Page 51 of Lukas

His eyes narrowed at her as he continued. “So whatever reasons that giant brain of yours has cooked up for why I haven’t taken you out—and I’m not going to demand you tell me because I’m sure it would just piss me off—it was wrong. Your safety is the one and only reason we haven’t lit up this entire town with news of our relationship.”

She stared at him for a long moment. “Really?”

He fisted her hair at the back of her head and brought her down for a kiss. “Yes, really. I plan to have you by my side for every event for a very long time, especially now that we’ve dealt with that gang and your security is not an issue. I’ll never compromise your safety. Especially not for something as stupid as a picture in the newspaper.”

She couldn’t stop her smile.

His hand curved around her neck, possessive, yet tender. “You’re it for me, princess. I’m not interested in any skinny blonde in a red dress when I’ve got a gorgeous brunette right here in my lap.”

She needed to tell him about the software, get it out in the open before things went any further. Explain right now what she suspected about Peter and what she’d done. But the words were lost as his hand reached between them and slid two fingers deep inside her wetness, causing a moan to fall from her lips.

“I’m going to take you out tonight,” he whispered as his fingers worked themselves in and out of her at a steady pace, his thumb strumming her clit, her body already starting to move in ways she couldn’t control. “Wherever you want to go. But first I think I promised that anyone out on their balcony would hear you beg me to let you come.”

An embarrassingly short amount of time later, they did.

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