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“I parked my car in the garage.” I firm my lips.
“Which would explain why I didn’t see it. Guess we’re stuck here for the night.” His eyes gleam.
My gaze widens in horror.No, no, no. I can’t spend the night with him. I can’t.If I do, there’s no way I’ll be able to resist the pull between us. “You have to leave, now.” I burst out.
"Have you looked outside lately?" He glances to the sky beyond the enclosed patio. I follow his gaze to find soft flakes of snow floating down.
"You’re kidding me.”
"There’s a storm on the way, heard it on the weather forecast on the way here."
"You sure you didn’t arrange for it just so we both had to spend the night together?" I scowl.
"Are we spending the night together?" He tilts his head.
My thighs clench. Every cell in my body seems to go on alert. Every pore on my skin seems to open in anticipation. I am so fucked. Well, maybe not yet. But let’s be honest, I will be.
"Zara?" His voice is low and soft, and yet, there’s a hard edge to it. A tension coils under his tone. It reaches out to me and lights the ball of heat that’s taken up residence in my belly. Flickers of awareness sizzle through my blood. My toes curl.
"Fire?" he murmurs, and this time, the question in his voice is tinted with desperation. The skin around his eyes tightens. His stance is relaxed, but every muscle in his body is wound tight. The muscles of his shoulders are rigid and defined and oh, god... I want to reach out and trace their shape and feel their dimensions. I want to rub myself against him and lick off the droplets of sweat that roll down his temple and… I want to lower myself onto his thick, long, large cock and get myself off, then clench down on him until he abandons all control and fucks me so hard I can’t think any further—
"You’re killing me," he growls, and something snaps inside of me.
I surge to my feet.
19
Hunter
The water pours off of her shoulders and slides off of her hips. She stands there for a second, a cross between a mermaid and Artemis the huntress. That slip of fabric she’s wearing barely covers her nipples, which are peaked and outlined through the top of her bikini. Her waist is tiny, her hips wide enough to form that classic hourglass figure that’s driven me crazy since I first laid eyes on her. Her thighs are thick and strong. My fingers tingle, my palms ache and… I want to squeeze her flesh and mark her so every time she looks at it, she’ll know who she belongs to.
She covers the short distance between us, then stands in front of me. I tilt my head back and watch as she reaches over and takes the cigar from my fingers. She brings it to her lips and closes her mouth around it, and goddam, my cock stands to attention at once. Who am I kidding? It was already standing at attention, but now it’s… More so? She draws on the cigar, blows out a puff of smoke.
"You’re playing with fire, Fire," I growl.
"What if it’s because I want to be burned tonight?"
"Do you want to be burned?"
She searches my features. "Only if you burn with me."
I reach up, pluck the cigar from her fingers, and brush mine over hers. She shivers, and a fierce sensation tightens my chest. Without breaking the connection of our gazes, I place the cigar between my lips. The taste of her—something spicy and pungent and so fucking familiar—crowds my senses. I glare at her, but she doesn’t flinch. Fucking hell, I am going to enjoy taming her.
"There is one thing, though," she murmurs.
"Oh?" I move the cigar to the corner of my mouth. "Are we negotiating?"
"Maybe." For the first time, she looks unsure. My heart stutters. Goddamn, what insanity is this that the very thought of her not being at ease is making me want to soothe away her uncertainties?
"What is it?" I snap, my voice coming out harsher than intended.
Her forehead furrows. "It’s only for one night."
"Eh?"
"You. Me. We fuck. But it’s only for tonight. Tomorrow, we go our separate ways."
"Weather permitting." I nod toward the snow that’s begun to come down harder.
