Page 18 of Taboo Flames

I shiver in delight, my nipples hardening.

“Meeting adjourned,” he suddenly snaps. “Just find me someone who’s willing to supply us the amount we’ve lost before the weekend.”

Then he grabs his jacket and marches toward me as the men begin to file out.

“What are you doing here?”

I shrug. “Couldn’t I have missed you?”

“Did you drive?” he asks.

“Yes, it’s outside.”

“Fiore,” Gio calls out, holding out his hands for my car keys. I hand them to him obediently, and he passes them to the curly-haired man. “Drive her car back to the Vitale compound.”

“Yes, boss,” the man, Fiore, replies.

“You,” he says, turning to look at me. “You’re coming with me.”

My belly swoops at the thought of being in close quarters with him.

“Okay.”

“No argument?” He quirks his brow.

I chuckle. “I can be obedient when I want to be.”

He just gives me an unimpressed look before walking out, the smell of his cologne lingering in his wake. I rise and follow after him, struggling to match his long strides with the ridiculously high heels I have on.

I will never admit it to anyone, but I chose these shoes with him in mind. They make my legs look endless and so good, and when I catch his eyes sweeping down my legs as I climb into his SUV, I give myself a mental high five for my foresight.

“You’re playing adult games, princess,” he murmurs as he turns the car engine on. “Trust me, you don’t want to play games with me.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” I reply, feigning innocence.

“You can quit with the innocent act. We both know it’s bullshit. Sell it to someone who’s stupid enough to buy it.”

I stare at his tattooed hand around the wheel of the car and admire the way he navigates it so effortlessly. It reminds me of the way those long fingers had tugged at his hard cock as he brought himself to an orgasm.

I wonder what else those hands are good at.

The thought makes me squirm as liquid heat soaks my panties. I bite my lip, staring at him from under my eyelashes.

“I’m an adult. I’m more than qualified to play adult games,” I tell him, then add, “with you and anybody else I want to.”

He scoffs. “I dare anybody to even think of touching you.”

“Laying claims on me now, are we? Thought I was just a kid to you?” I bite back.

“You are. Same as to every male out there with a dick. That doesn’t mean they will be as reasonable as I am. But I beg them to indulge me. Been a while since I had any fun.”

“You have your head so high up in the clouds that it’s alarming. You act like you’re untouchable. But not everybody’s afraid of you,” I inform him, crossing my arms across my chest.

“You should stay far away from anybody who’s not. Because that person is an obvious idiot.”

“When are you going to get it into your thick skull that I’m an adult?” I ask, exasperated. I’m sick and tired of him seeing me as Leo’s little sister.

I want him to see me as a woman that he can’t keep his hands off of. I want him to treat me the way he treated me that first night when he didn’t know who was behind the mask.

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