I was so aghast I looked over her shoulder toward the creature. A dog. A huge, beautiful dog. At least I could tell he was alive from the ragged but constant rise and fall of the massive beast’s chest.
“Are you listening to me?” Now she was shaking me, intense venom in her eyes and the kind of powerful rage that clouded her features.
“Whoa. Hold on,” I managed.
She tried punching me again, prompting an automatic reaction. I pulled her tightly against me to prevent her fist from connecting with my face. She wiggled and gyrated, pitting our pelvises together.
Fuck me. Did the wildcat have any idea the level of friction and heat she’d created? Didn’t she feel the hardness of my cock pressing between her legs? For a few seconds, I debated keeping her in a firm hold. I liked the way she felt against me, the weight of her in my arms.
But she was having none of it, continuing to punch me as if I was threatening her life.
She went way beyond being a wildcat. She was an entire pride of female lions eager and willing to devour their prey.
Oh, the thought tightened my balls.
Did she have any idea how cute she was in her neon purple jogging pants and the brightest lime green shirt I’d ever seen?
“Hold on?” she hissed. “You hit my beautiful baby boy on purpose. You tried to kill Indiana.”
Was she kidding me? I’d never had anyone accuse me of murdering an animal and plenty of people over the years had accused me of some heinous acts.
My response and my reaction couldn’t have been worse.
“Wait a minute. He ran out into the road and into me. I’d say he was purposely trying to wreck my car.” Wow. She’d certainly managed to push buttons I didn’t know existed. Shock tore through me as she managed to push herself away, hauling off and slamming her fist into my jaw.
What the fuck?
For a small woman, she packed a mean punch, the force pitching me back against the Charger’s grille.
With another hiss and her nose wrinkling, she flopped back to Indiana’s side.
I rubbed my jaw, admiring her conviction and her ability to catch me off guard. A small crowd had appeared, the gawkers just another irritation.
“Nothing to see here,” I snapped.
That resulted in another glare from the wildcat. “It’s okay, baby. Mommy is right here. We’re going to get you to the vet. Everything is going to be okay.”
When the dog whapped his tail against the pavement, I breathed a sigh of relief. I’d done a lot of horrible shit in my life, but killing an animal under any circumstances wasn’t one of them. Risking life and limb, I knelt beside her, studying the pup’s condition.
“There’s no blood.” As if I knew what the fuck I was talking about.
“Are you a goddamn veterinarian?” she snarled. “There could be internal injuries. Broken bones. Look at him.”
He was still wagging his tail, even managing to lift his head, but I wasn’t going to argue with her. She was right. There could be hidden injuries. “Let me help you take him to your car.”
“Does it look like I have a car? Look at the way I’m dressed.” She pointed to the attached leash. “This is a fucking park. We walk here almost every day from where I live. Two miles from here.”
Every word out of her mouth was accusatory. Wow. But I did take the time to study the way she was dressed. Sexy as hell in an eclectic way that kept my cock twitching.
“You were driving too fast,” she continued then issued a growl easily rivaling one of mine. “Fucker.”
Every word out of her mouth pushed my irritation to a new level.
“Hold on. You didn’t have control over your dog?” The leash was still attached to his collar. Yes, she had a point. At least I’d been able to react quickly.
My God, the woman was beautiful in a fiery kill-him-if-you-can way that floored me. With the last rays of sun highlighting rich, copper hair, eyes the color of the Aegean Sea, and freckles scattered across smooth, porcelain skin, her appearance was a wicked combination of faery and goddess. But one with a lightning bolt in her hand.
I had a sudden, almost uncontrollable urge to fist a handful of her hair, yanking until I was able to expose the long line of her neck, which was begging for my fingers to wrap around it. I envisioned her naked and suddenly my dick was hard. Not a good look for a man who’d just injured a dog by accident.
