Dare to Resist (a Wedding Dare novella) (Entangled Brazen) Read Online Free PDF

exploded in the last eight hours.”
    Taking a seat at the table, Kady smiled as she unpacked her laptop. “Guess that’s what happens when you’re the boss man, huh?” Two years ago, he’d opened his own computer security services firm in Boulder and immediately won contracts working with the military and defense contractors who prized his experience with the army’s Cyber Command both in the States and while deployed on field teams overseas. Truth be told, Kady envied the autonomy he had working for himself.
    “Like you wouldn’t believe. But I haven’t found anyone I want to take on as a partner, yet.” With a sigh, he grabbed his laptop bag and settled into the chair across from her. A flash of lightning threw shadows over the table for a moment. “I brought a surge protector if you want to plug into that,” he said.
    “That’s so awesome I’m not even going to crack a Boy Scout joke. This storm is crazy.”
    Colton gave her a droll smile. “Your restraint is unparalleled.”
    Ha! You have no idea, Colton. I’m trapped in a tiny room with the only man I know who’s capable of giving me an orgasm and I haven’t jumped him. Kady smiled to herself as she bent under the table to plug in her power cord, then she set up her laptop and hot spot and logged in to her firm’s network. She ran through a few easy emails and peeked over the top of her screen at her roommate. Brow furrowed in concentration, his brown eyes moved as if he were reading. She watched him for a moment, struck by the fact that it was…kinda nice to be sitting here working with him like this.
    Though they did the same kind of work and saw each other at conferences and occasionally when competing for contracts, like today, it had been years since they’d actually worked on anything together. One of the first times had been when he’d come home to her house with Tyler for Thanksgiving his sophomore year in college. His parents’ marriage had been a total train wreck and Colton and his sister, Sophie, had never seemed like their first priority, so occasionally the Brooks siblings would end up at the Dresco house for a holiday meal. Kady’s mom loved hosting them both, and having Sophie around, even as shy as she was, gave Kady someone to hang with besides the annoying boys.
    But that particular Thanksgiving, Colton had been entirely stressed out over a final project on network protection. Curious what college-level computer assignments might look like, Kady had sneaked into Tyler’s room when Colton had taken a break and looked over his materials. He hadn’t been happy when he’d caught her going through his notes until she made a few suggestions that helped him solve his research problem. They’d worked on it together the rest of that night.
    His gaze cut to hers. “Why are you watching me?”
    Busted. Kady ducked her chin to hide the heat filling her face. “Pfft. Get over yourself. I’m not watching you.” Her fingers flew over the keyboard as she answered another email.
    “Uh-huh. I think you missed me, Dresco,” he said, that old arrogance filling his tone.
    She tossed an eye roll his way. “That would be like missing my dentist. Totally never happens.” Another chill set her to shivering. She wished Colton’s coat was dry enough to be warm, but that was going to take a while. So she went to the bathroom and grabbed one of the towels to wrap around her shoulders. Examining herself in the bathroom mirror, she looked kinda ridiculous and her hair was a wavy disaster, but at least she was warmer.
    Colton’s gaze tracked her as soon as she returned to the main room. “You that cold?” he asked with a frown.
    “It’s fine.”
    “She says as her teeth chatter.” He pushed the top button of his dress shirt through the hole and worked downward.
    She couldn’t tear her gaze away. “What are you—”
    “I’m gonna turn on the heat long enough to dry my button-down. Then it’s all yours.”
    “Really, I’m fine,”