Holy Fuck!What am I doing?If Aurei came out right now....Oh, Fuck!No!I'm not doing this!Ever!It must be the damn wine making me act stupid!
I put my other hand on his chest and lift my knee until it touches his balls.Then I say between clenched teeth."Back ...the fuck ...up.You are playing a dangerous game.He will rip you to shreds if he finds us like this."
The cold reality of my words rings true, and we both know it.
"Yes.He would definitely try."His eyebrows twitch once.For a moment, I worry that he won't stop, but then his hands fall to his sides.I watch his flat tongue as it lightly touches his top lip, then he sucks it gently against his teeth and slides it back into his mouth.I recognize the sexual tell.He likes to lick a wet pussy down deep and dirty!Damn!
The vision of these two totally dominant, badass men, one Golden God, one Dark Devil, in a battle without rules, sobers me."Goddammit!What were you thinking?Back up, Motherfucker!"
He grins."I thought I was very clear on what I was thinking.What were you thinking?"
"I wasn't!"I frown at him."Fuck!You are charismatic!He was right!"
He grins, and I see that smug look I know drives girls mad!
Completely in control of myself now, the accountant asks, "Are you going to be his publicist?"
"Yes, I'm going to take the job."
"Good.Then you need to know this about me.I'm untouchable."One eyebrow raises as his expression questions that statement."I am!"Both eyebrows raise, knowing I'm not."Fuck!What the hell is it with this bloodline and me?"I ask the air and look away.
When I look back, his eyes are hooded, and one side of his luscious lips is lifted into a sexy as fuck smirk.His eyes latch onto mine and narrow ever so slightly.He clearly knows the effect he has on women.Comfort like that comes only from years of experience, and I wonder to myself how many women have tried to slap that smirk off his face.
"Damn!You are one sexy Son of a Bitch!"I shake my head, then tell him with firm resolve."But make no mistake, Quintus.I am untouchable!"
He grins and finally takes a step back.We eye each other from a safe distance and come to some sort of unspoken truce.Then he nods at my choker."That is a very nice, very expensive necklace.Did Maximus give it to you?"
"Yes, he did."My fingers glide along with the flat plate where the inscription hides.Aurei's words come back to me, and I see him again on one knee when he says.'You are perfect for me.Will you accept this gift as a symbol that our Us equals our beautiful thang?'His commitment to me with such a gorgeous gift that everyone will see makes my eyes tear up now, and I feel almost ashamed of the feelings Quintus stirred in me.I hear Aurei's voice.'Every time you touch it, you will know that you are mine and I am yours.US!'I have to remember that!If finally fucking has opened the flood gates of feelings and I'm vulnerable to seduction, then I need to use this simple tactic to center myself.I rub the flat plate again."Sweet Zeus!"I whisper.I would never do anything to jeopardize our beautiful thang!
Quintus has tipped his head as he watched my emotions play openly across my face, then he asks, "Why would Maximus choose someone like you?"
His question pisses me off, and the implication that I'm a whore stands front and center between us."Just because I'm 'the girl everyone is talking about' and I didn't squeal and run when caught naked doesn't mean I'm a whore."I spit at him.
He smirks."Doesn't it?"
I stand my ground and affirm the truth in the face of that name."No!It doesn't!"
He crosses his arms and studies me."Now, I really want to know why Maximus chose someone like you."
"You'll have to ask him," I snap.
He sincerely says, "I'm asking you.Why do you think he chose someone like you?"
His voice isn't condescending.He seems genuinely interested, so I humor his curiosity."Who's asking?The cousin who wants to fuck his girl or the publicist?"
He chuckles."Can it be both?"
I purse my lips and look away, then I turn my back to him and lean over the railing, looking out over the pasture as I think about the truth.Why was Aurei attracted to me?My fingers play on my necklace as I consider it.Then, I grin—the same reason I was attracted to him.
When I turn back to answer Quintus, I see a Hottie from Hell who is going to be responsible for ensuring Aurei is humanized and I am not sensationalized.I take a deep breath and let my years of experience school him."You're asking the wrong question, Quintus.You shouldn't be asking, 'WHY would Maximus choose someone like me?'That's his business.Nor should you be asking, 'Why would Maximus choose someone LIKE me?'A whore, right?That's no one's business, but his too.The question you should be asking right now is, 'Why would someone like Maximus choose ME?'"
He smiles at me then he looks down at my pussy.His tongue sneaks out to lick his top lip, and he asks, "Why the blue heart?"
"Now you're asking the right question.Toss me his shirt, and let's talk."He walks over to the chair, takes it off, and tosses it to me.I slip it on as he leans against the rail a good three feet away.Aurei's shirt is so big on me it hides everything.I turn to look at Quintus."A blue heart means pure, honest love.I held out for it, and I found it with Aurei in Alabama, not in Vegas.It's a complicated story, but all you need to know is I've never been a whore."
His expression accepts my answer at face value."Why the necklace?"
"Why not the necklace?"
