Page 60 of The Nowhere Witch

His lips were on mine as his hands moved to my hips, tugging me closer to him, his cock coming flush against my core as he stepped in between my legs.

His air became mine as he flexed his hips just enough to cause another gasp from my lips as my head fell back. This, right here, was what I’d feared. The second he touched me, all logic disappeared. All I could think of was the brush of his lips against the flesh of my neck.

I didn’t push him away. I clung to him as if we were longtime lovers. I burned inside as if he were meant for me, and only me.

When he pulled away, I gripped the wood I was sitting on to not yank him back to me.

I hopped off the shelf, expecting to see that same annoyed expression.

He was smiling.

“What do—”

Gregor was at the front door, knocking.

Hawk looked at the door. “Are you going to invite your date in?”

I narrowed my eyes at him, holding back what I wanted to say.

Gregor walked in and darted a look at Hawk and then back to me. “Everything okay?” he asked.

As much as I wished there was a little more heat or spine in him when he looked at Hawk, how could there be? Hawk wasn’t normal. I couldn’t judge Gregor for not being a lunatic, could I?

Hawk glanced at Gregor like he was looking at a bug he was too lazy to step on.

Hawk turned back to me. “Yes, Tippi, is everything okay? Is there a problem?”

I moved toward Gregor. “Everything is great. There’s no problem here.”

“Be ready at five tomorrow,” Hawk said. “We have things to do.”

Gregor reached out to me, touching my side. Hawk’s gaze went right to it, and now the heat was there in spades.

I walked fast enough that Gregor’s hand lost its perch as I made my way outside. The last thing I wanted was Gregor’s blood on my hands.

“Sorry. This should only take a second, but if I don’t do it, there’ll be hell to pay,” I said as Gregor and I walked back into the empty broker’s office. As much as I didn’t want any chance of dealing with Hawk again, if Dusty didn’t get her second cocoa of the day, we’d all pay for it tomorrow. “Dusty, I’ve got your cocoa,” I said.

Suddenly, a few feet away, a little light grey bunny hopped over.

Taking the lid off, I placed the cup on the ground as Gregor watched on. The bunny hopped over, and its nose grazed my hand before its little tongue darted out and licked me. I gave her a few pets on the head and said, “I’ll be back in a little bit.”

I straightened. “Okay, we can go now.” The sooner I got Gregor out of the office, the better. If it wasn’t for Dusty, I wouldn’t have brought him back at all.

“Is that dust bunny your pet or something?” Gregor asked as we left the office.

“No. I just feed her cocoa. I occasionally pet her.” I might find her in my bed occasionally, sleeping on top of me. “She might be.”

“That’s cool. You know, interesting.”

Gregor brushed his hand against mine as we walked away from the broker’s office for the second time, trying to see if I’d bite. I switched my cocoa to that side.

“Are you okay? I know you said everything was good, but it didn’t look that way back in the office. You looked out of sorts.”

His eyes were soft, and his voice filled with concern. He was sensitive, caring, and everything Hawk wasn’t. He wasgood. If there wasn’t a spark, there could be eventually. I needed to train myself to like the right boys, not the man who people crossed the road for.

“Yeah, I’m fine. It’s just hard to work with him sometimes. He doesn’t always respect boundaries.”

“In what way?” His voice grew an edge under all that softness.

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