Her mouth pops open, and she sputters at me. It’s truly adorable the amount of time it takes for her to regain control over her motor function again.
“I am not your fucking girlfriend, Dread!” she shouts, getting in my face.
There’s my little spitfire.
Excitement packs the wound in my chest, and her rage stitches it back together again.
I grin, my eyes dropping to her pretty lips as she yells at me.
Yeah, it’s definitely the perfect plan.
“Did your brain short-circuit when you came? Because I don’t know what the hell makes you think I’d ever date you. Clearly, you’re not fucking thinking at all.”
Little does she know, I’ve done nothingbutthink since the moment I finished coming inside her. Maybe it's not rational, but it's productive.
My smile widens as I lean closer to her until our noses are only inches apart.
“I think it’s mutually beneficial. I’ll protect you from Daddy dearest, and if he comes knockin’, I’m very fucking happy to answer that door for you.”
I glance at her lips again, my tongue darting out to wet mine. I keep my stare locked on them until I’m finished saying, “And in the meantime, I’ll keep you warm at night while you keep my cock warm.”
She blanches. “Absolutely not. I don’t even need your protection.”
“You do,” I say bluntly. “You said it yourself, he’s dangerous. And as I see it, you have no one else here to keep you safe.”
She scoffs, a humorless laugh tittering out of her. “And you’re going to be the one to do that? Last I checked, I need to be kept safe fromyou.”
I shrug. “Not anymore. Things have changed, baby. You’re all mine now, and there isn’t a goddamn soul on this planet who will touch a hair on your little head, including your father.”
She blinks, and I pull away to open the door, stepping out into thefrosted air. Her eyes track me the entire way around the front of my car to her door. By the time I open it, she’s still gaping at me.
“You’re insane,” she whispers.
I lean in and unbuckle her seat belt. She’s frozen solid as I pause right before her, caging her between my arms, her sweet mouth less than an inch from mine.
“And you’re mine,” I murmur.
She swallows thickly, and after very deliberately dropping my gaze to her lips again, I grin and return my focus to her just before pulling away, taking all her breath with me.
“Let’s go, darling. It’s freezing out here, and I have an early,drug-freemorning.”
“Never again, brother. Never. Fucking. Again.”
I’ve only just emerged from the water, where Rogue crouches at the end of my lane, glowering down at me.
Coach has been on the verge of drowning me today, and I’ve already puked up my breakfast once. Not that it stopped him from shouting at me to get back in the water once I finished.
The rest of the team left an hour ago, but Coach kept me after to run a few more drills, and Rogue hung back to wait for me. I’m finally done for the morning, but I’m due back here later this evening for yet another practice.
I wave at him to back off, which he does with an eye roll, giving me enough room to pull myself out of the water. My arms are fucking noodles, and my blood sugar is dangerously low. The perfect time to listen to Rogue’s bitching.
“Next time you need someone to watch over Sable, make Severen do it,” he tells me, plopping down next to me. He wears the same knee-length swimsuit as me, and his swim cap still covers his head.
I can very clearly see his arms and legs trembling from the workout too, yet he doesn’t seem to notice. He’s too busy glaring at the pool water.
“Why?” I ask dryly as I yank off my goggles.
“Because she’s fucking insane,” he exclaims. “She tried to inject this embalming shit into my fuckingdick, bro.”
