Page 19 of Aching for His Discretion

His hand traveled down my face to my neck, and he gave it a slight squeeze, causing me to jump slightly as I moaned through the kiss. He pulled away from my lips, seemingly fine as I felt breathless with his hand still wrapped around my throat.

“Such a pretty girl, hmmm?” he muttered, leaning as his face was only an inch or two away from mine. I bit my lip as he gazed down at my lips for another split second and chuckled.

“Let’s get that ice cream, Tesoro.”

I nodded as he pulled away entirely and stepped out of the car. He was quick to open the passenger side for me, and I thanked him as I continued trying to process all that had happened tonight.

We walked over to the door of the shop, and he opened it slowly.

“Oh, and one more thing, Tesoro…” he muttered, and I turned, giving him my full attention as we both stood in the shop.Placing his hand in his pockets, he leaned down to my ear, giving me a single sentence that caused my face to heat up once again and my legs to go weak for the hundredth time tonight.

“I meant what I said earlier.”

“Grayson! NO! Bad kitty,” I scolded him as he climbed up Mr. Amante’s leg the second I opened the door. After the reminder of theincidentearlier at the club, we ordered our ice cream and made our way to my apartment.

There were also two things that I was a bit upset about. #1, Mr. Amante insisted on paying, and #2, he got a plain vanilla ice cream. I did my best to convince him that an Oreo ice cream sandwich with chocolate chip cookies would be better... but he wasn’t convinced.

Mr. Amante shrugged as he held Grayson in his arms as he entered my apartment. “I don’t mind him… he seems content.”

I shook my head. “You’re spoiling him!”

“And you don’t?” he asked me, taking a seat on my sofa. I huffed as I ignored him and walked over to the kitchen to put away the leftover ice cream.

Slowly washing my hands, I pouted internally as I watched Grayson receive all of Mr. Amante’s attention.It wasn’t fair.

I loved my kitty, yes...but do you ever wish you were the one being petted? Especially by a man that pretty?

Teegan, really? First and foremost, you sound crazy. Second, don’t forget the man was just trying to subtly manipulate you earlier! Shouldn’t we think about the consequences of him being here first?!

Sure, but... we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.

I jumped as I felt Mr. Amante turn off the running water from behind me. He sighed, caging me in between him and the sink as he placed his hands behind me on the counter. I crossed my arms as I bit my lip, and he leaned in closer.

“Jealousy is not a good look for you, Tesoro,” he muttered, and I turned to face him, craning my neck up to look at him. He twirled a piece of my hair on his finger as he tilted his head. “You always look so eager to speak… Tell me what’s on your mind, baby.”

I shrugged as I played with the end of his jacket.

“My brain and I are in a debate about how risky it is to be spending time with you…”

Mr. Amante narrowed his eyes slightly. “Is that so…” he muttered, and I nodded.

“Are you a dangerous person, Mr. Amante?” I asked him softly, and he remained silent as he studied my facial expressions. “You have a way with words, are surprisingly calm almost all the time, and have a few slight manipulation tactics that you use with me.”

A small smile broke out on his face as he caressed the other hand that was resting beside one of his on the counter. I gazed down at our hands before looking back into his eyes.

“Thank you for the involuntary psychiatric evaluation, Tesoro,” he said, chuckling, and I blushed as I truly didn’t intend for it to sound that way. “And to answer your question... I don’t feel as though I am a particularly dangerous person, at least not to you.”

I nodded as I subconsciously played with one of the rings on his fingers.

“Can we be friends then, please?” I asked hopefully.

He sighed heavily as he pulled me into his embrace, wrapping his arms around my waist. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and he spoke reluctantly, it seemed.

“Fine, Tesoro, we can be... friends...for now.”

Chapter nine

Teegan

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