Pin Down (Men out of Uniform Book 1) (11 page)

Nash leaned back in the booth. He knew he looked relaxed because
he tried damn hard for it, but the reality was the position gave him an unencumbered
view of the dance floor.

Keeping one eye on Lexi and another on a despondent Jake was
making him cranky. At least it gave him something to focus on rather than
trying not to punch out every guy who thought it was okay to watch Lexi dance. And
it was still driving him nuts. The only thing that kept him from doing exactly
that was knowing he’d be the only one touching that body later, loving that
body later, loving
Lexi
the best way he knew how. That and the fact that
she’d give him hell if he got them kicked out of this joint again.

Nash frowned when he registered where Jake’s attention was
focused—on the stacked, on-the-make redhead, giving him the “look at me I’m
available if you wanna fuck” signals.

“You don’t want to do that, man,” Nash murmured.

“No?” Jake took a deep pull of his beer, his eyes never
leaving the woman he’d been eyeing. “Why’s that?”

Nash knew he wasn’t one to talk, but now that he’d found
Lexi, well…he knew what a lonely, empty path pick-up sex could be, especially
for a guy like Jake. He hadn’t so much as looked at another woman in five
years, not once.

“What about…” God, he’d never even gotten her name. Nash had
only ever seen her once but why the hell hadn’t he ever asked about her? Jake had
come back to San Antonio every chance he had to be with her and he hadn’t ever
even asked about her.

“Raine? Yeah, seeing someone else.”

Aw fuck.

“She told you that?”

“Not in so many words. Doesn’t matter. She cut me loose.”

“Jeez, Jake, I’m sorry, man.”

“Yeah, how fucked up is that?” He took another deep drag on
his beer and motioned the waitress for another one. “She waited for me. As far
as I know. Every fucking time I came home and she was here, waiting for me. And
now I’m finally back to stay? She dumps me. Just like that.” He snapped his
fingers with a short, loud crack. “No fucking reason or any I can understand
anyway. She’s with someone else. I know it.”

“And you’re just going to give up? Just like that?”

“She doesn’t want me anymore. Told me so.” His voice
thickened as he twirled the empty bottle in his hand, kept his eyes lowered.
“She ah…told me I’d never satisfied her, you know, in bed. Not really. That I
was…ah…”

Ouch. Harsh, real harsh.

“That’s bullshit, Jake.”

It didn’t ring true—at all—not with everything Nash knew
about Jake. The guy was a fucking perfectionist in everything he did. No way
was he a failure in the sack, just…no way. But what the hell was he supposed to
say to
that
?

“Fuck, Nash.” Jake ran his hand through his overlong hair.
“Raine was it for me, you know? And I never told her, not once, not a single
fucking time that I…I just took it for granted she’d always be here, waiting until
I
was good and ready. Yeah…seriously I don’t know what the fuck I’m
going to do now.”

Nash leaned forward. “So do what you do best,” he drawled.

“Yeah?” Jake choked out a laugh that had nothing to do with
humor. “And what’s that exactly?”

“You still want her? She put a lot of time into you, man,
that’s got to count for something. You’ve got the skills and the patience, the
determination. Use it. Fight for her, my man, fight for her.”

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed PIN DOWN, the first book in
my Men Out of Uniform series. Keep on the lookout for Jake’s story in NAIL DOWN,
out later in 2015.

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