“No one gets to look at you,” he murmured as he stabbed at the open skin on my stomach. I didn’t get to respond because I jolted in pain. The sensation was ten times worse across my sensitive stomach. I was so busy counting I almost missed it. It took me a moment to register that he mumbled something else under his breath. “If anyone looks at your naked body, I’ll kill them.” “What?” I whispered. “What did you say?” John flashed his dimples and patted my head. “Almost done, Aran. Just hang in there a little more.” That wasn’t what he said.
