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He grabbed me instead, pulling me closer. “Seems the grieving period is over and done with, right? We can get to the good part.” He opened his mouth, tongue out, looking like he was about to lick my face.
I couldn’t help scrunching up my face and trying to duck away, though his hand was round my waist, and he had me pinned. Suddenly, his hold disappeared, and he went flying. I blinked in shock as I turned to see Alexei standing between us, his hand in a fist, hazel eyes blazing.
Cole was sprawled on the floor at his feet, clutching his cheek. “Ow, what the hell did you do that for, man?” he whined.
Alexei just growled and I almost laughed. He quirked an eyebrow at me. “You know this guy?” he asked.
I froze, fingers turning to ice. I needed to tread really carefully. “Um, no,” I said.
He narrowed his eyes at me. “You sure?”
I looked down at Cole who was trying to get up and denied him again. “Never seen him before.”
“But he was calling you by your… government name.”
I shrugged. “I don’t know what to tell you. He’s just some creeper.”
Cole was still groaning on the floor. I just wanted to get away from him before he said anything else. So, when Alexei grabbed my hand and marched me off, I went, quite willingly.
“Where are we going?” I still had to ask.
He didn’t answer, but it was fairly obvious we were headed for the changing room. I remembered that Alexei didn’t like it when there was a ruckus caused by the girls in the club. That was funny consideringhewasthe one who was involved in this one. I wondered what—
We entered the changing room, and he stopped just inside the door. There were a couple of girls doing their makeup on their vanities, but most of them were working the floors. He pointed imperiously to the door. “Out!” he yelled.
The two girls scrambled past us, and he slammed the door behind them. I didn’t know if I was about to get a beating, a lecture, a shot in the head or what. My whole body was shaking.
The silence in the changing room was loud as I looked up at Alexei and waited for the axe to fall. He rounded on me pretty fast, his face flushed, eyes glittering with anger. “Tell me the truth. How do you know that guy?”
I took a deep shaky breath, deciding to keep as close to the truth as possible. “Okay, fine. We went on one date. It didn’t work out. I ghosted him.”
His eyes narrowed. “Did you fuck on this date?”
“You know that’s none of your business, right?”
“Tell me,” he growled.
“Okay! Damn. We did not fuck.”
“Did you try to fuck him?”
I sighed, knowing that no answer would satisfy him. If I told him that Cole couldn’t get it up, he’d just think that I ghosted him because Iwantedto fuck, and he couldn’t. Since he was already going ballistic on me, I didn’t want to think what that revelation might do to his mood. So, I just clenched my jaw and stared mutinously at him.
He grabbed me by my jaw and pulled me to him, looking into my eyes, his own lit with so many emotions I could hardly keep up.
“Don’t think you can lie to me, Nora. Iwillfind you out.”
It sounded like both a promise and a threat. I couldn’t help shivering in reaction, and he took my bottom lip in his mouth, nipping at it angrily before working it with his teeth. He crushed my mouth against his, plunging his tongue into mine and dominating my spirit.
I didn’thateit.
God save me.
I felt the tangy taste of copper in my mouth and realized he’d bitten me. I lunged upwards, fighting for control of the kiss, my tongue giving as good as it was getting. The kiss changed from domineering to sparring, each of us fighting for survival as our mouths pressed tight together, tongues pushing and pulling at each other, tasting. I was getting lost in it, my breasts pressed flat on his chest, nails digging into his arms, holding fast to him.
We pulled away from each other with a gasp, my mouth open as I stared up at him.
“What about you, then?” I blurted, “Who’s the ice queen you were whispering with?”
