” Luke picks up the two empty beer bottles on the counter and opens the garbage, tossing them in. Ben is standing at the mouth of the hallway taking us in, trying hard to contain his smile. Unsuccessfully, I might add.
    “What?” I breathe, unable to believe what I’m hearing. “You pick the lock and move your shit in here without my knowledge and you don’t think you owe me an explanation?”
    “Name’s on the lease, doll, so just taking what I’m paying for.”
    I set down the tax files I need to sort through this weekend and walk into the kitchen until I’m toe to toe with the most gorgeous and infuriating man I have ever met. I have to try hard not to drag in a long breath, filling my lungs with his impossibly intoxicating scent. And I most definitely have to push all thoughts of how good it is to set my starved eyes on his sexiness again after ten weeks (but who’s counting?). Jesus, the things he does to my body without even a touch