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“Sorry, princess. If you’re looking for a knight in shining armor, you’re looking in the wrong fucking place.”
“You are beautiful,” comes the hard reply. “But it has nothing to do with that fussy fucking dress.”
God, this guy is scary. Big, hot, and really scary. But mostly hot. No, scary. Shit, I think I’m drunk.
“So what do you do for a living, Nat?” “I’m a teacher. Of art. At a middle school.”
“And you?” “I’m a collector.”
“Oh. Like antiques or something?”
“No. Like debts.”
“Interrupt me again and I’ll take you over my knee right here and spank that perfect ass of yours until you’re screaming.”
I need to kiss you.” “No.” It’s faint and not altogether convincing. “Then come sit on my lap and let me finger fuck you while I feed you dinner.”
“I want to taste every inch of you. I want to hear you scream my name. I want to make you come so hard you forget your own. I don’t have time to fuck around—excuse the pun—with the kind of wooing I’d usually do to win you, so that’s why I’m being so blunt.
“Ask me to leave you alone and you have my word I will. But until I hear that, I have to tell you, Natalie, that I want to fuck your sweet cunt and your perfect ass and your luscious mouth and anything else you’ll let me fuck, because you are the single most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen in my life.”
“I feel bad about how we left it the other night. I think I was kind of a jerk.” Oh. That. I’d already forgotten. “Don’t be silly. You were a total gentleman.”
If anyone ever finds out I didn’t do the job I was sent to do, we’re both dead.
“Say the word and I’ll get on my knees and make you come. I’ll make you come with my mouth, then I’ll fuck you up against this wall and make you come on my cock while I suck on those perfect tits of yours.”
Oh, bridge. High, unstable rope bridge swinging across a roaring river far, far below. I sure hope you’ll hold my weight as I step out onto you.
“That’s where people go when they need to feel better: home.” “But your home is in New York.” “Home can be a person, too. That’s what you are for me.”
Looking down at me with half-lidded eyes, he says, “Permission to do with you as I please.”
“You know what I’m saying, Kage. Don’t put your life at risk for me.” Eyes glittering in the dark, he gazes down at me in silent intensity, until he slowly shakes his head. “It already is, baby. It already is.”
“Max is dead.” She blinks. I nod, letting her take a moment to process that. “You…” “Yes.” “Because?” I say softly, “Any man who threatens you loses his life, no matter who he is.”
fucking love it when you look at me like that.” “Like what?” “Like you’re mine.”
“I know you said you didn’t want to bring kids into this life—” “Are you telling me you want to have my children?” “—and you already had the vasectomy—” “Natalie, answer my question.” “—but I think you can get those reversed—” He growls, “If you don’t say yes or no right now, I’ll take you over my knee.”
Natalie Peterson is the brightest flame, and I’m the moth flying straight into her fire. Okay, baby. Let’s see how hot we’re gonna burn.
