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He shrugged. “Why not? You are. You gave me an erection thatnight, Dominic. Hell, you gave me an erection last night, too. It’s nothing tobe ashamed of.”

I fisted my hands, feeling the need to hit something.

He leaned in and whispered in my ear. “You know what else? I evenjerked off at the thought of you last night. As soon as you left. In my bed.You gave me the orgasm of a lifetime, and you weren’t even there, Dominic.”

“Stop it,” I said, gritting my teeth.

“Were you jerking off at the thought of me too, hmm?” hewhispered, his hot breath scalding my ear. “Did you put your hand on yourpretty cock, imagining I was with you? Were you in your bed? Shower? Spying onme from your balcony? Did you imagine me on my knees, my mouth filled with yourd—”

I pushed him away, my ears burning.

“Why are you doing this?”

“Because you lied to me!” he shouted, finally showing his anger.“You lied to me about Vicky to avoid another conversation. And I may be a lotof things, but I’m not a hypocrite, Carter.”

I grabbed him by the neck and pinned him against the wall.

“Are you calling me a hypocrite?”

He sneered. “Your words, not mine. But if you keep sporting anerection around me, like the one I can presently feel against my hip, you willneed a better excuse.”

My fist hit his face before I could do anything about it. Then Iwanted to hit myself, because I remembered the bruise on his cheek was stillfresh, and now I have made it worse.

“Nice,” he said, rubbing his jaw with a painful expression on hisface. “But it won’t make this thing between us go away.”

“This t-thing,” I stammered. “T-this… this argument—”

“Argument?” he exclaimed, laughing. “This is not an argument,Dominic.”

“What is it then?”

He leaned in until I felt his lips against my earlobe. “It’sforeplay.” Then he licked my ear, bottom to top. “Fuck, you taste good.”

“What did you just say to me?” I exclaimed, pushing him backwarduntil he hit the table behind him. He bolted a second before I could catch him,using the table as a barrier between us.

“I said, foreplay, baby,” he said with a cheeky smile. “What areyou going to do about it? Kill me? Or kiss me? Or God forbid…” He brought hishand to his mouth in mock outrage. “Fuck me?”

I threw myself at the table to reach him, seeing red, when thedoor burst open, and Bruce, Shelly, and everyone else barged inside. I feltmultiple arms pulling me back as Tye blew me a kiss.

“See you later, partner.”

I cursed under my breath and tried to free myself, but the armsholding me wouldn’t let me.

“What the hell did you say to him, Tye?” Shelly said, hittingThorsen in the arm on his way out.

“Something he wasn’t ready to hear, Shel.”

“Erm, guys…”

At the sound of Officer Slade’s voice, everyone turned to look athim.

He smiled awkwardly. “Erm… Carter… Tye…”

“What?” we both said at the same time.

“Someone wants to talk to you. Someone named… Luz.”

Chapter 21

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