“The game’s over, you know. You can drop the act.”
“What act? I was serious, back there. About wanting your number.”
“I’m a technophobe.”
“A technophobe with a phone?” he presses on.
“Oh, this little thing?” I wave my cell in the air. “I found it right here on the ground. I was about to crush it. Want it?”
“You’re funny.” He smiles at me. “It’s cute.”
Oh my God. Where the hell is Adam?
I point to the bus. “Your people are waiting for you.”
“So, just to be clear—do I have a shot?”
“Hmm, let me think about that.” I press a finger to my chin. “You hurt Wolinski, so—no. Unless you mean—do you have a shot at being turned into a human sacrifice for my next satanic ritual.”
He laughs out loud.What the fuck?
“So, is he your boyfriend?”
“Who, Satan?”
“Wolinski.”
I’m about to shoot back a reply when an engine revs. Berenson and I look around at the same time. It takes me a second to recognize the car pulling up beside us, half a second to sense just how pissed the driver is.
Donovan leaps out of his car, his features pulled tight, and my heart skips a beat. I don’t want there to be a scene, but we’re not on the court anymore—there’s nothing stopping Donovan from making Berenson pay now.
Fuck. These guys are huge. How do I stop this?
Donovan glances back and forth between us, his eyes darkening, and warning bells are ringing in my ears. Could I collapse to the ground? Pretend to faint to make it all stop?
“Great game.”
My mouth falls open. I stare at Don in surprise.
“You slaughtered us, but we held up okay.” Berenson nods.
“Next time you go for me—try harder.”
“Will do, boss.”
Ummm… What?
“Ready to hit the road, babe?”
It takes me a second to grasp that I’m the babe in question and not this Luke guy.
Slowly, I turn to Don.
This whole situation is wild, and it gets even wilder when suddenly his mouth is covering mine as he slips his tongue between my lips, his fingers kneading at my hip, pulling me into him.
A wave of feeling crashes over me, and it’s all so sudden and unexpected, I don’t know what to think. There’s a flame flickering deep in my belly, growing taller by the minute.
Fuck it.I kiss him back, slow and hard.
