Page 134 of Bad Seed
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SADIE
Where in the hell did I put it?
I yank open the closet door only for the entire thing to heave like a trash monster is going to spring out and yank me inside.Nope!I slam the door and turn my back on it.
Maybe I can use my blanket instead.
After shoving all my journals and a plate I keep forgetting to wash to the floor, I drop a mess of shirts into the middle. Socks. I need socks.
A knock at the door nearly pulls me from my mission, but I’m hellbent on gathering up all I can. “Um…”
My door rattles open to a bewildered Aubry standing nervously just outside. “What are you doing?” he asks, staring at me like I’m mad.
I look to the pile of unfolded clothes, then grab the ends of my makeshift bundle. “Packing.”
“For what?”
After sealing off my bundle with an old shoelace, I lean back and smile. “For Vegas.”
His eyes bug out in shock. “What? Really? You…? Are you saying—?”
“You didn’t think I’d let you go on your own? You need me.”
Okay, he’s a big, scary mobster who can shatter skulls with his bare fists. I know how to use a camera. He doesn’tneedme at all. He can become the don Juan of vegetables without me having to lift a finger. But I really hope he wants me as much as I want him.
Aubry steps into my room. “You’re right.” He sweeps a palm over my hip, pulling himself to me and me to him. “Ineedyou,” he damn near groans in my ear. “Iwantyou.”
Curling his hand under my chin, he lifts my head back until I’m straining on my toes to reach him. “I love you,” Aubry whispers before kissing me. Deep. Hard. Unending.
He takes my lips and refuses to let go.
I press my body to his, my blood pounding at the throb of his cock rising against my stomach.
“I need to love you,” he groans, then hefts me off my feet and hurls me onto my stripped bed through my mess of clothes. I bounce off the mattress and right against him. Aubry dives over me, pinning me down. “I love to want you. Tell me you want me. That you’re mine. That I’m yours. Please.”
That little plea tears through his panting as the purple fire quenches for a second. I rough my hand over his cheek, my heart swelling as much as the bulge pressing against my belly. With tears budding in my eyes, I whisper in his ear, “You better fucking be.”
A knowing smile is his response. Nuzzling my neck, Aubry pulls at my tacky shirt then reaches for the drawstring on my pants. I moan, running my palms over his body as it flexes to follow my touch. Maybe this is a stupid idea. I’ve had quite a few in my life. But when faced with returning to my shitty little job in my tiny town alone, taking on the mob while being devoured by the hottest man in the world doesn’t sound so bad.
Aubry reaches for my panties, nearly tearing them off, and I sit up.
“Damn it!” I grunt and try to wiggle out.
“What is it?” he asks, breathless and concerned but willing to flip to the side.
I get a foot to the floor. “I forgot to pack my underwear.”
A dark laugh rises around me. He takes my wrist and pulls me back under him. As I sink beneath his imposing body, he whispers against my lips. “You’ll never need panties again.”
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
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SADIE
