“It worked, a little too well.”
“So you gonna kiss me to make this official, or you just want to talk me to sleep?”
“You have a wicked attitude, I should do something about that.”
“Like what?” she taunted, amusement sparkling in her eyes.
I dropped my hand from her chin, opting to run my fingers up the inside of her legs.
“I seem to remember telling you to be waiting naked in bed for me. I also remember telling you, I’d ruin you if you weren’t.”
It took everything in me not to rip her clothes off at the little whimper she let out as I slipped into her shorts and ran my finger over her clit. I sucked in a breath.
“Naughty girl. You answered the door without any panties on. What wereyouthinking?”
“That the less clothes I was wearing, the easier it would be for me to do as you asked. That I wouldn’t—” she gasped as I slid my middle finger into her.
“Wouldn’t what?”
“Wouldn’t… Wouldn’t be… Fuck,” she moaned.
“Use your words, Violet.”
“Wouldn’t be long. That it would be a short conversation with— Fucking damn it Austin, I can’t concentrate.”
“Try harder.”
I smirked at the grumbling noise she made.
“That it would be a short conversation with a neighbour that needed sugar or something. I didn’t expectthat.”
“So you were waiting for me like I asked?”
She nodded.
“Are you sure? Because I can find out if you’re lying. And if you are…” I began circling my thumb over her clit. She moaned, eyes fluttering closed. “I’ll keep you like this all night.”
“I’m not lying. But if I was, I—” she sucked in a breath as I added more pressure, “I don’t think you have the self-control required to keep me here all night.”
She was right—fuck, her breathy words nearly sent me over the edge—but I wasn’t about to tell her that. Instead, I pulled out my fingers and picked her up, throwing her over my shoulder. She gasped before she started laughing, lightly hitting my back and flailing her feet, while demanding I put her down.
I did, tossing her on the bed once we made it down the hall.
“Last chance to come clean.”
“I wasn’t lying.” She propped herself up on her elbows, glaring at me.
I turned my back to her, focusing on my shadows.
“Show me.”
They began to move, creating the ghost of a scene in front of me. They showed her walking into the room then tossing her dirty clothes and wet towel in the laundry basket near the door, before strolling over to her nightstand. She picked up her burner, checked it quickly before putting it back and climbing into bed. She slipped under the covers and waited until the doorbell went off.
My shadows dissolved, coiling back around me. I glanced at Violet; she looked absolutely mesmerized.
“They’re incredible.”
“You said that already.” I scoffed.
