“Your ankle is hurt,” I remind her and turn her so we can say goodbye, only to find everyone in this room grinning at us. “What?”
“Come back soon, Violet,” Lulu says. “And we’ll talk about tattoo designs.”
That catches Rome’s attention. “I’m intrigued.”
The man is covered in ink from his neck to his waist. Of course he’s intrigued.
“I’ll be making my appointment too,” Natasha says.
“You drummed up business today, baby.”
Violet lays her head on my shoulder and sighs happily. “I’m going to fall asleep. I’ll text you all later.”
She feels perfect as I carry her to the elevator, and when she wraps her arms around my neck and presses her face to my skin, I finally relax a little.
Not completely, because anything could happen between here and our place, but having her safely with me is fucking amazing.
“I’m glad you had fun.”
“I like them all a lot. The guys and the girls. They make me feel welcome.”
Good.That’s the way it should be.
Once we’re in my SUV and headed to my building, I brush my hand down her soft hair.
“I hear you used to have a lot of threesomes at the club,” she says right before she yawns, and I scowl. “Lots of crazy stuff.”
I mean, I might have done that a few times, but?—
Before I can reply, Violet laughs.
“I’m teasing you. We did talk about the club, but Scarlett won’t divulge any of your secrets. I like her. I like all of them.”
“I’m glad.”
“You’re glad that I like them or that I don’t know any of your secrets?”
I huff out a laugh. “I’m glad you like them. If you want to know what my kinks are, you can ask me, sweetheart. As of the moment I met you,you’remy kink, and anything you might be into.”
She snorts, but I take her face in my hand and keep her gaze pinned to mine.
“I’m not lying. No lies, remember?”
“I remember.” She swallows hard. “Okay, before me, what were you into?”
“Mostly restraints, but that’s a hard limit for you, so it doesn’t matter.”
Her brows pull together. “I said that mostly because I didn’t know you, and if you tied me up I wouldn’t be able to escape.”
My gut tightens. “And now?”
“I’m not saying ‘salmon.’”
I can’t help but laugh. “Baby, I’m not fucking you tonight, and I’m definitely not restraining you the way I’d want to because you’re hurt. But in a week from now, all bets are off.”
“I have to wait a whole week for sex? Oh hell no. Take me back to Rapture.”
Calmly, deliberately, a smile spreads over my face as I watch the woman of my dreams smile smugly back at me.
