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I managed to convince him to drop it down to a security detail everywhere but school. I did not need people thinking that I was a Kennedy or something.
“Did my father give you that?” I asked. I couldn’t believe that he would. Leo and I weren’t technically engaged, and though my father knew that I wasn’t a virgin, he wasn’t going to give a man a key to my place.
Leo shook his head. “No,” he said. He smirked. “Your grandmother did. I told her that I wanted to be able to get to you in case something tragic happened. She was happy to oblige. After all, there are Blanchis crawling around town. Like roaches.”
I muttered a string of curses under my breath. My grandmother was a piece of work. She spent my entire life racking me over the coals for every little thing, and yet, here she was allowing a man to have access to my apartment.
“I think she wants to fuck you,” I said, walking to my vanity. “Anyone else she hates. Hell, she barely even tolerates Natasha, and that is her favorite grandchild.”
Leo shrugged. “I have a way with women, I suppose.”
I rolled my eyes as I dabbed perfume on my pulse points. I did not want Leo in my room. It felt odd to see him in my space.
“This place is nice,” he said. “I’m surprised that your father lets you live out here.”
“He didn’t have much of a choice,” I informed him. “When I got into school, I made it clear that I would be going.”
He chuckled. “You're used to getting your way, aren’t you?”
I turned and stared him down with as much venom as I could. I wanted him to understand that despite what happened between the two of us at the restaurant, I was not interested in playing this game with him.
“What do you want?”
Leo stood up from the bed and walked towards me. His long legs covered the space of my room quickly, and before I could blink, he was standing before me.
“I wanted to apologize.”
I snorted. “That’s a first. I don’t think that any man that I have ever known has had a thought to apologize.”
He looked frustrated, but I was not going to let up on him. This was the second, maybe even the third time that he embarrassed me, and he was going to learn that his actions had consequences. He wanted to play. I could make his life hell if I really set my mind to it.
“Well.” I swept my arm around. “Let’s hear it. What is this apology that you broke into my house to give me?”
My brow rose and I crossed my arms over my towel. I probably should have been more concerned that I was basically naked and vulnerable, but I really wasn’t.
Leo released a heavy sigh. “I should not have said what I did outside the restaurant. I wasn’t trying to shame you.”
“Yes, you were,” I said.
Leo looked sheepish for a moment. “I suppose that I was.” He reached out and placed his hand on my shoulders. They were so large that they completely encapsulated them. I tried not to shiver at the feeling of his warm skin on my own.
“I don’t like the idea of you being on display,” he told me. “It had nothing to do with not wanting you. It’s because I can’t stand the idea of anyone else seeing you that way.”
Confusion set in. “You are talking like I belong to you.” And I didn’t, which was the part that I left out.
Leo’s eyes darkened. “You’ve always belonged to me.”
He leaned down and kissed me feverishly before I could respond. This was different from the first kiss that we shared. This was possessive. His tongue invaded my mouth like he was trying to suck my soul from my lips, and though I wanted to stay mad at him, the sensation of his lips and tongue against my own made that impossible.
So, I gave in. I wrapped my arms around his neck allowing my towel to fall to the ground as I pressed my body wantonly against his.
He groaned and wrapped his hands around my waist pressing me harder against him as his lips mashed against mine.
I allowed all of my anger to be expressed in that kiss.
“I want you,” Leo said, as he pulled away. His dark eyes were nearly black as he looked down at me, and there were two small specks of red on his cheeks. I shivered at his gaze and the feeling of the cool room air on my skin.
Leo’s hands ran down my body, and I wanted nothing more than to let him do whatever he wanted with my body. But before we did, I needed some assurances.
