“That’s my girl,” he says, setting her down half a second before I snap.
I clamp my jaw and swallow thick.
His girl.Is that so?
“Casper,” she says, stepping back and lacing her fingers with mine. “This is Maksim. My…mine. We’re together.”
His dark eyes widen like he’s just noticed me. Which tells me exactly what I need to know.
“Oh…I didn’t know—shit!”
“It’s okay,” she says.
It’s not.
I keep my glare locked on him until Valentina tugs me back.
“I’ll see you at the finish line,” she says.
“You’ll have a hell of a time shifting gears with bloody fucking stumps,” I growl. “Think twice before touching her again.”
“I’m cool,” he mutters, shuffling off.
By the time I turn, Valentina’s halfway to her car.
“What the fuck was that about?” she snaps when I catch up.
“What?” I shrug.
“Casper is a good guy, Maksim. If I thought for a second he was being anything but friendly, I’d shut it down myself. You have nothing to worry about.”
I laugh—short, ugly. “You think I’m jealous?”
“You weren’t exactly welcoming.”
“I don’t give a fuck about your friends. Have as many as you want. This isn’t about you.”
My fingers hook into her waistband, dragging her against me. “Because I know how wet your sweet cunt gets for me. Howyour cheeks flush that pretty shade of pink when I fuck you until you’re crying for more.”
Her lashes lower. I trace her bottom lip with my thumb and push past her teeth until it’s in her mouth. “Isn’t that right?” She sucks slowly, nodding.
“You’re mine to use, to fuck…to fill to the brim. Aren’t you, Ptichka?”
Another nod. Another moan.
“But the second someone touches what’s mine…” I lean in, my breath hot over her ear. “I can’t promise you’ll ever see them again.”
Thirty-Six
VALENTINA
“Stay with me tonight,” I say, more desperate than I mean to. But I don’t care. Because right now I almost—almost—want to forget Dominic, forget the race, and just let Maksim fuck me until I can’t remember my own name…or why I ever cared about coming here in the first place.
But too much is riding on tonight.
Race first. Get ruined by massive Russian dick later.
He nods, presses his thumb against my lip again, and I bite down, just enough to feel him tense.
