Review: In His Kiss

In His Kiss by Christina Tetreault
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK decent reads.
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“Doesn’t mean she has to like it. I don’t think it helped that he started dating again right after you left.”

“Table for one?” Striker heard the question in her voice. He couldn’t remember a time he’d ever shown up here alone.

Striker’s eyes slid to the attractive blonde filling mugs with beer. They’d hooked up numerous times before he’d gotten together with Ella, and Tony knew it.

The last time he’d been with her was more than two months ago. He’d known when he left her apartment it’d been a mistake.

Striker held back a groan. “Go with Spanish.” Yeah, he realized it was a long shot, but if Ella gave him another chance he didn’t want her to be his ex-lover’s professor.

He hadn’t gone out or had sex since leaving Cora’s apartment in June.

He’d ended relationships with plenty of women. Since he usually dated women who lived outside of North Salem, he didn’t run into many once he stopped calling them. He liked it that way. The few he did see from time to time never reacted the way Ella had.

The moment reminded him of a similar one the previous fall. He’d seen her on the side of Union Street with a flat and stopped to help her. Once he finished, he’d asked her out. They’d spent the next eight months together.

“Funny. You kept busy dating. I heard you started right after I left. With so many women around, I’m surprised you noticed I was even gone.”

My room now barely fits my bed. Right, Striker?” Ella’s breath burned in her throat as jealousy singed the corners of her control. Images of Striker making love to Cora in some tiny bedroom formed. Rather than say something she’d later regret, she bit the inside of her mouth.

“Go have fun with Cora. She’s obviously interested.”

Since you know the size of her bedroom, you were interested.” “Yeah, okay. I had sex with her. It didn’t mean anything. And it was months ago.”

“How many others were you with while I was gone?” She clenched her jaw so tight her lips barely moved when she spoke. “Ella, it doesn’t matter.” “It does to me, Striker. How many?” His shoulders fell. Ella wouldn’t let this go until he answered. “Three.” It was mostly the truth. He’d had sex with three women, but he’d gone out with six.

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