Page 18 of Taken By Storm

Suddenly, she wasn’t so sure. Probably because it was on the tip of her tongue to demand that he kiss her again.

“Kasi,” Levi said. “Did you hear me?”

“You want a list. For Keith?” she asked stupidly, failing miserably at keeping up with whatever the hell was going on here.

Levi shook his head. “For both of us, though one list will be fine. Write down everything that needs to be done around here. Put the most important things on top. I’ll divvy up what I do and what I give to Keith.”

“But isn’t it harvest time?”

Levi was a farmer too, working in the vineyards his grandfather planted over fifty years earlier. Remi told Kasi that for the past few years, Levi had also started growing hops for the brewery, but he wasn’t happy with the yield due to the lack of farmland available to him since the vineyards took precedence.

“Only a couple varieties of grapes are ready to harvest right now, and we’ve got plenty of help with the picking. My family and crew can carry on without me for the day.”

Kasi snorted. “Yeah well, you might as well head back up the mountain because my list won’t be done in just one day.”

Levi didn’t seem the slightest bit bothered by that. “Then I’ll keep coming back.”

“You can’t.”

Levi let go of the counter, his hands gripping her waist in a firm and oh-so-sexy way. “Make the goddamn list, Kasi.”

She drew in a slow breath, then nodded. She’d lost sleep, mentally worried about the very list he was asking for, so shewould just write down the things she’d planned to do today and give him that. There was no way she could list everything, but she figured she could come up with enough stuff to keep him busy for a day or two. That should satisfy him.

At this point, his request felt like a win-win. She’d get to spend a couple more days with Leviandget some much-needed repairs done around the farm. He’d already worked one miracle by getting Keith out of bed and helping, even though she knew that phenomenon would be a short-lived one that ended the second Levi headed home.

Levi narrowed his eyes, cupping her chin in his calloused palm and tilting her head back to make her look at him. “I want thewholelist,” he stressed. “If you leave anything off, I’ll find out—and believe me when I say, there will be consequences if you hold out on me.”

“Consequences?” It felt like a threatening word, so why was her pussy suddenly clenching in response?

Levi nodded. “Yep. I’ll bend you over that kitchen table, push those tight shorts down to your knees, and spank that sexy ass of yours. Then I’ll drive three fingers deep inside you hard and fast, fucking you with them until you come so hard you see stars.”

“You… What?” she breathed, her eyes dilated, her cheeks flushed.

“And then once you’ve suffered those consequences, I’ll kiss it all better and make you come on my mouth. After that…well, let’s just saythat’swhen I’ll get serious.”

Kasi opened her mouth, but when nothing came out, she closed it again. Surely, she should respond to that. Right? She opened her mouth again before she realized she had no clue what to say.

Levi pushed her mouth closed with one finger, smirking. “I didn’t ask a question, so you don’t need to say anything. Just nod so I know you understand.”

Kasi nodded.

Because…Jesus.

Was Levi saying he wanted to punish her? With sex?

She might not be super-experienced, but she was pretty sure sex and orgasms weren’t punishment. Although, now that she thought about it, he didn’t call it punishment. He called it consequences, so…

Yeah, she had no idea if that made a difference or not. No one had ever said anything even remotely close to that to her in her entire life. And she’d sure as shit never imagined Levi saying stuff like that to her.

Kasi had indulged in a couple—thousand—fantasies of Levi over the years, and none of them had even approached this level of “yes please.”

She was shocked she wasn’t panting like a dog in heat.

This whole conversation was so far out of the realm of reality, Kasi actually stood there an extra minute, trying to make sure it had really happened.

Maybe she finally had gone over the deep end while standing here, imagining Levi saying all these wonderful, horny things.

She studied his face. He was looking at her with an all-too-cocky smirk, and it jerked her back to the here and now.

---