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“Don’t start with that again.”
He tilts my chin up. “Brat.” He smirks and kisses me.
I bite his lip. He laughs, pulling back, as I curl up against him again. “I’m withholding sex, remember?”
“I seem to recall something about that.”
“I’m sticking to it.”
“But I’m very persuasive.”
“I’ll say the word. I mean it.”
“Go ahead.” He sighs, stretching. “I don’t know what you’re doing here with me, Ren, but I don’t want you going anywhere.”
“Good. I’m very comfortable at the moment. And I’m pretty sure you’re trying to get me to be your girlfriend.”
“Might be.”
I smile like an idiot. “Keep on trying, asshole.”
He kisses my hair. “I will.”
Good. I keep my eyes closed, breathing in time with him, and try to sleep.
Chapter30
Renata
We spend a lazy afternoon together. Neither of us brings up Burian, though he’s lurking in the background of everything we do. I force myself not to think about him, but the longer I go without checking in on my friends and family, the more worry begins to break through the cracks.
Worry mixed with guilt.
How could I lie around enjoying myself with Lanzo when there’s a monster like Burian running around the city? When my friends might be in that monster’s jaws?
“I keep thinking we should be out there trying to find him,” I say, not specifying who I mean byhimbut Lanzo knows. We’re lying in a pool of sweat, my body still trembling from the last hour of very intense, slightly acrobatic sex. Well, acrobatic on his part.
“Maybe,” he says, sounding content. “But this is a lot better.”
“That’s not very reassuring.”
He sits up on an elbow. “Burian made us yesterday. Searching around blindly isn’t going to help anything. He’ll lie low for a little while anyway.”
“How can you be so sure?”
“I’ve been hunting him for a long time.” He lies back down, sighing. “Trust me, little Ren. I know the man well enough. We have time.”
“Easy for you to say.” I roll over and poke his chest. “It isn’t your grandfather’s life on the line.”
He tilts his from head side to side. “That’s true, but your family’s protected. Carmine’s guys are enough of a deterrence. I’m more worried about you.”
“Are you? Seems like you’re not, considering how hard you’ve been spanking me.” I lie back down, smiling at the pleasant ache on my backside. Bastard’s not exactly gentle.
“I spank youbecauseI worry about you. It’s my way of showing affection.”
“Your affection is bizarre.”
“Isn’t everything about this bizarre?” He prods me with his elbow and rests a hand on my belly. Like he can’t keep his hands to himself for long.
