“Men don’t pay attention to clothes,” I sneer.
“They do when a body like yours is filling them out.”
The low rumble of his voice soothes my nerves.Even though he was never in danger of losing his life, fear gripped me all night long.Carlos offered to stay with Brennan so I could go home and grab an overnight bag, but I couldn’t force myself to leave.
Not that Brennan needs to know.His ego is big enough already.
I roll my eyes and shove his shoulder.Guilt flits through me as he winces, but his smirk assures me he isn’t hurt.
He’s goading me.Again.
It works.My annoyance outgrows my worry.
“No one is looking at my skinny ass.Quit being obnoxious.”
“I’m looking.”
His unapologetic answer fills me with exasperation.I push away from him and growl when he doesn’t release my hips.
“You’re the worst,” I snarl.
He lifts a brow and offers me a half-lidded smirk.Liquid warmth pulses low in my abdomen.
After hours of embodying a frozen tundra from the inside out, it burns in the best way.
He pulls me further from the dark pit of despair my ex-stepfather tore open with his touch.
I thought I’d healed over the years, but one horrible moment with the man of my nightmares and I was thrust into reliving the worst night of my life.
“Why didn’t you get yourself a change of clothes, Audrey?”Brennan asks.
His low, gravelly voice bubbles in my core.I shake my head and shrug.
“I didn’t need to.I’m fine,” I say.
He sighs and tugs me closer again.
“You come first, love.Next time—”
“There had better not be a next time,” I snap.
Surprise widens his eyes before he smiles in delight.
“You’re worried about me,” he says.
I shove his hands off my hips and stomp toward the bathroom.
“Of course I am.You’re my boss.”
“I’m more than your boss.Admit it,” he demands.
I stop in the doorway and look over my shoulder at him.With an incredulous lift of my brow, I convey that he is, in fact, more than my boss, but only in ways with negative connotations.
He rises from the couch and crosses the room before I can close the door between us.An embarrassing squeak escapes my lips as he crowds me against the sink with his bulk.
With the hard, muscular planes of his chest visible through his thin white shirt and not a tie or button in sight, I don’t have to fight through nightmares despite a man’s nearness for the first time in my adult life.Even though I’m comfortable around Liam and Carlos, I still usually see them in either a suit or Carlos in his guard’s uniform.
Brennan is the only man I want this close to me.The hunger in his eyes thrums through me.
