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There was no undercover assignment any longer. He didn’t have to pretend to be her boyfriend. He’d never wanted to pretend.
I want to be the real thing with her. No, no. He shut the thought down. But—
He could see the darkness along her jaw. She’d tried to hide the mark with makeup. His fingers slid under her chin. Tilted up her jaw.
“Midas?”
“You’re not mad at me.” His fingers trailed carefully over the bruise. Dipped softly down her neck.
“M-Midas?”
“Why aren’t you mad? I lied to you. You should be mad.” You should hate me, but, please, God, don’t. I don’t want you to hate me.
“You said this last night.” She swallowed, and he felt the movement beneath his fingers. “Hard to be properly mad with someone when he saves your life.”
“You’re grateful.” He didn’t want her gratitude. What he did want? Her.
“Yes, I’m grateful.” A whisper. “But it’s a whole lot more complicated than that.”
They were complicated. His head lowered, and he pressed a soft kiss along her bruised jaw. “You won’t be hurt again.”
“Because…” Her voice had gone husky. “I’m your charge.”
“Because you’re mine.” The words just rumbled from him. They shouldn’t have. He’d never claimed anyone as his, and this wasn’t the time. It wasn’t the place.
But she is mine. He felt it all the way to his bones. Hell, hadn’t he felt it from the very first moment when he’d seen her on the ice? He’d looked at her and just frozen. He never froze. But he’d been held spellbound as he watched her on the ice. From that first instant, he’d wanted her.
And that wanting just grew stronger, more dangerous, with every moment that passed. “I shouldn’t think of you that way, but I do. You’re mine.”
A soft gasp escaped her, only to be swallowed by his mouth. Because he needed to kiss her. Had to do it. Her plump lips parted eagerly beneath his. His tongue slid into her mouth. He tasted her. Reveled in her. Got lost and didn’t care about anything else in that moment. Only Alina.
His charge.
His.
His hands grabbed her waist, and he lifted her so that she sat astride him. Her hands grabbed for his shoulders as she held tightly to him. Her fingers dug into his coat.
He could kiss her forever. Taste her endlessly.
Fuck her until they were too limp to move.
That was what he wanted. Alina, naked, calling his name. He didn’t want to be taking her to view dead bodies. He wanted her shielded from everything dark and dangerous in the entire world. He would be her shield.
He’d be everything, for her.
But she pulled away. Her breath heaved in and out, and her mouth was red from his kiss. “What are you doing?” She still sat astride him. His hard dick shoved against the spread V of her legs.
“If you don’t know, then I can’t be doing it right.”
Her cheeks flamed. “Midas.”
“I want you.” There. Didn’t get any more stark than those gravelly words. “You want me.” A dare.
“Yes.”
“What are we going to do about that?” The limo was still driving. His hard-on was still raging.
Her gaze searched his. “I have no idea.”
