Page 13 of Hot Cops

“Yep. Soon as we track down Trevor, we’re going to start our honeymoon.”

Riley spun around at his words, fury evident on her face.“What are you doing?”

“Telling your family our good news.” He knew his response would send her into orbit, but he refused to back down on this subject. If he gave Riley an inch she’d take a mile and he wasn’t budging on their marriage. She was his wife and she was damn well going to stay his wife. It was time she accepted that.

“Listen, Tris. Do you mind letting everyone know? I’m sorry about springing it on you this way, but it was sort of a surprise to us too.”

“Didn’t expect you to go to such lengths when I asked you to take care of her.” Aaron recalled Tris and Ewan pulling him aside after Teagan’s wedding and asking him to keep an eye on her. He knew of all her siblings, Tris worried about Riley the most.

“Listen, we’ll have a big party when we get back. Celebrate in style.”

Tris laughed. “Sounds like a plan. Welcome to the family, bro, and, um…good luck. You’ll need it.”

Aaron smiled as he hung up the phone. He’d grown up with the Collins siblings and they’d never failed to make him feel like part of the family. Realizing he was suddenly an official member made him happier than he would have expected.

He looked at his new wife, shooting daggers at him, and realized Tris was right. He was going to need luck—lots of it. “You were right. Johanna’s apparently been making a few calls home.”

“And rather than deny it, you told Tris we were married. Knowing perfectly well that I don’t want tostaymarried.”

Aaron narrowed his eyes warningly. “What you want and what you need are two different things right now. It won’t always be that way.”

“When did you get so stubborn?”

He reached over and pulled her toward him, silently rejoicing when, rather than fight him, she moved into him, accepting his embrace and wrapping her arms around his waist. “When something is really important to me, I go after it. I don’t think that makes me stubborn. Just determined.”

She rested her cheek against his chest and tightened her hold. “You’re going to be sorry about this one day. I’m not easy to live with.”

He chuckled. “Riley, I’ve been a part of your life for over twenty years and I’ve never wanted to leave. I don’t see that changing anytime in the near future.”

She stepped back and looked at him. Her eyes seemed to study every feature on his face and he wondered what she was thinking. Then she rose up on her tiptoes, pulling his head down to hers.

“You’re crazy,” she whispered. For the first time since they’d woken up married, she initiated a kiss. He let her lead the way, her lips betraying the conflicting emotions inside her. At first her kiss was soft, tentative, but within moments it became hard, needy, rough. She nipped his lower lip with her teeth and a growl rumbled in his throat.

His cock had never been this hard for this long. He was beginning to fear for his health. Sustaining an erection for hours on end couldn’t be a good thing. What did those warnings on the commercials for Viagra say? Four hours? No way would the doctors in the emergency room believe his was all natural.

Her tongue touched his and he realized if he didn’t break this off, he’d throw her down on the floor of the hotel lobby and give the gamblers a show.

“Riley.” He grasped her wrists, pulling them away from his neck. “We have to stop, sweetheart. Too many more of those kisses and we’ll both be arrested for indecent exposure.”

She opened her eyes. “Just for kissing?”

“It’s what your kisses make me want to do that could get us into trouble.”

She gave him a sexy grin. “Oh yeah?”

“Yeah. I’m two minutes away from yanking those tight jeans of yours down and bending you over the check-in counter.” Her eyes darkened, letting him know she wouldn’t resist just such an occurrence, and he groaned. “Jesus.”

“I’m starting to think Trev can go hang.”

“Your headache?” he asked.

“Miraculously gone. The room’s only three flights up.”

He reached for her hand. Trevor was on his own.

“Excuse me,” the registration clerk called out. They turned to see the man waving them over. “Did you say your name was Riley Collins?”

“Yes,” Riley said.

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