Page 448 of Reign

“You’ve had me like five times today.”

“Four.”

“That is not the defense you think it is.”

“I wasn’t defending myself.”

He starts toward me.

“I told you one more before dinner.”

“That doesn’t mean my legs work.”

His gaze travels slowly down my body before returning to my face.

“Don’t pretend you don’t want this, princesa. You asked me to use you.”

A giggle escapes before I can stop it.

Goddammit.

He stops in front of me and takes the bottle from my hand.

“You think this is funny?”

“No.”

“You’re laughing.”

“Because you’re ridiculous.”

“Color?”

The answer comes easily.

“Green. Sore, exhausted, and deeply suspicious, but green.”

His mouth twitches.

“Good.”

Before I can say anything else, he sets the bottle on the counter, slides his hands beneath my thighs, and lifts me onto the kitchen island.

He steps between my legs.

His mouth finds my neck.

Kisses first.

The graze of his teeth. Then a hard suck that makes my head fall back.

“Oh God.”

He pulls the top of my dress down until my breasts spill free and closes his mouth over one nipple.

My fingers disappear into his hair.

“Luciano.”