“That was a fuckup, duchess. All mine,” I growl before I remember how good she tasted.
“Well, yeah, but that’s not fair.” She tucks her hands under her thighs. “TechnicallyIkissed you. Remember?”
I wish to Almighty God I didn’t.
“You wouldn’t have done it if I’d kept my distance. That was my fault, and I don’t mean breaking your fall.”
The moment I caught her, I should’ve set her down and stepped back.
My hesitation cost us dearly.
“So what? You think that means I have no autonomy?” She cocks her head, her hair spilling across her shoulder. “A girl can’t make her own choices? She’s just helplessly dick-matized by the amazing Kane Saint?”
I snort loudly.
“I wasn’t thinking. I invited trouble,” I tell her. “It’s been a long damn time since I shared a space with a woman.”
Her blue eyes flare.
I have to look away before she starts asking too many questions.
Hell, before I’m tempted to answer them.
“We lost our heads. That’s it. Doesn’t have to be more complicated,” I finish, nodding for emphasis. “We were overwhelmed. It was a long-ass day, and—”
And her body was pure velvet against mine.
So inviting, calling my hands to every curve.
If she hadn’t put her mouth on mine, I might’ve erupted anyway.
I might’ve grabbed her bottom lip with my teeth and thieved every moan.
Her jumping me, that was a relief, if I’m brutally honest.
But it calcified my brain like an expired orange.
I can’t forget that.
She’s nodding with almost as much irritation.
“Never again,” she whispers.
“Never.”
Then she smiles, a little awkwardly, and looks out the window, into the night. But instead of stepping back and giving her space, my eyes stay glued to her.
The way her lips purse, the shyness on her face, the wicked thoughts that must be swirling in her head.
Margot Blackthorn isn’t innocent or introverted, but there’s hesitation there now.
And it’s fucking adorable.
Same for the way she glances at me, a little too fast, like she wasn’t expecting to find me watching her.
Damn.
But I’m a man who learns his lessons, and it’s time to fuckinggo. I stand up.
