Placing his plate on the coffee table, he stands up and prowls towards me, a menacing, furious look in his eye.
He stops in front of me, so close his top brushes against the lacy camisole covering my body, and I suppress the shiver that's begging to run through my body from the sensation.
"I wasn't jealous," he bites out, his eyes burning into mine.
I smirk, my gaze sweeping over his face as I lift my hands to his chest, brushing them across the black cotton that's covering the muscles I can feel rippling beneath it.
"It's okay to admit that you were, Dom," I whisper, flicking my gaze back to his as I lift onto my toes, filled with my usual confidence I've been lacking lately. "I can imagine the thought of Leo's tattooed body pressing against mine as our—"
My words are cut off instantly as his hand shoots out and wraps around my neck, the cold metal of the rings around his fingers sinking into my heated skin.
"Shut up," he growls, eyes darkening as he grinds his jaw, the grip around my neck tightening slightly.
I can't contain the grin that spreads across my face, and I lower my hands down his chest, wanting to poke the bear even further.
"Make me," I rasp, my tongue darting out of my mouth and sweeping across my lips as my body vibrates with tension.
His eyes follow the movement, and he leans closer to me, our bodies brushing against each other again as he seems to contemplate what to do.
The anticipation is killing me, so I move my hands down again, across his stomach, my fingers gently gliding across each muscle until they brush against the waistband of his jeans.
Before I can continue, he uses his free hand to grab mine. He snarls at me, his eyes meeting mine again as his thumb presses against the pulse point of my neck.
A frustrated growl rips from his chest as he pushes himself back, creating space between us as I stumble backwards onto the sofa.
"I'll be back at the office tomorrow, and I'll have Leo downstairs. If you choose to leave the apartment, it will be to walk the mutt, and that's it. Until I know I can trust you to listen to me, I don't want you doing anything else. Understood?"
Still slightly in a daze, I nod my head. That must be an accepting answer for him because his eyes scan my body once more before he storms out of the room.
Once I hear the elevator doors close, my breath rushes out of me, and I place a hand against my chest, feeling my heart pounding violently.
I should be glad he finally snapped and agreed to leave the apartment—as well as telling me I was allowed out, too—but a small amount of disappointment slithers through my body at the fact he pushed me away when we were clearly in an extremely tense situation of which I'm certain had an affect on him.
I was caught up in the moment, and I was sure he was too.
My skin was flushed, my stomach was wound tight, and I was clamping my thighs together from the moment his hand wrapped around my neck.
I genuinely thought he was going to kiss me, and if he did, I wouldn't have pushed him away.
Jellybean barks from where she's sitting on the floor, breaking me out of my thoughts, and I shake my head, scoffing.
My plan worked. I should be happy I've bought myself an inch of freedom, I shouldn't be sat here dejected about the fact he didn't make a move on me.
That's not what I want… is it?
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Dominic
Sweat soaks through my T-shirt as I lean against the cool metal of the elevator, chest heaving, and muscles aching from the two-hour workout I just subjected myself to.
Thumbing the button for my apartment, I tip my head back, closing my eyes as I run my hands over my face, sighing.
No matter how many punches I threw at the bag, how many weights I lifted, or how many miles I ran on the treadmill, I couldn't force Alicia Garcia out of my mind.
The whole time I was working out, I kept remembering her hands running across my body, and the way her eyes sparkled when she looked up at me, like how the studs in her nose do when the light catches them at the perfect angle.
Her tongue sweeping across her lips as my hand tightened around her delicate throat replays over and over again on a loop inside my head.
