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“He checked in with them now and then. But mostly, he was alone.” A hot tongue licked my neck. “And he built up quite an appetite. He was starving for the tender young girl who came skipping through the forest one day. A girl who pretended. A girl who was desperate.”
I moaned softly.
“As soon as the wolf saw her, he was seized with the desire to take her. To fuck her. To bring her back to his lair.”
He traced patterns over my stomach. When his hand brushed my breast, I held absolutely still. The lightest touch teased my nipple, and I bit my lip to keep from screaming.
“And when she saw him, she forgot how to play games.” His voice soaked into me. “She needed a kiss, even if he devoured her whole. As soon as their lips touched, they both knew she was his.”
He was weaving a spell. But instead of arguing, I panted, “Yes. Yes, she was.”
A heavy bulge brushed my ass. Before I could nestle against Patrick’s erection, he moved away. His hand left my stomach.
“Where’d you go?” I scooted back, trying to spoon with him.
“It’s not one of our nights.”
My clock ticked. Outside, someone yelledFuuuuuck!Car tires swished through puddles.
“It can be,” I said very softly.
“No.”
“Because I’m under the weather? I feel better now.”
“No, Christina. Because we’re not in my room. Remember? My room, my way. My money. Those are the rules. We’re not doing anything in your apartment.”
I twisted to look over my shoulder at him. His pale eyes were half-closed. His arm rested behind his head.
“Is this a game?”
“No.”
“You were teasing me,” I protested. “Spinning that story and feeling me up. That wasn’t fair. You were totally leading up to sex.”
“You’re right.” Regret crossed his face. “I was playing with you. I got carried away. My mistake.”
“My mistake?That’s all you have to say? Is that like the discount version of ‘I’m sorry?’”
He buried his big hand in my hair. I sighed, easing onto my other side to face him fully. I was putty once he started pulling my hair, and he knew it. His free hand found the spot on my neck that always relaxed me, and he massaged it in circles. He was really pulling out all the stops.
“Get better by Monday night and I’ll finish the story.”
Always a transaction with Patrick. Always a trade, when it came to sex. But his presence here in my room — that wasn’t a trade. He was giving it freely.
“Fine. Just tell me how the big bad wolf lost his way.”
He rolled back a little ways to look at me. “He didn’t lose his way. He knew exactly where he was headed. He just didn’t know where it would end.”
On an impulse, I leaned in to kiss his cheek. He said nothing, twining a piece of my hair around his finger. When I turned my back to spoon with him, he stroked my neck, and a spurt of pleasure surged through me.
My room, my way.I wondered if I could test that.
His hand rested on my stomach under my pajama top, his fraternity ring cold against my fevered skin. My hand joined his to play with the metal circle.
“Say something to me in Italian.”
He laughed.“Mi esasperate.”
