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She shrugged and pulled open the fridge, probably double-checking that there was no booze in the house.
“I was hoping for something with some carbs in it, like pasta.”
I smiled to myself. Sadie was being difficult for the sake of being difficult.
“Maybe if you’re good, we’ll have carbs for dinner.”
“I’m always good,” she cooed, and I grinned over my shoulder. I loved it when playful, seductive Sadie showed up.
“You’re even better sober.”
She groaned. “Not this shit, Thomas. Not again. I’m a grown-ass woman, and I can drink as much or as little as I see fit. Got it?”
I removed the steaks from the griddle, put them on a plate to rest, and turned to find Sadie’s angry green eyes glaring at me.
“Sadie,” I said in a voice I hoped would defang her. “I am well aware of just how grown you are. I’ve known you since we were barely adults. But the fact remains that you have been drinking a lot, some might say too much.”
“I know when I’ve had too much.”
I sighed and brought the salad to the set table, nodding for her to take a seat.
“Normally, you do. But something is different this time. You’re not drinking because you like it or because Velvet Fire is damn good whiskey. You’re drinking to forget or hide something.”
“You’re starting to piss me off, Thomas.”
“I know,” I grinned. “But this has to stop, at least for now. None of us, especially you, can afford to have you making drunken mistakes. We need to get you out of this shit, Sadie. Beck is gunning for you, and she’s gunning hard, with the full force of the FBI at her back. To beat this, you need to be the ruthless, clearheaded Sadie we know and love. Can I have your word on the booze?”
She mulled over my words, and I knew they had an impact by the way she angrily served herself a salad. She must have been really distracted because she dropped some on my plate as well.
“Well,” I said before I picked up my fork.
She nodded, as far as she’d go to agree, but I’d take it.
“You think you know me, Thomas. You don’t.”
I took my seat across from her and drank in the sight of her like this, pissed off and a little vulnerable. “I know you better than you think.”
She set her fork down and curled her lips into a seductive smile. “Then you know exactly what I’m thinking right now.”
I knew what she was thinking because I’d been thinking about nothing but tasting her sweet cunt since she walked into the kitchen. But not now. Not yet. “I do.”
“Tell me.” Her commanding tone was back, and fuck me, but I loved it because she used that tone when she felt too much.
“You want me to peel those pants off your body and suck your pussy until your honey coats my tongue. You want to grind those hips and drag your clit across my face until you come.” She let out a little gasp of arousal.
“Don’t you?”
“You know I do.”
I nodded and pushed back from the table, hands on my hips, a wry grin on my face. “Well, you know what I want, Sadie? I want to feel those soft lips wrapped around my cock, sucking me like only you can do.”
Heat flared in her eyes, and she licked her lips, but she stayed in her seat.
I stood there and waited. I could wait her out longer than she’d ever expect, because I’d been waiting for her forever.
CHAPTERNINETEEN
Sadie
