“No chance of that. She’s made it obvious how she feels about me.”
“She has a strong reaction for someone who’s been deceived into believing you were a handyman. Shouldn’t she have moved past that by now?”
He scratches the scruff on his jaw. “It’s gone a bit further than that.”
I narrow my eyes. “What do you mean?”
“When we first met, she asked me if I was single.”
“Tell me you didn’t say yes.”
“Have you looked into her eyes? Show me a man who can look into those baby blues and say no.”
Letting the door handle go, I face him squarely. “What the fuck happened?”
“She kissed me, so I kissed her back. Things got pretty heated before she ended it. She asked me out on a date.”
I clench my jaw. “And you said yes.”
“She caught me off guard.”
“Jesus, Reino.”
He makes a face. “I know.”
“Stay away from her. Got it?”
“Loud and clear.”
“Good.” I open the door and get into the driver’s seat. “One complaint from Jasper, and I’ll have your balls on a platter.”
I shut the door on his unreadable expression, leaving him with that, and then I drive to the condo where I shower and change.
I told Tatiana I sleep here when I work late at the office, but I also use the condo to get cleaned up whenever I don’t want to walk blood into my house. It became a stopover to shower and get rid of evidence after a hit. Emily is a pro at burning my clothes and using the ashes as compost.
When I’m freshly showered and dressed in clean clothes, I go home and head straight for the bedroom. The house is quiet. It’s early, but Tatiana is usually awake at this hour. I’m surprised to find her fast asleep in my bed. A glass with wine residue in the bottom stands on her nightstand.
I strip quickly, sheathe my cock with a rubber, and get into bed. There’s only one thing that takes the edge off better than a strenuous workout or burying myself in paperwork, and that’s losing myself between her legs.
Hooking her thigh over my shoulder, I move her panties aside and go straight for my target. Before she’s fully awake, I already have my tongue inside her.
Chapter
Twenty-One
Tatiana
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I’m drifting in a sea of pleasure, a thick bank of lust rolling in like soft mist over the shore. A wave of need gently nudges me closer to the rising tide, closer to reality, but I’m not ready to wake up from this dream.
I stretch like a cat, soaking up the heat that travels over every inch of my body and teasing all the follicles on my skin into goosebumps. “Mm.”
“That’s my girl.”
Dante’s deep, seductive voice reaches me as if it’s echoing from inside me.
“Come for me, darling.”
