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“What are you doing?” he asked as I kissed my way down his stomach.
“Being a good girl,” I said flirtatiously, still in disbelief I was doing what I was about to do. “Can’t leave you a mess like this.”
“You don’t have to—”
I pressed a finger to his lips, then proceeded to lick him clean. I’dneverfelt that naughty before in my entire life, but there was an undeniable thrill, a power I doubted a man would ever understand.
When I was done, I looked up at him.
“That was—”
Alarms started going off in the house.
“Alert. Front gates breached,” a robotic voice said over the intercom.
Chapter Twenty-Six
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“Does that mean what I think it means?” I asked, jumping to my feet and getting dressed in a flurry as I flung Laurie’s clothes to her.
“If you think it means something came through the front gate by force, then yes,” she said.
“Eric,” I surmised, shaking my head. “He’s getting desperate.”
“This will not end well for him,” Laurie pointed out. “The house is basically a bunker, and several of the grounds crew are … not just gardeners. Unless he’s using substantially better hardware, it’ll get ugly.”
My respect for her father went up another notch. I didn’t tell Laurie it wouldn’t matter even if Erichadbrought that sort of backup. Nothing they had could prevent me from stopping them before they attacked.
Except not getting there in time.
“Come on,” I said, taking her hand and pulling her after me. “We have to go. Now.”
“Where? The house is locked down. The windows are extremely thick bullet-proof glass. The doors are reinforced with blast-proof metal. Locks have been engaged at the alert. There’s nothing to do.”
“I need to know what’s going on,” I said, not giving up.
“I’m not dressed yet,” she said, struggling to turn her shirt right-side out. “I’m not showing up in just a bra. My father doesn’t need to know what just happened.”
“I suppose not,” I agreed, briefly reminded of how she’d cleaned me off. I’dneverexperienced that before, and it was a memory that would stick with me for the rest of my life. That washot, not to mention unexpected and unnecessary.
But fucking hot how her tongue had removed all traces of our activities, not just from my cock, but from all around it. I growled, my dick twitching from the memory.
This woman was absolutely perfect for me, and I vowed I would never do anything to lose her.
“Okay, let’s go,” she said after a delay that had my foot nearly tapping the floor with impatience.
I had to remember she was a human, and she had slower reflexes than I did. We raced up the stairs toward the front door, hand in hand.
A crowd had gathered, including her parents, the elderly man with the glasses who had accosted me on my first “intrusion,” and two men with automatic rifles who stood apart from the trio.
Her dad turned at our approach, taking note of our clasped hands. Laurie noted his pointed stare as well and let go of me.
The elderly man sized me up as well, and I saw him sniff slightly, but he nodded a greeting. I offered a similar nod. There was no need for words. He’d told me I’d better not hurt Laurie, and I’d said I would never do such a thing. An uneasy truce had been established.
“What is it?” Laurie asked as we entered the circle.
“An SUV crashed through the gates,” her father said, holding up a tablet that showed the driveway.
