Page 1 of The Ranger
PROLOGUE
COLE
EIGHT MONTHS AGO
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“You want one of theseT-shirts, Coley Moley?”Scarlett asks, wobbling on her feet while tugging on her own shirt that saysKung Fu Bodyguards.
Wait, is that the BHS logo?
I glance at Josh, who shakes his head.
Coley Moley.I wish she wouldn’t call me that—it’s the stupidest fucking nickname in the world.But Scarlett Walton is not someone you can control.She’s wild and hot in the way that Mad Dog sauce is; she’ll burn you from the inside out like a goddamn volcano.
I’m not going to lie; I’d love to feel the wild flames of her orgasm on my tongue.
“You have one in my size, or shall I take yours?”I smirk as my gaze roams the length of her body, paying special attention to her round breasts and tiny waist.
This sassy witch has held my attention since the moment I walked in, and Cassy—her best friend and my bossy’s wife—introduced us.
I think it was the twirl and then the handshake.
Who does that?
Yet I smiled.It might also have had something to do with her black skirt, which lifted, showing me a juicy peach covered by a very thin layer of lace.I got an instant hard-on, which doesn’t seem to have completely ended the entire time I’ve been at the bar with my friends and colleagues.
I’m not complaining.
The black suspenders connected to Scarlett’s skirt tease her nipples and threaten to fall off her shoulders.I’ve spent a lot of the night imagining her with no top or bra, and just those suspenders, and how I’d tease her (and myself) for hours.
The dozen cheeky grins she’s fired my way tells me she knows what I’m thinking, and I don’t care in the slightest.The half-drunk woman is trouble with a capital T, and I am here for all of it.
All ofher.
If I don’t have her on my cock by the end of the night, I’m handing back my Silver Star—an award I received while on active duty as an Army Ranger.
I won’t.
The star is inscribed withFor Gallantry In Action,and I’m damn proud of it.It represents courage when facing an enemy of the United States during armed conflict.
Trust me when I say it will take zero courage to scoop that woman into my arms and carry her out of here.I plan to fuck her senseless until the sun comes up.
And she will like it.
“You want it, come and get it.”Scarlett wiggles her finger, and as my body starts to move, Cassy holds her hands up.
Damn cock blocker.
“Ignore her.”Cassy tugs Scarlett away, toward the dance floor.
“Coley Moley?”Josh, my boss and a US Navy SEAL, asks as he lifts a brow.
I take a sip of my beer, almost pouring it down my front because I’m smiling so hard.That woman is going to purr so loud when I make her come.My cock is pressing against my zip, ready for action.
“Got a nickname; you know what that means.”
“Sounds like it’s going on your T-shirt.”Josh goes back to watching Cassy.
