Page 20 of Wild Ace

“What?”

“After you asked the men why they were there and who sent them, your first instinct was to drive right over here and demand to see me so you could yell at me?”

“Yes.” She tilts her head slightly. “And?”

“I just wanted to confirm that.” I give her a little grin and her eyes narrow, suspicious of my train of thought.

“Why?”

“Because I haven’t stopped thinking about you, and now I can see how seeing me again makes you feel.” My gaze drops to her pebbled nipples poking against the cotton of her dark grey tee and I scrape my teeth over my bottom lip.

I want to know what shade of pink they are.

I want to know what sounds she’ll make when I pinch and pull on them.

I want to circle my tongue around them until they’re so hard she’s hurting, and she cries out for me to relieve the pain.

Lexi crosses her arms over her chest and I shake my head.

“Don’t hide from me.” I ring my fingers around her wrists and pull them from her chest, bringing them back down to her sides.

She stormed over here like a little hellcat, ready to sink her claws into me. I would let her, too. I want her scratches down my back while I fuck her senseless and she fights her orgasm.

She gave me a taste of her fight the other night and I want more. She was gorgeous in her sexy little pink dress with her hair and makeup done and heels that made her legs look a mile long. But that was gorgeous like the sun setting and the moon coming out. And right now, she’s gorgeous like a sunrise. Soft, innocent, still a little sleepy, but still holding a raging fire ready to set the day on fire.

That big t-shirt has me wanting to find out what she has going on under there just as much as her tight little dress did. And the fact that I can see her nipples through the fabric right now…fuck me.

She’s beautiful.

I knew she wouldn’t accept my help willingly based on how much she fought me on just giving her a ride to the hospital, which is why I knew she’d come here this morning. I knew she’d give me that fight again, and my girl didn’t disappoint.

The longer I look into her eyes, the more the fire in them starts to dim, and then she lifts her chin like a defiant queen and her eyes become bright and alight with challenge. A challenge I’ve been wanting, and a challenge I’m willing to accept.

I want to see Lexi Manzato laid out beneath me as I fuck her until her fire consumes us both.

“I came here to tell you that I don’t need help. I can handle this on my own.”

“I know you can,” I tell her, not wanting her to think I see her as some damsel in distress. I don’t. I see a sure, confident, and strong woman. But I also see a weight weighing heavily on her that I want to alleviate.

“Good.” She swallows hard. “I should go,” she says softly, her voice sounding anything but sure on that statement. “That’s all I came here to say.”

“Why is your first instinct to run from me?”

“Shouldn’t it be?”

“Yes,” I admit.

“Then there’s your answer.” Lexi’s eyes shift away from me and she takes a step backwards towards the door. I follow her movement, matching her steps.

“But is it your answer? You should run, but do you want to?”

She doesn’t answer me right away, and instead takes another step backwards, her back hitting the closed door. I step right up to her, leaving three inches of space between us.

I want her to feel this.

Just like when we were dancing, I want her to close the distance. I want her to give in to me so I can give her everything.

“Do you want to run?” I ask again, and her breath hitches. She swallows her answer and I want to feel that swallow around my cock while she’s choking on me. “No answer, dolcezza?”

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