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“I don’t want the words anyway. You’ll show me just how much you mean it.” I couldn’t resist taunting her.
“The hell I will. After watching you today, I did the right thing.”
“I agree.”
She backed away from me. “You do?”
“Yep.”
“Aren’t you going to apologize to me?” she prompted.
I pulled her against me. “Actions, sugar. I’m a man of action.”
“No shit.” Lines creased her forehead. “What are all those numbers you put in my jewelry box?”
“I hate to break it to you, but you’re going to be on your knees an awful lot.”
“For what?”
“Because I saved you.”
“Oh please. You make amends for a few things, and all the sudden you’re a hero?”
I stifled a laugh, loving it when I riled her up. “You know me better than that.” I tapped the end of her nose in a gesture she hated, just so I could get that glare she shot at me. She tried to back away when I pushed my hard-on against her. I held her so she couldn’t, though it did nothing to relieve the pressure. If anything, it intensified it. “I expected you to vet your sugar daddies a little better, Tigress. Did you know that the coin you took was stolen?”
“What?”
“Turns out the fucker who hit you in the face lifted it from someone who didn’t appreciate the gesture, and they were willing to pay to get it back. Not only that, but they also wanted to punish him. All your problems are solved. Say thank you, sugar.”
“Whatever.”
I couldn’t help it. I laughed. “I’m glad we’re all settled up.”
“How do you figure that?” she asked.
“You’re here.”
“I don’t forgive easily.”
“You’re going to have to get over that.” I shifted when I felt her leg move, just in time to avoid getting kneed in the balls. “I’m going to have to wear a cup all the time, aren’t I?”
“Yes, because you’re always going to be an ass.”
“You wouldn’t want it any other way.”
I smashed my mouth to hers, sweet relief rushing through me when her tongue swept between my parted lips. She was claiming me and forgiving me all at once.
“There are children here,” Mulaney yelled at us when Sonya wrapped her legs around my waist.
“I know you want me, but you’re going to have to learn some patience.”
“I’m sure you can find an alley to satisfy me in on the way home.”
“Home?” I set her on her feet and tangled my fingers with hers, leading her over to where everyone was watching us.
“Yes. Home,” she confirmed. “That Four Seasons place you mentioned . . . turns out the bed is cold and the shower is too big. And they couldn’t get me a quilt like your grandma’s.”
“You’re not going to find that anywhere but in my bed.”
