Page 62 of Bad Love

I bet if it was Monty, she'd introduce him to herkid.

But she goes digital quiet again, and my body tenses more than it did at the news of Deacon’sdeparture.

Yesterday was hot, but maybe she's decided she's better off without it. Withoutme.

Impossible. Sure, I wasn’t my smoothest self. Forgive me if I lost control when the sweetest, most serious woman I’ve ever met startedgetting herself offin front of me. If it took everything in me to resist dragging her hips to the edge of that counter and making her come a second time, harder than thefirst.

It's one thing if she doesn't want me interacting with her kid, but I'm not letting her off the hook for therest.

I hit the contact on myphone.

"Hello?" Kendall answers,cautious.

"I need to seeyou.”

"Hunter, we discussed the importance of making the vibe as strong as it can be. I told you Ben’s working on an enhancement. In the meantime, I’ll build a campaign and let you know once there’snews."

The professional voice has me leaning my head against the wall and grinding my teeth. “Oh, we discussed it. Is that what wedid?”

Silence comes down the line. “What do you want me tosay?”

“I want you to acknowledge that you fucked yourself while I watched. And that the world didn’t end when youdid.”

She needs someone to push her buttons. Not in the way that stresses her out or has her running. In the way that has her realizing she doesn’t have to live to some ideal. That she can let her hair down without betraying who sheis.

“Fine. I had an orgasm in a bathroom. You were there.” It’s the edge in her voice, not just the words, that has my dick twitching. “Is that what you want tohear?”

I want to hear I rocked your world. That you can’t stop thinking about me. That you want to do itagain.

My hand tightens on the phone. “We could have more fun without the vibe. I’d feel fucking fantastic insideyou.”

I wonder if she’s even still on the phone when her voice, with a little less conviction than before, says, "Even if that’s true, I have responsibilities. I won’t drop everything for a repeat with you. There’s nopoint."

Lust drags through my body as I let out a half laugh. "That's what you think it would be? Arepeat?"

"Whatelse?"

Her shallow breath over the line has my abs clenching. I want to reach through the phone and learn exactly how wet my words are makingher.

"Everything you and I do from here on in, naked or clothed… it’s foreplay. For a very long, very sweaty night. And you, Peach, are going to beg forit."

I click off without waiting for her to respond and stalk into Monty's office without knocking. "I'll doit."

He looks up, frowning. "Dowhat?"

"I'll do the fucking job Deacon was doing. Can't be that hard if douchewad could manageit."

He's stunned silent. "All right. I'll send an email and let the teamknow."

I start down the hall, but a loud throat-clearing has me lookingback.

"They're the other way," hesays.

"Who?"

"Marketing."

I narrow my gaze at him. "Were you born that smug,Montgomery?"

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