“This round I am.”
She pushed my chest, separating us a few inches. “This is serious, Hunter. I need to be involved.”
“Okay. We’ll figure out a way that doesn’t put you at risk of kidnapping or worse.”
“You think you’re persuasive and in control.”
“No, baby, IknowI am.”
She struggled with that revelation, absorbing the information and storing it for later so she could dissect it. Fuck, she was incredible. Beautiful. Determined. And far too stubborn.
“It feels like we’re a couple already. Like we’ve been in a relationship and known one another for much longer than only a few months.”
My Reaper rumbled my chest, thrilled with her response.
“How is that possible, Hunter?”
“We’re meant to be, baby. You and me, it’s a done deal. You’re mine, and I’m sure as fuck yours.” I reached for her hand and placed it on my crotch. “You want this dick? Take it.” Moving her hand, I placed her palm on my chest. “This heart? It’s yours.”
“Hunter.” Emotion darkened her pretty brown eyes. “It’s so fast.”
“Tell me you don’t feel it. That your heart doesn’t beat faster when I’m around, or your pussy doesn’t get wet when you think of me touching you.”
“I can’t,” she admitted.
“Because this is real. Is it new? Sure. But it doesn’t matter if what we’ve got is ten days old or ten decades old. Gonna feel as strongly about you then as I do now.”
Her eyes appeared glassy. “Where have you been all my life?”
Yeah, this was gonna get cheesy again, and I didn’t care. Fuck it. I was all in. “Waitin’ for you, Gracey girl.”
Chapter 6 Grace
My phone vibrated in my hand, and I checked the screen, noting that Agent Rickman hadn’t stopped texting me since I got on the back of Hunter’s bike.
AR:Tell me you’re okay.
AR:Are you safe?
Me:Yes.I answered back.I’m good.
AR:Where are you?
I didn’t know. That was the quick answer. But it wasn’t the right response. Agent Rickman would want to track my cell and find my location, and I didn’t want to be found. Not yet.
Me:Safehouse.
AR:Good. Tony got away.
Dammit. I figured that would happen.
Me:We’ll get him.
AR:We will.
AR:Need your help.
Me:What can I do?