Page 8 of Sinful Addiction
“Why do you say that?”Koa asked.
“Because I’m not beautiful like her.Not at all.”
“We think you’re gorgeous,” Jon said and squeezed her knee.
Mina shook her head and tried to pull her hand from Koa’s grip.“Don’t.”
“Don’t what, pet?”Koa curved an arm around her.
“You don’t have to say things like that.I just want to find my dad.”
“We’ll deal with that shit later,” Koa replied.“He’s not here.”
“You don’t know that,” she cried out softly.
Jon gripped her fists and leaned forward, invading her personal space.
“Yes, baby, we do know.After Blake told us your story, we had Stacy look through the log of everyone who’s been here in the last month for your father’s name.No one fits the description you gave him, either.And I would say the majority of people here are regulars, and Koa and I know all of them.”
She blinked back her tears and sniffed.“But why would he do that?”she asked.
“I don’t know.Would someone else have done this?”Jon asked.
She tore her eyes from theirs and scanned the area, and her thoughts rambled through her head too fast for her to think.She shook her head.“I don’t think so.Why would...”
She knew both Jon and Koa had heard her pained gasp and had followed her gaze, seeing two women staring at them and laughing.When they caught the guys looking at them, they turned and rushed off.
Mina’s head dropped.
Jon cupped her jaw and raised her head.“You know those women?”
She swallowed the emotion that wanted to overwhelm her at that moment.“I-I work with them.”
“I’ve seen them here before,” Jon growled.“Teresa and Karina.”
Koa snorted.“Yeah, they have tried to get our attention on numerous occasions.”
She wiped her tears of mortification from her face and started to pull away from them.“I’m very sorry I disrupted things.If you let me up, I’d like to leave.”
“Not until you tell us why they would do this?”
She shrugged as she tried to hold herself together until she got home.What a cruel thing for them to do.They knew how much she missed her dad and how long it had been since she’d seen him.They’d always been mean, but this went way too far, and she didn’t know how she should handle them at the store where they worked together.She wanted to scream at them but knew it would just amuse them more.
“Listen, I really need to...”
Jon tightened his grip.“You need to settle back, baby.You’re not leaving until we get our answers.”
“I don’t know.”She burst out and then leaned back against the sofa cushion and looked down at her lap.“I don’t know,” she said softly.
Koa covered her hands with one of his and gently squeezed.“Where do you work?”
She shook her head.
“You should answer him right now, pet,” Jon growled as he pressed his legs together to entrap hers further.“You could be put over one of our laps.”
She gasped as her head flew up.“Did you just say ...did you mean you’d spank me?You can’t do that.For God’s sake, I’m an adult, and I don’t know you.”She became even more determined to leave.“I think I should just leave.”
“Do you really want to run from us before we get to know each other?Give us a chance,” Jon murmured.
