“Is that a promise?”
Amelia knew I didn’t make empty promises. I liked that she believed I was a man of my word.
“Yes.”
“How much are you willing to give me?”
I pressed my forehead to hers. “You can have whatever you want of me. I’ve taken enough from you.”
“You’re always such a safe driver . . .” Her gaze lifted from my mouth to my eyes. “What if I want you to be a little reckless?”
I had been trained to read people. To know when they were bluffing. But as good a player as Amelia was, I could read her like a fucking book.
Dilated pupils.
Elevated heart rate.
The way her core was tensed but her extremities were relaxed.
The way she subtly arched toward me.
Everything I did was calculated. Every decision was carefully considered.
Except her.
She made me want to floor it.
Amelia shrieked, but it quickly turned to laughter as I hooked my leg around her and flipped her to the ground with onesnap of my hips. Her back hit the dirt, but my hand was fast, cushioning the back of her head.
I shoved my knee between her legs and knocked them wide. “Tell me no,” I said as I slipped my hand under her T-shirt. “Say it.”
Amelia tipped her chin up. “Pedal to the metal.”
I slid my hand up farther as I skimmed her lips with mine. “Tell me no.”
“I’m starting to think you’re all bark and no bite.”
I tilted my head, sank my teeth into the tender skin beneath her jaw, and sucked. “Trust me. I can bite.”
“Prove it.”
I wedged my knee up against the apex of her thighs, giving her something to press against as I dotted wet kisses up her throat, making my way back to her lips.
“Oh, for fuck’s sake,” Amelia muttered. “You know, for a bad guy, you sure are nice.”
I grabbed her hands, shackled them in one hand, and slammed them above her head, pinning them to the dirt.
She grinned. “That’s more like it.”
“You know, for a virgin, you sure are demanding,” I muttered between kisses.
Amelia nipped at my lower lip. “I made it through my undergrad, master’s, doctorate, and my first kidnapping without sex. I think I deserve a little reward.”
“I’m not fucking you in the dirt.” I slid my hand beneath the elastic of her sports bra and squeezed her breast.
The moan that left her lips as I rolled my thumb over her nipple was obscene.
“But it’d be my pleasure to give you a little treat.”
