Page 13 of The Seducer
“It was a joke.”
“A joke?” Hans said, dumbfounded.
“Yes, when I trained to be a physician my professor always joked that one day humans would be half machines and cyborgs would take over our jobs.” Finn grinned. “One day my friend and I were drinking and we thought it would be hilarious to see the professor’s reaction if he thought he was training a real cyborg to take over his job.”
“And how did he react?” I asked.
“He fell for it at first, but when he realized it was a tattoo and I’d fooled him, he got back at me tenfold.”
“How?”
“I was assigned to work in the morgue for four months and after that I was put on night duty three times as often as the others.” Finn shrugged. “I should have known he didn’t have much of a sense of humor.”
“Do you have more tattoos like that?” Hans asked.
“Not like that one, but he has a tattoo on his shoulder and back as well,” I answered.
Hans looked confused. “You’ve seen Finn naked?”
“Almost. Finn has no problem with nudity, which is why it shouldn’t be a problem for him to strip naked now.” I gestured to Finn to keep undressing.
Finn frowned and shot a glance at Hans. “This is stupid.”
I disagreed. “The first night I spent with you, you ripped off my clothes. I told you that you’re going to relive everything you did to me, so undress.”
“Wait a minute; that first night, I only stripped you naked because you asked for it. Remember how I was a gentleman and offered you the chance to sleep in one of my t-shirts? But you rudely said that you would rather sleep naked.”
“Gentlemen don’t hold women hostage,” I said with a raised eyebrow. “So quit stalling, and get naked.”
Finn arched an eyebrow. “I think I would prefer for you to come and rip my clothes off.” A smile grew on his face. “That might be kind of hot actually, like you want to have sex with me or something.”
“Is this a joke to you?” I asked and narrowed my eyes. “That night I was kidnapped was the most terrifying experience of my life, and I thought I would be raped and killed.”
Finn drew a sigh. “I already apologized.”
“And now you’re showing your remorse by living through it yourself.” I gestured to the ropes on the floor next to him. “It’s clear that Hans and I don’t scare you much, so we can’t recreate the fear I felt. But you will sleep naked and tied up just like I did.”
Finn rolled his eyes. “You’re damn right I’m not scared of you two, but then I’m not scared ofanything.”
The minute Finn said it, my intuition raised a red flag. He was lying!
Finn was scared of something or someone. I wasn’t sure how I knew it, as the signs were subtle, but I trusted my intuition and my curiosity was piqued at once.
“Still, I could use your help undressing,” Finn flirted with a charming smile. “Maybe you could help me open the front of my pants?”
I gave him my sweetest smile. “But of course.” And then I turned to Hans. “Would you mind helping Finn?”
Always willing to assist, Hans took a step forward but was stopped by Finn who pressed his hands out as a shield.
“Whoa, Hansi, you better not come closer,” Finn warned him.
Hans gave me an insecure look and I nodded for him to step back again.
“I’m not touching you,” I said firmly. “So unless you want Hans’ help, I suggest you undress yourself.”
Finn scoffed. “Just for the record, this is a waste of time, and if you think I’m humiliated by standing naked in front of you two, you’re wrong.” While talking, he removed his clothes until he stood completely bare in my bedroom.
Hans was blatantly staring and although I tried not to, my eyes took in every muscled body part of this huge man. I knew that Finn was shorter than some of the other Nmen I’d met, but he was still at least one meter and ninety centimeters with wide shoulders, and his neck wasn’t the only thick part of him.
