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“Like keeping me on my toes and walking the straight and narrow.”
“Pretty much.” He nodded. “Now stop evading and ask your question, girl.”
“Okay, okay,” I conceded. “Why didn’t you call me Friday?”
“Nice, little one. Direct and to the point. I like that.” He stroked my cheek, and damn if I didn’t want to close my eyes and nuzzle his hand. “I got a phone call from Nick after you’d gone to bed last Thursday. He called to congratulate me on the opening.”
“He did, did he?” I drawled in a derisive tone.
“You can’t imagine my surprise when I discovered that Mellie Carson was the sexy older sister of his darling submissive, Savannah.”
“That rat bast—”
“Ah, ah, little one. Watch your language. At least he didn’t call taunting that the most beautiful woman in the world was curled up in a bed under his roof. Nick doesn’t have a malicious bone in his body.”
“No, just a couple of underhanded ones, it seems.”
“Now that’s a possibility,” Joshua laughed.
“I’m sure Nick’s revelation was completely unexpected, but it still doesn’t explain why you didn’t call,” I reminded with a playful tug on his tie.
“What? And spoil the look on your face when you turned to watch Leagh walk down the aisle and saw me instead?”
“You’re evil,” I scolded with a mock growl. “These past two days I couldn’t…”
“Couldn’t what?”
“Ugh. I don’t want to say it.” I cringed.
Pulling me in closer, Joshua dipped his mouth to my neck. He swirled the tip of his tongue in a lurid path to my ear, and I quivered. “Tell me, girl,” he murmured in a penetrating demand that vibrated all the way to my toes.
“I-I couldn’t stop,” I stuttered as he continued to dance his tongue in a lurid waltz down my neck and along my jaw.
“Keep going.” Motivating me beneath an onslaught of sensual sensations, he inched his palm to the base of my spine and pressed me against his steely erection.
“Ahhh,” I moaned shamelessly. “Couldn’t stop thinking about you.”
“Good girl.” Slanting his lips over mine, he delved in deep with a sweep of his tongue.
Threading his fingers through my hair, Joshua clutched me to his mouth. Opening wider, I exhaled on a tiny whimper.
When someone bumped into us, Joshua raised his head.
“Get a room,” Dylan chuckled with a goofy grin.
“Marvelous idea,” Joshua agreed with a feral grin.
“No. Not yet,” Sanna scolded. “You promised to come to the club tonight, Mel.”
Joshua’s eyes widened. “Oh, you did? Fantastic. That’ll work for me.”
The grin fell from my face as anxiety wormed its way in. Floating us toward the back of the dance floor, near the orchestra, Joshua placed his fingers beneath my chin. Gazing into my eyes, his expression grew serious.
“Settle down, Mellie. Nothing’s going to happen at Genesis that you don’t consent to. So, erase that flicker of fear from those beautiful brown eyes of yours for me, little one.”
I slowly nodded as the panic bled from my veins.
“I want a verbal answer, Mellie.” His tone bore absolute command.
