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ROCK
CHAPTER 10
She’s staring at me like I’m a big bad wolf and she’s a cornered little bunny and I’m about to swallow her whole.
I hold out my hand to her and give her a minute to get her bearings.
Yeah, I came on pretty strong at her shop that first day. Yeah, the innuendos with the guys the first time they went in were pretty heavy. We gave her a lot to think about, some pretty wild shit to take in.
But she’s a tough girl inside all that innocence and femininity. I really doubt there isn’t too much she’d run from, not saying that she’d line up for all the things that we put on the table. I just don’t think it would scare her.
She’s here, isn’t she?
“Ready, princess?” I grin and give her a cheeky wink.
Instantly her look of uncertainty vanishes as she hrrrrrmpphs and takes my hand.
“Yes, I’m ready.”
That’s my girl.
I help her swing her legs out of the car, then scoop her up, go up the steps and into the house.
I wonder what she’s going to think when she sees them?
The house is dark except for the bright light streaming in through the windows from the spot lights on the porch. I could walk the entirety of the house without any light and not trip over anything, it’s burned into my senses. But I turn on the foyer light for Summer.
Truthfully I’ve been apprehensive anticipating what Summer’s reaction would be once she came into my home. I couldn’t wait to see what she’d say, if anything, about my art.
I hit the light switch with my elbow as I walk into the great room and the large space is instantly swathed in soft recessed lighting that focuses mostly on the walls, and what’s hanging on them. Walking around the light brown leather sofa, I lay Summer gently down on it then stand, my body shielding her view from the portraits on the walls behind me.
“I’ll run and get everything out of the car. Are you comfortable for a minute?”
“Rock, don’t worry about me, you’ve been so kind, thank you for everything, really.”
I hope you’ll still be thinking that once I move.
I bend so my face is level with hers and each of my hands rest on both sides of her head on the back of the couch behind her. I want to kiss her so damn bad. She’s attracted to me too, I can see it in her eyes, in the way her chest rises and falls with each heavy breath, and I feel her hunger when she looks at me.
But that’s not why I brought her here.
Yes, I’ll play with her, but I’m not fucking her.
Unless that’s what she wants.
“Welcome to my home, Summer. I hope you like it.” my voice is low but my eyes don’t flinch from hers.
“Thank you, it’s very lovely,” she whispers.
I smile. It’s devilish, it’s sly, but it’s real.
“You haven’t seen everything.”
Her eyes go wide. I stand, my eyes never leaving hers. Neither of us break the stare. She’s trying to figure out what the hell I’m talking about, deciding on if it was a bad idea coming here I don’t doubt. Me, I’m just stalling.
Part of me wants to blurt out what I want. The other part wants to remain just being the guy from the tattoo shop next door.
Fuck it. It’s way too late for that. I know what I’ve wanted from the first time I saw her.
