Page 76 of Taunt Me (Dark Odyssey 2)

“Didn’t we?” I ask tilting my head to the side, pretending I’m trying to remember.

“No, we should have it. Coffee is great for a boost of energy… during the day.”

I almost laugh. This broad must think I’m dumb and can’t see past her shit.

“Boost of energy you say?”

“Hmmm hmmm.” She tosses her blond locks over her shoulder and steps closer so she can run her fingers over my chest. “Makes you less tense too.”

“That’s a shame, I don’t drink coffee anymore.” I decide to tell her, hoping she’ll take the hint I’m not interested.

“Oh that is a shame. What else do you drink?” Poor doll, pretty face but a little too persistent. So persistent she’s not willing to take a hint of compassion.

There’s a shuffle by the door and I lift my eyes to see Charlotte standing there.

She doesn’t look happy to see Bree standing so close to me, or her fingers on my chest.

I, however, have the perfect as fuck answer to Bree’s question. It’s an answer that will fix the frown on my doll’s face.

“Her.” I’m still looking at Charlotte when I give the answer, but I can feel Bree’s cold hard stare. When I look back to her I see it and see too that she caught my meaning. But I’ll be more specific so she’ll leave me the fuck alone and get back to her work.

“I drink her.” I clarify with a smile and Bree’s cheeks flush.

Of course she doesn’t know how to respond. She’s worked for me long enough to know I’m crass and I tell like it is, but she looks thrown off kilter all the same.

“Oh… okay then.”

Fucking right it’s okay. With a polite smile she backs away and goes through the door, not bothering to look at Charlotte.

I look at my doll standing by the door and for the millionth time I wonder if she’s really back in my life.

It’s hard not to question if she’s real when she looks like that. I didn’t think it was possible for her to look more beautiful, yet she’s proved me wrong. Every day she proves me wrong. Every time I see her.

Goddess…

As I continue to stare, the hint of pink in her cheeks flushes down her elegant neck looking striking against the darkness in her hair.

“Hi,” she says. The beginning of a smile tips the corners of her glossy pink lips.

“Hello…” I still have my gaze trained on her. I never expected her to come here today, but the sight of her is most welcome. She stayed with her family last night and now she’s here and will be with me every day for the next twenty eight days.

“Come in and close the door,” I tell her. She does and walks up to me, stopping a few paces away.

“Is that what your usual day is like?” she asks.

“Yes.”

“Women throwing themselves at you just like that?”

“Uhh huhh.” I scan over the little dress she’s wearing. It’s supposed to be a casual summer dress but there’s nothing casual about the goddess and that body of hers. Add the fuck me heels she’s got on her dainty feet to the vision of her and any poor bastard a.k.a me, would be a goner. My fucking dick is already twitching and all we’ve done is talk.

A smile tickles her pretty face and it’s the best thing I’ve seen all day. If I didn’t have so much work I’d ditch this place and go home with her, but Pa will have my head if I do that. I’m working with a client who needs the books done on a business venture that brought in fifty million. It’s the kind of job that will take me all day to prep and the rest of the week to work on while I work with the boys on the hotel deal.

But…

That doesn’t mean I can’t find time to enjoy my doll.

“Sounds like something I should worry about,” she says playfully.

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