“Even though I’m not wearing any pants?”
“That’s my favorite part.” His husky voice drops a little lower. “I like you pants-less.”
“I bet you do.”
He grins. “Are you done working?”
“Maybe.”
Killian steps deeper into my room. “Do you need a break?”
I pull my lower lip between my teeth, watching his green eyes fill with desire. “What kind of break did you have in mind?” I ask.
My heart is pounding as he stalks into the room, getting closer in very slow, measured steps. “What kind of break do you want, angel?”
Oh, I know exactly what I want—him.
He stops, raising one brow, and I remain quiet, loving the game we play.
“Maybe you don’t want this then,” Killian says, taking two steps back.
“No, I do want it.”
“How much? Because I’m not convinced.”
I feel a shiver run through me as his heated gaze roams over me. Killian moves back further, retreating when that’s the last thing I want.
He leans against the wall now, putting way too much distance between us.
“Very much.”
The air in the room crackles with desire. God, just him looking at me has me desperate for him.
“Stand,” he commands, and the timbre in his voice has my heart accelerating.
He’s going to make me work for this—in the best possible way.
twenty
Killian
Someone taps me on my left shoulder and I turn, but no one is there. Then I feel it on the right, and when I turn, I’m floored at who’s standing before me.
It’s my best friend. “Nathaniel? What the fuck are you doing here?” I ask as I clasp his hand and pull him in for a hug. “You didn’t tell me you were coming.”
He laughs. “I know, and yet here I am.”
I shake my head, completely shocked. “What…why?”
“Dude, you’ve been here for over a month. I was worried that someone kidnapped you and was holding you hostage.”
“No,” I sigh heavily. “Just doing what I can to save this place.”
Nathaniel smiles and clasps my shoulder. “Wow, this is something,” he says as he looks around the setup as the rodeo is in full swing. The grandstands are packed with people from the area, lines are long for food, and the entire arena is buzzing. “I honestly never knew rodeos were such a thing. There isn’t anything like this where I grew up or ever lived.”
I clear my throat. “We really wanted it to be something everyone in the town would remember.”
And by we, I mean Tessa.
