“I’m off now.I’m getting a migraine, called the other manager in so I could go home.Plus, Harvey is here tonight.I’m not needed.”
“Let me take you home.”
“I’ve got my car,” I tell him, this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that I’m making a mistake that I might not recover from.
“Then, let me follow you home.You used to say that I was the only one that knew how to help your headaches, remember?”
“We’re not having sex, Liam.”His full lips spread into a smile and his eyes seem to virtually heat.I ignore the way that makes me feel, or the fact I can feel my panties get wet.Liam’s smile was always lethal to my well-being.
“I meant my massages, but Ice, I’d like nothing better than to sink my dick into you,” he says, his voice dropping down into a throaty growl that sends goosebumps over my flesh.
Damn him.
“And that right there is why this is a bad idea,” I tell him, shaking my head no.I start backing away from him, my fight or flight instincts finally kicking in.I’m running away and I’m not a bit ashamed to admit it.
“Let me follow you home and take care of you, Ice.I promise I’ll be on my best behavior.”
“Liam—”
“I mean it, Ellie.I’ll be a freaking Boy Scout,” he says, already getting up and letting me know that he’s not prepared to take no for an answer.It’s just my luck that I don’t really want to say no…
“You do one thing I don’t want, you’re out of there and you don’t argue,” I mutter, knowing I’m doing the wrong thing, but unable to stop myself.
“You got it,” he says, putting his hand at my back and leading me out of the bar.I glance up at his face, because even at five-seven, he towers over me.He looks entirely too satisfied with himself.
“You can wipe that smile off of your face.Even if I wanted sex from you—which I don’t?—”
“Liar.”
“I’d never have sex with anyone who let Hayley near his dick.You’ll be lucky if Fury, Jr.doesn’t fall off.”
“Christ, Ellie,” he mutters, the look gone from his face.For a second, I resist laughing when his hand goes down to his crotch without thought.Maybe he’s checking to make sure his dick is still attached.That thought makes it impossible to keep the laughter at bay.“You’re such a bitch,” he laughs.“Besides, you stopped her before she got to the good stuff, soFury, Jr.is safe.”
“You should thank me for that,” I mutter, thankful we make it to my car so this conversation can stop.Suddenly, I don’t want to think of Hayley under Liam’s table.I don’t want to think of Liam with any other woman because it hurts.I need to remember that it shouldn’t.That we’re not together and there’s a reason for that.
I need to stop him from following me to the house.
But I don’t…
Chapter9
Fury
“You’re lying!Devil did not fall in love with a nun!”Ellie laughs.
God, I miss that laugh.
“He did.Well kind of, it’s a long story.The point is that he’s married and has a little boy now.”
“I can hardly believe that.I would have thought Devil was an eternal bachelor,” she says, shaking her head.
“He wouldn’t be alive without Torrent,” I tell her.I lose my train of thought as I stare at her.
I don’t know how it’s possible you can forget how truly beautiful a woman is, but my memory somehow pales in comparison to the real thing.Her white-gold hair is thick and long.It falls in soft waves around her face.One side of it is flipped over to the other, making my hands itch to run my fingers through it.Her plush lips give new meaning to the term bee stung, and her body still makes me hard with just a glance.That’s not what draws my attention, however.It’s her eyes, they’re a blue, but a blue unlike any I’ve ever seen before.They’re like the blue waters in Belize.I’ve never seen anything like them to describe it any other way.I had traveled to Belize once and the ocean there always stayed with me.From the moment I first saw Ellie, she brought those memories back.I even took her there on our honeymoon and made love to her on the beach as the waves crashed around us.
Fuck.I shift uncomfortably, resisting the urge to reach down into my jeans and adjust my cock.I don’t want to piss her off.Ellie has a temper, she’d kick me out and that’s the last thing I want.I need more time with her.God, I’ve missed her.
“Where did you go?”she asks softly.I yank my gaze back to hers, trying to focus.