Griffin raises a brow. “Actually, I am.”
I was caught in the act. The act was getting ready for work. Griffin acted as if I were kicking puppies, but I was just putting on mascara. So, we commenced in a standoff and neither side has backed down.
My nostrils flare on my exhale. “It’s been a week since the library…incident. I want to get back to work.”
“And I’m telling you no.” His tone almost feels condescending.
Knox appears behind Griffin’s shoulder. “What’s going on here?”
Griffin gestures to me. “Raven wants to go to work tonight.”
“Griff…” Knox breaths through his teeth awkwardly.
“No,” Griffin repeats.
Relaxing my shoulders on a big exhale, I step up to Griffin. My hands clasp together around his neck, and the shift in hismood is immediate. The hard lines etched in his face soften, and his muscles loosen. His arms drop, and his hands land on my hips. Griffin’s amber irises find my blue, and a wave of peace lulls us both.
My hands tangle in his hair and massage the back of his head. He groans and tips his head backward.
My fingers still. “I know you’re worried. But I’m okay. I’m safe. The man who attacked me is dead.”
Griffin’s jaw tenses at my mention of Seth.
I offer more reassurance, hoping it’ll give him the calm he needs. “He’s not coming back. The Wandering Raven has you, Knox, Benny…I won’t be by myself.”
Griffin’s focus sways between Knox and me. “You don’t go anywhere without one of us. Not even the storeroom. I want someone to have eyes on you at all times.”
In hopes of cracking a smile, I salute him. “Sir, yes, sir.”
He squints and smacks my ass.
“Hey!” I cry out.
Griffin raises his finger, scolding me. “Don’t be a brat.” His seriousness cracks and a smirk makes its way through.
“No promises,” I mock.
Shaking his head, he walks away, but he shouts, “We leave in twenty. And I’m driving!”
“He just worries about you,” Knox explains.
“I know.” My body leans back against my bathroom counter.
Knox steps up to me. “We both do.”
Without thought, my thighs spread, and Knox steps closer. He reaches under my ass, lifting and setting me on the cold quartz.
He dips his head, and my lips meet his eagerly. The jolt to my core has me rearing to go, wanting a repeat of his first performance in my bathroom. But his hands don’t move from where they rest on either side of my hips. I lift my leg to wraparound his hip and pull him closer, but he breaks our kiss and steps back.
“Don’t want to distract you,” he says with a wink.
I push out my lower lip in a pout. “But I like your brand of distraction.”
He leans forward. His mouth finds my neck and sucks hard. I cry out as his hand reaches between us and covers my pussy. Knox releases my neck with a pop and growls, “I’ll teach you to crave it. Crave me.” He releases his hold and swiftly exits.
Panties soaked.
Nipples hard.
