Page 213 of John + Siena: The Complete Duet

Siena shrugged. “I was at church when I got the chance to sneak away, and so I took it. My newest enforcer hasn’t been on the job long, and I don’t suspect he’ll want to get himself in trouble by telling one of my brothers that I got away from him. I assume he likes being alive, and all that. Kev has killed enforcers for far less—the fear in them is real. Small blessings, you know.”

There was a question burning brightly in John’s eyes as he looked her over once again. He came a little closer, and then closer still. Until finally, he was close enough for her to reach out and touch him.

So, she did just that.

Her fingers stroked the strong line of his jaw, and then her hand cupped his neck. She felt the way his pulse quickened under her touch, and how his muscles jumped when her fingertips pressed a little harder into his skin. The slight bit of stubble tickled her palm, and she smiled at him when his hand came up to cover hers.

“Tell me,” he murmured, “are you working for my family?”

Siena stilled, and John’s hand tightened around hers. “And if I was?”

“What are you doing for them, Siena?”

“It’s complicated right now.”

“Why is that?” he asked.

“Because I’m not really sure what I’m doing at the moment, I only know what my end goal is.”

Him.

Nothing else.

Just him.

John cleared his throat. “Are you just feeding them information?”

Siena used her other hand to reach up, and tap a single finger against his lips. “Let’s talk about all of this tomorrow, okay. Not tonight. You can order me breakfast, and feed me, and then I will tell you all the things I haven’t been able to.”

John didn’t agree, or disagree.

She took that as a good sign.

“Hey,” she whispered.

John came closer again, wrapping his arms around her. “Hey.”

“I know you don’t like surprises.”

“This was a good one. I’ll deal with this one.”

“But any others in careful moderation, huh?”

John chuckled. “Exactly that, bella donna.”

“Did you have fun today—Andino got married, right?”

“He did, and it was busy, but good.”

“I bet something looked good,” she teased, toying with his lapels, and then the peach-colored tie. “Too bad I missed it.”

“You didn’t miss it, babe. I’m here.”

Siena smiled widely as she looked up at him. “You are.”

The very second those words left her lips, John closed the small bit of distance left between them. His lips crashed against hers, and took her damn breath away. Their two short meetings over the past few months had been careful, and not at all affectionate in the physical sense. She got the impression that the facility did not approve of that sort of thing.

John was making up for it tenfold in that moment. His tongue struck out against the seam of her lips, and teased her without ever saying a word. She granted him access to her mouth with a grin, and a little sigh. His tongue slipped in to war with hers, while his hands slid up her sides, and then cupped her neck.