Page 62 of Thief

With her other hand, Kat reached up to the metal zip on her own jacket and began undoing it very, very slowly, pulling it low so her soft cleavage was partially exposed. “Do I have anything you want Todd?” she said licking her lips. “Maybe we could trade?”

“I, er…I, er…don’t know,” Todd stammered again, unwilling or unable to remove his gaze from the top of her breasts.

“Diamonds,” she whispered, pressing her body against his. “I’m looking for diamonds.”

He dragged his attention from her breasts to her eyes.

Kat studied the depths of his pupils, there was definitely something lurking there. Acknowledgement? Deception? No, it was more like comprehension.

A triumphant release of adrenaline spurred her on. He knew exactly what she was talking about. “Where are they, Todd. I know you have them.” She put her lips so close to his, practically a kiss. “Tell me where my diamonds are, and I’ll give you what you want.Exactlywhat you want.”

He stared at her, clearly not believing his luck that he had an amazingly sexy, ready and willing woman pressed against his hormone-ravaged body. He didn’t utter a word, didn’t move a muscle. The room was perfectly silent and still.

There was a bang on the floorboard upstairs.

Todd’s head jerked upwards. “What was that?”

“I didn’t hear anything,” she answered, her voice silky and soothing. She lifted her hand and pulled his face down to regain his attention. “Have you got a girlfriend, Todd?”

“Err…no, no…not at the moment.” He licked his lips, and his focus returned to Kat’s ample chest pressing against his.

She plucked the necklace from her cleavage and swirled it between her fingers like a hypnotist. “Do you want a girlfriend?” She cocked her head to the side. “I would be a really good girlfriend.”

His eyes stayed fixed on the pendant. He looked like he might burst with lust. Kat lifted his oil-stained hand and placed it flat on the leather covering the lower half of her left breast. “I go all the way,” she murmured. “Have you ever been all the way?”

He shook his head, his mouth hanging open even further than before.

“If you give me the diamonds, Todd, I’ll be your girlfriend. We’ll go all the way.” She prepared herself for the final assault and pushed her mouth up to his. She only just controlled the shudder of repulsion as she felt his weak rubbery lips and tasted his sleep stale breath. He started to kiss her back, his mouth moving out of sync with hers as his other hand clamped onto her right breast and squeezed.

She broke the kiss. “You do have the diamonds, don’t you?” She stepped backwards so his hands fell away.

“Yeah.” He cleared his throat. “Yeah, I have the diamonds. They were in that Porsche you got last week.”

“Are they here?”

“Yep.”

Kat treated him to another hot kiss. His hands moved to her buttocks, and he pulled her hard against his clearly excited body. She allowed it for a moment then, pushing away, said, “Hey, show me the diamonds first, big boy.”

He grinned manically and tried to grab her again.

“Ah, ah.” Kat held up a finger to his wet lips. “Show me the diamonds, Todd. It will get me even more turned on…for you.”

He grinned, licked his lips and side-stepped to a low bookcase next to the fireplace. There were no books, just car magazines precariously balanced on thin shelves. On the very top was a small, rusty tin box with a picture of a red steam train on the lid. Todd poked his dirty thumbnail under the lid, and it pinged open.

Kat hovered next to him. Anticipation killing her. She held her breath as Todd pulled out a small black velvet bag with a drawstring top. It was exactly as John had described.

Todd really does have the diamonds.

The kid was even dopier than he looked—millions of pounds worth of diamonds sitting in an old tin on his bookcase.

“Is that them?” She reached out her hand.

“Not so fast.” Todd lifted them high, way out of her reach. “You get the diamonds afterwards.”

“But I want to see them first.”

“No. You’ll see them afterwards, like I said. Now come here and give me what I want, girlfriend.” He made a lunge for her waist.

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