“You were jealous even though you knew I was provoking you.” He tightens his arm around my shoulder.
“I guess I deserve that.” Because I’ve made him jealous since I arrived.
He helps me up into the car, buckling me into my seat, purposely brushing his fingers against my body, and I want to wipe the smug smile off his face.
He climbs in beside me, securing his seatbelt, but he doesn’t start the car immediately. “It’s not for the reasons you think,” he says, peering deep into my eyes.
“Why then?”
“I wanted you to see that you already consider yourself mine.” He kick-starts the engine with another smug grin on his face. “You can deny it all you want, Abby. But we both know the truth. You just confirmed it back there.”
“What are we doing now?” I ask as Kai pulls up in front of the quaint diner on the main street in town.
He kills the engine, spearing me with a look. “What does it look like we’re doing?” He rolls his eyes.
“Do not roll your eyes at me.” He does it again, and I flip him off.
“You’re getting far too fond of that, and it’s beneath you.” He dares me to argue, snatching my hand before I can shove my middle finger up again, planting a kiss on my knuckles before I can raise an objection. “And we’ll both need to rein shit in when the baby comes.”
My heart does that twisty thing again, and I wrest my hand away. “Stop touching me.”
“You like my hands on you,” he says, climbing out of the car. Like before, he walks around to the passenger side, opens the door, grips my hips, and lifts me down.
“No. I don’t.” I pout.
“Every time you deny it, you just prove my point.” He laces his fingers through mine, pulling me up onto the curb. “So, continue lying, but you’re no better than me.”
“It is not the same thing, and you know it.”
He spins around, dropping his hands to my lower back and drawing me into his body. “Everyone tells lies, Abby. Especially in our world. But it’s the motivation behind the deceit that matters.”
“That’s the biggest load of bull crap I’ve ever heard and a convenient excuse to hide behind.”
“I’m protecting what’s mine, and I’ll never apologize for that.”
“You can’t keep lying to me, Kai, irrespective of the motive.”
He leans down to kiss me, and I turn my head to the side. His lips brush against my cheek, and I smirk, but my victory is short-lived. Cupping my face firmly, he holds my head in place as his mouth descends, and this time, I’m powerless to stop it. I clamp my lips together, refusing to kiss him back, and he chuckles against my mouth. “You’re driving me fucking insane, babe,” he says, thrusting his hips into my pelvis. “But it turns me on like you wouldn’t believe.” His tongue prods the seam of my lips, demanding entry, and my resolve is wavering.
“You’re sick in the head,” I retort, realizing my mistake the second the words leave my mouth. He seizes the opportunity, pushing his tongue into my mouth while angling his head and deepening the kiss.
And I’m a goner.
His kisses suck me in and claim every part of me.
I feel the seductive caress of his lips in every molecule of my being.
Filling me up.
Heating me on contact.
Confirming his truth, and making me a liar, but I can’t stop.
My body melts against him, and my hands have a mind of their own as they creep up his broad chest and circle his neck. Our kissing turns frantic, and I can’t get enough. I claw at him, pulling him closer, needing this connection as badly as I need air to breathe.
And we’re devouring one another.
On the sidewalk.
