Page 67 of King of Ruin

“I just got out of the shower, you know.”

“Did someone get you all dirty again?”

I laugh, and then run my hand over his neck. “You could have come with me the first time.” My hurt is showing but I can’t hold it back.

I know he hears it as he squeezes me tighter. “Sorry I didn’t join you, sweetheart. Mason called…”

“Any news?”

“About Luke and Kate? No. But he does have some lease terms he wants to run by you.”

“Lease terms.” It sounds so unimportant after what we just did.

Roman rinses me off, spraying cool water between my legs this time to reduce any swelling, before he soaps himself up.

We both get out to dress, conversation soft and easy, all my worry gone for the moment.

Roman puts my clothes on first, an easy A-line dress, and then pulls on a pair of athletic pants slung low over his hips. “I’ve got a bit of research to do,” he says as he opens the door and steps out into the hall. “But I’ll be here all day— What the fuck?”

I immediately tense, freezing in the middle of the room.

“I told you I wanted this wrapped up.”

“You don’t get to just show up at my place, Mason. Christ. How long have you been here?”

“Long enough,” Mason mutters and my face heats. Did he just hear…

I’ve learned that I’m rather loud during sex. Not something I knew about myself, but there you have it. If Mason was here, he heard everything.

I spin toward the bathroom, intent upon hiding.

But Roman grabs my hand, stopping me before I flee. “Maddie, Mason wishes to speak to you far more than he does me.”

I shake my head. My face surely bright red. “Roman.”

“It’s all right,” he answers, pulling me toward the doorway. “He’s here to write you a big check.”

Somehow that doesn’t make me feel any better.

Because even with my vision as it is, I can see enough to make out the large red scratches decorating Roman’s back because he isn’t wearing a shirt.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

Roman

Maddie’s cheeksare shades of red I’ve never seen before, the blush spreading down her chest.

Is she embarrassed?

She shouldn’t be. What we just did was fucking beautiful. Never in my life have I had sex like that.

I’ve made plenty of women cum. I’m a giver in bed.

I’ve made them scream, but with Maddie, every feeling, every touch is amplified.

Mason is glaring at me like he knows. I didn’t agree to this lease deal with my head. It was a decision of the heart.

Business would demand that we proceed with the foreclosure. We could get the property dirt cheap and not have to worry about an owner of the property backing out of the lease or being a nuisance.

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