“Indiana Jones! God, he’s so hot! I always had such a crush on him, especially in The Last Crusade, when he was riding his horse…” she trails off, her eyes going wide, as if she just realized how much she’s just revealed to me.
I slowly smirk as I look down at her. “Did you just say?—”
“Nope!”
“I think you di?—”
“I said no, you must have heard me wrong.” She glares at me as she crosses her arms over her chest.
“Hmmm, so you didn’t just tell me that I look just like a man you’re attracted to?” I say, crossing my own arms now.
“That’s not what I said! I said youremindme of him, you’re actually way more attractive.” Her eyes go wide and her hand shoots up to cover her mouth, making me beam at her.
“Oh, Penny… what a delectable little mouth you have on you.”
Her face goes so red it almost matches her hair. I decide to stop embarrassing her for the moment and figure out what we’re going to do next.
“So, Penny. I guess we need to get you back to those men of yours, huh? What did you say their names were?” I ask as I start to check my riding bags, ensuring nothing fell out or came loose on our run through the forest.
“Oh, umm, Ryker and Braxton.”
“Right. Your mates who aren’t related.”
“Why do you say it like that?”
“Like what?”
“Like it’s weird.”
“I didn’t say that,” I tell her as I turn to face her. My eyes go wide at the sight of her face, covered in blood.
I quickly move in front of her, my hands hovering over her face, afraid to touch anything that’s injured.
“What happened? Where are you hurt?”
“What do you mean?” she asks as she raises her hand to touch her face. I quickly grab her hand to stop her from making contact and she hisses out in pain. I release my grip and we both look down at her hand and the sight has me gasping.
“Penny! Your hand! What happened?” She lifts her other hand and I see now that both of them are practically shredded across the palms and covered in dirt and blood.
“I told you I fell down a mountain, didn’t I?”
“Dammit woman, you should have told me this straight away, I was standing around when I could have been tending to you.”
“Tending to me?” she asks with a raise of an eyebrow and a smirk on her lip.
I pretend to ignore it and answer her question. “Yes, I need to get your hands cleaned up before they get infected.”
I move my arm behind her, so I hold both her forearms and lead her over to the stream.
“You know, Indiana, it’s my hands that are injured, not my feet. I can walk just fine.”
“It’s just Indy. And I want to make sure you don’t fall on your hands and injure them further,” I tell her as we step up to the stream. “Sit here.” I indicate a large rock that sits half in the water where she can stay dry.
“Don’t touch anything.”
“Yes, sir.” The moment the word leaves her mouth, I feel my cock twitch in my pants.Fuck, why was that so arousing?Maybe I could get her to call me that again. Maybe she’d call me that while I’m commanding her in the bedroom.Nope. I couldn’t think like that. She already has two mates. But was that enough for a wildwoman like Penny? A woman who seemed to get up to trouble every five minutes? A woman who made my heart beat frantically in my chest?
I kick off my boots, roll up my pants and step into the water so I can properly clean her hands. She tries to twist around to face me while keeping her feet on straight ground, but it looks awkward and uncomfortable.
