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She gives me a flat look.
I laugh and raise my eyebrows. “Too soon?”
Rolling her eyes, she clicks her tongue in a show of exasperation. But I can see the amusement dancing in her eyes too. While shaking her head at me, she gets to her feet as well.
“I’m still waiting for an apology for that, you know,” she says, giving me an expectant look.
The wicked smile on my lips grows as I nod towards the white sofa behind her. “I just got down on my knees and worshipped your cunt on that very sofa. That not enough groveling for you, Isabella?”
Heat floods her cheeks. I grin at the embarrassed look on her face as she flicks a glance towards the couch before returning her attention to me. While muttering something under her breath, she stalks over and gives my shoulder a shove that actually does put me a little off balance, betraying that she’s much stronger than she normally pretends to be.
“Shut up,” she huffs, that flush still on her cheeks, as she starts towards the door. “Or I might decide not to come after all.”
“Oh I can make you come whether you want to or not.” I smirk at her. “As I’ve demonstrated several times in the past few hours.”
The red flush in her cheeks deepens even more as she snaps her astonished gaze to me. I let out a dark laugh.
Fuck, I love making her flustered like this. She’s always so calm and composed behind the perfect mask of her fake life. So it brings me incredible delight to shatter that composure and watch her flounder like a clueless teenager.
She narrows her eyes at me and then pointedly turns away from the door. “That’s it. I’ve changed my mind.”
“Isabella.”
I don’t miss the way a small shiver ripples through her body when I say her name. Fuck, I love making her shudder likethattoo.
Turning back to me, she arches an arrogant eyebrow in silent question.
My smile turns even more devilish as I give her a warning look. “Don’t make me get the handcuffs.”
Even though she tries to hide it behind another eye roll, I can see the flicker of lust in her gaze too.
“Fine,” she sighs dramatically as she once more starts towards the door. “You win. Let’s go then.”
I follow her, but my mind is still churning from that flicker of lust in her eyes. Did she want me to handcuff her in bed earlier? I’ll have to try that next time.
Shock pulses through me, and I give my head a quick shake. Next time? There will be no next time. This was just a one-time lapse in judgement.
And now, I’m only taking her out to eat because I need to continue to stealthily interrogate her. Nothing else.
But as I walk Isabella down to my car outside, even I know that that last part is nothing more than yet another lie.
23
ISABELLA
When Rico said that he was taking me somewhere, I’m not sure what I was expecting. But I do know that it wasn’t this.
Stopping in front of the door, I tilt my head back and stare up at the colorful sign above.
Waffle Kingdom, it reads. There is even a little illustration next to it depicting a waffle with whipped cream and strawberries on top.
I still haven’t really wrapped my mind around this, but Rico is already standing by the door, holding it up for me while giving me an expectant look, so I just quickly shake my head and hurry to catch up with him.
An absolutely intoxicating scent hits me the moment I step across the threshold. My stomach growls in responds. Gods above, does it always smell this delicious when someone is making waffles or is it just this place in particular?
Trailing to a halt, I briefly close my eyes and draw in a deep breath.
When I open them again, I find Rico watching me with a faint smile on his lips, so I wipe the astonished look off my face and then quickly stride over to once again catch up with him.
