It didn’t take a genius to figure out this was the guy Kate had told me about. The asshole who cheated on her with her sister.
“I’d rather stay here with you,” the cheating motherfucker said.
I’d already disliked him on principle, but the way he talked to Kate pushed every single one of my buttons.
Clearing my throat, I strode inside. “You wouldn’t be harassing my woman, now would you?”
The beady-eyed prick reluctantly glanced in my direction. He gave me that quick once-over all guys did when a threat walked in. I was tallerby at least a foot and, thanks to a vigorous weight-training routine, much broader.
“Your woman?” he sneered. “I don’t see a ring on her finger.”
I stepped in beside Kate. The burn of her gaze so fully trained on me added fuel to the inferno raging through my veins.
“She doesn’t need a flimsy fucking piece of metal to remind her who she belongs to.”
Bryce opened his mouth, but I wasn’t done. “In case I wasn’t clear, Kate’s mine. Fuck off.”
“She’s got a mouth, I’m sure she can speak for herself.” Dickwad slowly, intently, looked her up and down. I wanted to poke his fucking eyes out. “Amongst other things.”
My vision blurred. “One word.” I got right up in his face. “One more fucking word. I dare you.”
My fist was ready and begging. But before I could introduce it to the asshole’s face, Kate’s fingers curled around my wrist.
“You heard him, Bryce. Leave.”
Bryceglared at me. I glared right back.
“Oh, for shit’s sake.”
I barely had time for Kate’s words to register when she hooked her hand around the back of my neck and pulled my mouth to hers.
The sparks from the day before grew bigger and brighter like it was the damn Fourth of July. My blood burned hot, need spreading through my veins like a wildfire.
I didn’t stand a chance.
This woman was going to ruin me. Especially if she kept kissing me the way she was.
It was intoxicating.
I craved more.
Banding my arms tight around her waist, I spun us, putting the counter at her back. As delicious as that mouth of hers was, it wasn’t enough. I had to taste every inch of her.
Starting with that delicate neck. Abandoning her lips, I kissed a path along her jaw before finally working my way down the column of her throat. So soft. Her skin was so unbelievably soft.
Shit. I was so lost in this woman.
A deep groan tore from my lungs when her hands swept up my chest to pull me closer. Only she didn’t pull. Flattening her palms, she shoved me away.
“You can stop now, he’s gone.”
The disappointment flooding my system was as unexpected as it was unwelcome.
“And what the hell was that anyway?” she hissed.
Holding her stare, I rubbed my thumb over my still-wet bottom lip. “If you have to ask, I wasn’t doing it right. I can fix that.”
Fury flashed in those pretty hazel irises. “You know exactly what I’m talking about. What were you trying to do? Mark your territory? You gonna piss all over me next?”
