I laughed. “Oh suuuure.”
His hands tightened on my waist. “I might be the one telling you what to do when we’re in bed, but you’re the one who has all the control, Trixie. You breeze in and out of my bed, while I clock-watch, desperate for you to come back.” His gaze moved over my face. “I want you with me all the damn time.”
I stared into his blue eyes, seeing the truth of his words, and swallowed the lump forming in my throat. Goddammit, he needed to stop being so awesome, because I was seriously at risk of falling for him completely, and that couldn’t happen.
I kept the grin on my face, doing my best to keep things light. Something that was not always easy when it came to the extremely intense man standing in front of me.
He was a man who said what he was thinking, no filter, and it was hard to keep it in perspective at times. Like now. “Good to know. I’ll make sure not to forget so I can take full advantage of your little weakness.” I lifted to my toes and hooked him around the neck. “Now kiss me again so I can get to work.”
“Woman, you are evil,” he said and lifted me off the ground with a growl. “And I love it.”
I wrapped my legs around his waist as he cupped my butt with one hand and thrust his fingers up under my hair with the other, kissing me again, this time like he was a soldier returned from war and we hadn’t seen each other in months.
When he finally lifted his head, his eyes were dark with a now familiar hunger, and my body instantly responded.
“Take off your panties and give them to me.”
“I’m not sure that’s a good idea.”
His small grin said my coy act wasn’t fooling anyone. “I’ll reward you later.”
We’d had sex an hour ago, and just like that, I was desperate for him all over again. I squirmed. “What kind of reward.”
“You still want me to cuff you?” His voice was so deep I felt it more than heard it.
Holy shit. “Put me down, Mason.”
He did as I asked, a frown creeping over his face…until I reached up under my dress and dragged my undies down so quick I almost sprained something.
“That’s my dirty girl,” he said grinning as I handed them to him.
He lifted them to his face and breathed deep, gaze never leaving mine before he slid them in his pocket.
“Now what?” I rasped.
“Now you go to work without your panties.”
This was new, and I had to say I didn’t hate it. There was a pull low in my belly, and my skin got tight and tingly. “You’re not playing fair, Sheriff.”
“Oh, it’s fair. If you had any idea what you do to me, kitten.” His Adam’s apple slid up and down his strong throat. “All day, I want you to think about what I’m going to do to you tonight, while you’re helpless and handcuffed to my bed.”
Oh god. How did he do that? How did he know what I wanted, what I needed before even I did? “I don’t think I’ll be capable of thinking of anything else,” I said, gripping his forearm so I didn’t melt into a horny puddle at his feet. But two could play this game. “And you have fun concentrating at work knowing I’m going about my day bare and wet and achy.” I tapped a finger against my lips. “Do you think I’ll be able to last a whole day like that? I’m not sure I will.”
“Trixie,” he said, voice rough and low and full of warning.
“I might have to sneak to the bathroom and touch myself when it gets too much.”
His eyes flared, and he fisted my hair before slamming his mouth down on mine. It was a deep, claiming kiss that stole my breath.
Man, I loved the way he kissed.
He lifted his head and brushed his lips over mine again, and again, then looked deep into my eyes. “You will not touch yourself today, not until I’m with you. And if you make yourself come, you won’t get your reward.”
I smirked. “You’ll never know.”
“No?”
“No.” I was insanely turned on already. The man was a damned vagina wizard.
His eyes glittered. “Kitten, not only do you suck at lying, and I’ll see it in your eyes if you try, but in the lead-up to coming, you bite your lip, a lot, and hard, making it all puffy and swollen. And even if you manage to keep from biting your lip while you get yourself off, your pussy gets that way after you’ve come as well, swollen, a darker shade of pink…and I’ll be checking when you walk in the door. So again, I. Will. Know.”
The man had me panting. “What’s your position on me getting off before I go to work? You know, like now?”
He tipped his head back and laughed, dark and sexy, before his gaze finally came back to me. “That would be a no.”
I huffed out a breath and rolled my eyes at him, but I wasn’t mad, I loved every moment of this, what we did together. All of it. “I’ll try my best.”
His lips twisted, loving it just as much. “See that you do.”
Chapter Fourteen
Trixie
“Finally!” Addy called from behind the counter, hustling to our table. “I’m officially on my break. If anything fucks up, Gerald can deal with it. What did I miss?”
I sat forward. “Okay, quick recap…Bull has gotten worse and barely lets Quinn move. He turned off her alarm and also hid her shoes the other morning so she wouldn’t leave the house.”
Cassy winced and Lila and Eves grinned behind their mugs.
“He’s probably staked out outside the cafe now, watching me with binoculars, ready to swoop in if I overtax myself eating cake,” Quinn said
