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“I said,get out of my way!” I shouted.
“Why are you crying?” he asked conversationally.
“Because you piss me off.”
“You’re crying because you’re angry?”
“Seems like it. Now get out of my way.”
Quick as a flash, he grabbed my purse and threw it across the room.
I watched it sail and land in the armchair again, then I turned back to him, eyes wide.
“What the—?” I started.
He pulled the bag off my arm and also threw that across the room. It landed on the floor with a soft “phunf” a foot away from the armchair.
I watched it go and then turned back to him. Words escaped me so I just stared.
His hands came up to my face, his thumbs running along the tears on my cheeks.
“Stop crying,” he demanded.
My mouth dropped open.
“You can’t just tell me to stop crying,” I informed him.
“How hot and bothered were you?” he asked.
That was the time to try my knee him in the balls maneuver, I was pretty much sure of it.
“Get out of my way.” I jerked my face out of his hands and started to walk back to my bags.
He stopped me with a hand on my arm and swung me around.
“Quit it!” I yelled as he pulled me to him. His face was no longer blank and stony, it was soft again and I was pretty certain he was a raving lunatic.
“No. Now I’m gonna take you to bed and make love to you. Later, we’re gonna go to your dad’s barbeque. After that, we’ll talk.”
I shook my head and tried to pull free. “Sorry, I have different plans for the day.”
His arms slid around me. “Honey, it occurs to me from what you asked me earlier that you have the wrong impression about me. Today, I’m gonna show you who I am. Tonight, I’m gonna tell you what I want. Tomorrow, you can make up your mind.”
I blinked at him.
“I’ve known you all my life,” I reminded him.
“You have no fucking clue.”
I stared for a beat, and fear, curiosity and elation shivered through me at the promise I saw in his face.
I shook my head. “I have to go to the bookstore, get Tod and Stevie’s car, make macaroni salad.”
“Matt returned your neighbor’s car last night. Ally can go to the Fortnum’s. King Soopers has macaroni salad.”
“No.”
One of his hands slid into my hair and pulled my head back and to the side, exposing my neck. His mouth, all of sudden, was there.
