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I start with my blouse that leaves me in a very sexy orange-pink lace bra. He inhales as he takes me in and I raise my eyebrow, waiting for my payment. Logan locks his intense gaze on someone behind me, a clear message to get the fuck out.
“I don’t need to see this,” a choked-up Rider leaves the kitchen. Lastly, his eyes move to his brother.
“Fuck no, I’m staying! Sharing is a caring, brother, don’t be a dick!”
Since I don’t wait for him to get mad at Leif, I unbutton my jeans and pull down the zipper. Fascinated eyes come back to me, following the track of my hand. Slowly, I slide my jeans past my hips, my legs bending, feeling sexy.
When I hear his brother groan, I realize I’m probably giving him a better view at this point. Angrily, I turn and throw my jeans in his face for being a prick.
“Ungrateful idiot, I’m saving your ass and you’re shamelessly ogling mine.” I’ve never done this before, so I can’t say that it doesn’t bother me. Instead, I don’t let myself to chicken out, giving the man in front of me a full view of my flesh.
“Leif, I’ll give you ten to get the fuck out,” Logan growls his warning, tension rising off him in waves.
“Just ten pounds won’t do it, Logan!” Leif pokes the lion with his own stick, trying for his luck.
“Ten thousand pounds. Now, get the fuck out.”
I hear only his agreement shouted from somewhere far.
I’m sure that Rider and my sisters are not in the same room anymore. I feel tension gather in my chest, and my breasts become achingly heavy. Buzzing excitement beneath my skin urges to play.
“You want to count?” I ask coyly, turning around as I bend, giving him a view of my butt. I hear him groan as I take off my sock, and drop it ceremonially on the floor next to my blouse. “Another hundred!” I sing-song, and his lips twitch.
“Take off the rest,” he commands, raising an eyebrow, daring me. So, I do.
As I stand with only clothing that will cost him real money, I tell him, “Hope you understand the game of striptease? Rule number one: No touching. Rule number two: extras cost twice as much.” I make up the rules as I go.
“Strip, Cassandra. I will give you everything you want, as long as I get what I want.”
He notices my indecision written all over my face, and he moves forward, making me step back until I hit the island. Then he cages me in, resting his hands on the countertop. His handsome face gets closer, and that gaze of his latches onto mine. My breathing grows labored as he studies me. “Are you afraid, little mouse?”
Stubbornly, I jerk my chin up in defiance and release my breasts from their confinement. I slowly pull the bra straps down my shoulders, causing his breath to quicken. Logan’s muscles are taut with tension. It becomes difficult to draw oxygen into the lungs. My body starts to shoot electric pulses to the womb, and I feel my nipples pebble. I discard the bra, and his eyes feast on my breasts.
Mesmerized by them falling and rising, I see his desire for taste. Overcome with lust to tease, I arch my back, and they softly brush against his chest. Suddenly, he steps back, taking away the heat. What the hell?
He quickly grabs at his black T-shirt and hauls it over his head. With his chest now bare, he cages me in again. I’m too aware of the dangerous line we both toe that might end with both of us in sweet rapture.
“You play unfairly, Logan,” I whisper into his ear, eliciting a shiver, and goose bumps form on his skin. I quietly moan as his skin subtly brushes against my naked chest, enveloping me in heat.
“Drop the rest, Night,” he demands.
To make him a bit crazy, I turn around and arch my back, so my butt brushes his crotch. He groans as I loop my fingers in the sides of my lacy underwear, then tug them down, slowly brushing against his hardness. Both hands grip the island, and he is practically hyperventilating.
I know that we are on the brink of no return and I shake with tension to be touched. Logan whispers, “Want to make another deal, Night?” He pauses. I can’t talk right now, I’m seized by desire, so I nod.
“Give me one night, and I will give you up to one year to figure this all out. I will move out to give you space to heal. I won’t push you towards these intense feelings we encounter. Instead, I will do everything to be your friend and partner, with no games for you to become my lover.” He pauses again, and then he delivers his last words. “But once the time is up, I will push you until you break and I will pull you until you fall. And you will fall, Angel, simply because we belong together.”
My heart gallops hard in my chest as so many questions and doubts cloud my desire. When his lips brush my neck, I jump. “You don’t need to make a decision right now, take your time. Don’t worry, I will ask you to give me the answer soon enough.
“You drive me absolutely crazy. The only thing that holds me back is the fact that it might not be the best for you to jump in my bed. I promise you, once you surrender, there will be no return.”
After collecting his thoughts, he continues, “So, I’ll give you a chance to take the deal that will keep me from you while in therapy. Besides, if you sleep with me, it will not be a money transaction, but a passion for passion currency exchange.” He then passes me my clothes and leaves me to consider his offer.
I know he is right because we are skirting around the edge of no return that will lead us straight to my complete surrender. I will not be able not to latch onto him as a drowning woman trying to survive her emotional distress. I need to be stronger than that, one who is worthy of this man, of his love.
Chapter 22
Flashback
