Page 58 of Love Collided

He grabbed my chin, keeping our eyes locked on each other, the hardness in his not filled with comfort or pity.

“Easy, Killer,” he said, the calm tone a surprise after my outburst. “I was kidding. The warehouse, the motel, now here. We keep ending up in sketchy places. I don’t care where it is. You won’t be going anywhere that looks like this alone, and you don’t need to have any concerns that I am judging you. I’m in no place to judge you.”

“Yeah, I’m sure you, with all your money, status, and six-pack, aren’t looking down on all of us.”

“Technically, I always have to look down since we have a pretty reasonable height difference. Besides that, I promise the only time I’m going to be looking down on you is when you’re back on your knees kissing that six-pack,” he said, the corners of his lips turning up. “But again, that’s a technical necessity, and I promise I would only be thinking of you as the queen of my fucking world when you’re doing that.”

I took a ragged breath, knowing that I was overreacting a bit, and knowing that he was actually being nice.

I smiled, liking the way he reached up and ran my hair through his hand.

“I feel like you should think of me as the queen of your world every time you’re near me,” I said, trying to stare him down.

That made a full smile break across his face, and his hand tightened on my chin.

“Really?” he asked, the spark of mischief in his eyes making me fight my own smile. “In that case, consider me a loyal subject, your majesty. Should I start practicing my royal bow or are you more of a handshake type of queen?”

“I’m more of a ‘crawl on your knees after me’ type of queen.”

“First you tell me to cum, now you tell me to crawl? If I didn’t know any better, I would think you are trying to dominate me.”

“I don’t have any need to dominate you. I just like you listening when I tell you what to do.”

“Nice try. I’ll cum on demand, but I’m not going to sit in the car.”

“Then at least do better this time and keep your mouth shut. That is, unless you are looking to lose another watch.”

“I told you I’ve never been into the whips and chains, but fuck if you’re not pushing me into them. If anyone ever needed to be tied up and spanked, it’s you.”

My hand flew out, smacking against his chest as I pulled open the door.

“One more word, and I will make sureyouare the one tied up. Preferably in the back of my car so that you stop following me every time I have to make a stop,” I said, my tone lighter now.

His arm snaked around my stomach, pulling me back hard against him with a grumble. “I promise there will not be a situation where you have that advantage over me. Now, what are we doing here?”

“My dad texted. It didn’t sound good, but I missed it because my phone was dead. I wanted to check on him.”

I could feel him stiffen behind me. “He needs more money?”

“I’m not sure. I thought they would be fine with the money from the watch, but I think they want more. He said that I’m in danger again, along with the crew, if I don’t help him pay more.”

“And what are we doing here? Asking him for money?”

“Look around. Do you think he has any money to give? I wanted to see if he was here and how much was owed, exactly. I don’t want to be involved in this, and the crew still can’t know what’s going on.”

“Do you think he will be honest?”

“No, but I also think he can’t afford not to tell me how much he needs. He’ll probably add a thousand or two on top for himself, though.”

“Alright, then,” he said, still holding me against him. “I don’t normally go right from hooking up with a girl to meeting her parents, but I guess there is a first for everything.”

“Lucky for us that we didn’t hook up then,” I said.

“Maybe not completely, but I think it’s already safe to say we did hook up.”

“It’s not,” I said, stepping inside. “I promise it’s not safe for you to say we did.”

“Why? Is your dad the killing type?”

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