Page 28 of Inferno

“Oh, um, it’s okay. Don’t worry about it.”

“You should probably get up and get ready for work,” he says casually as if he wakes up in my bed every morning.

“Yep.”

“I can see myself out.”

Inferno crawls out of bed and stretches. My panties dampen at the sight of his muscular frame and the ink covering his skin. He really is a magnificent man, and all I want to do right now is climb him like a tree.

“My eyes are up here.”

I swallow and lift my head. Inferno is smirking, and it gives him a sexy devilish appearance.

“Right. Eyes.”

Wow, Em. Get a grip.

I watch as he gets dressed, silently cursing the fact that clothes were ever invented. If ever someone should rock their birthday suit, it’s Inferno.

Suddenly, Inferno sits back on the mattress and pulls me close to him. “I’ve got a question.”

Suspicion rains on my mental sex parade. “What?”

“Would you like to have dinner with me?”

My brows shoot up in shock. “Like a date?”

He nods. “Yeah, like a date.”

“Yes,” I blurt, and he chuckles at my exuberance.

“Good. I’ll give you a call later to make plans.”

“Sounds good.”

Inferno presses a kiss to my forehead, and then he’s gone. My hand goes to the spot where his lips touched, and I swear I can hear my skin sizzling.

What is happening?!?

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“At least it hasn’t been over a hundred years.”

Glaring at Acid, I growl. “Not helping.”

My date with Emmy is tonight and to say I’m freaking the fuck out is an understatement. Not only has it been years since I’ve done this, but it’s Emmaline Daniels.

I can’t fuck this up.

“I’d give you better advice, but I’m pretty sure women nowadays have different standards than they did back in my time.”

“You could always ask Viking,” Demo suggests. “He’s got Makayla, so he knows how to do something right.”

“He probably peed on her and then marked her with his blood,” Reaper says with a chuckle. “Isn’t that what Vikings do?”

“You’re an idiot,” Viking says as he strolls into the room. “I did not pee on Makayla, nor did I smear blood on her. But I do know men who’ve done both.”

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