Tall, Tatted and Tempting (The Reed Brothers, #1)

by Tammy Falkner

“She’s going to break your fucking heart, man,” Matt warns after she closes the door. I know. She’s going to break my fucking heart. Because I’ve never wanted anything with anyone the way I want something I can’t even define with her.

“I want you more than I want air,” he says. My heart starts to beat a tattoo rhythm in my chest. I open my mouth to speak, but he holds up that damn finger. “But I can’t act on my feelings. Not while I don’t even know your name.”

“But even more than I want to lick you all over and make you cry out my name and swear you see God, I want you to trust me. And you don’t. Not yet. But you might one day.”

“I laughed because the one girl I do want to fuck is naked in my room and I can’t have her!” he growls. “It’s like divine intervention.”

“I’ve been locked in my own world for a really long time,” he says. “I have an excuse to keep people away, because of my disability. And then I saw your tattoo…” I turn his wrist over and trace my finger across it. He shudders at my touch, closing his eyes tightly. “And I felt like maybe, just maybe, we were each locked in our own little worlds and could let each other out.”

“If I ever get to fucking be inside you, I want to know what to call you. I want to at least know your name. Because when that happens, you’re going to

fucking own me.” I tip her face up so she’s looking at me. “Do you understand?”

Suck every moment from life. We should all do more of that.

“The next time you want to die, don’t do it on Kit’s watch, you sorry fucker,”

“I love you so fucking much,” he says. Then he bends his head and kisses me. His lips are soft but urgent.

“I’ve never done this with someone who matters. With someone I’m in love with. Jesus, girl, you make me crazy.”