Page 67 of I Am Sin

“Not personally, but I know lawyers, and I can get you a referral.”

“I can’t afford any kind of lawyer that you recommend.”

She stomps her foot. “For God’s sake, Dragon, I’m not saying you’ll have to pay for it. There are people who owe me favors. Who owe my family favors. Why can’t you get that through your thick head?”

I sigh. “Because I’m done taking from your family, Diana. That’s why I can’t live here.”

“God, you sound just like Jesse.” She rolls her eyes. “Don’t take Steel money. Don’t you know by now that we have enough to last a hundred lifetimes?”

“Doesn’t mean I’m entitled to any of it.”

“No, it doesn’t mean that. And quite frankly, it doesn’t meanI’mentitled to any of it either. I just happened to be born into this family. You think I did anything to earn a penny of it?”

I stop a moment, gaze at her. The look on her face is serious. She believes what she’s saying. And she’s right, of course. Most of the Steel fortune was made before she was even born.

“It’ll be easier for me to help you if you’re here.” She steps in front of the door. “So don’t go. Accept my apology and stay here.”

I should apologize to her as well. I had no right to kiss her the way I did or say anything about the guy she was with—and she had every right to slap me.

“Do you think we’ll be able to resist these urges we both seem to have?” I ask her.

She chuckles nervously. “We’re adults. I think we can certainly exercise a modicum of self-control.”

Her nipples are hard. Poking through that lace.

And it’s not because it’s cold in here.

My dick is so hard, stretching my jeans.

When her gaze drops, I know she sees it too.

And that just makes it harder.

She walks toward me.

She touches my forearm.

And I burn.

How did it come to this?

I should’ve fucked her last night. Maybe I would’ve gotten it out of my system.

Maybe that’s what we both need.

So I grab her, pull her into me, and kiss her hard.

She opens for me, and her tongue twirls with mine. It’s not as frantic as it was last night, but it’s full of passion and desire.

She doesn’t back away.

She doesn’t fear what I can do to her.

She doesn’t fear hell.

My breath catches as she slides her warm fingers underneath my T-shirt. When she gets to my nipple, she jerks away.

“Never felt a pierced nipple before?” I ask after breaking the kiss.

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