Page 27 of A Seductive Beauty
“Then do as I say and cut the ham. You can fold the crepes after they are done if you are that serious about helping, but roll up those sleeves.”
“Bloody hell, Aidan, she’s not afraid of you.” Lex laughs and the other guys chuckle, but I don’t take my eyes off Aidan.
“You heard me.” I point to the knife block. “I know you know how to use a knife.” I remember seeing him cut that man last night. He steps back shocked that I mentioned it. He expects me to be afraid of him, but little does he know that it turns me on in a huge way when he gets aggressive like that.
“Fiona.” He shakes his head at me.
“Aidan.” I raise an eyebrow and tip my head to the side slightly. “I’m used to dealing with demanding customers, Mikayla, and my stubborn parents. I’m fairly certain I can stare you down too.” I don’t know where this extra moxie is coming from, but I’m going to use it.
“Okay.” He turns and rolls his sleeves and prepares to cut the ham. I twist my hair up and back, then realize I don’t have a hair tie.
“Here.” Seamus hands me one out of his pocket. I finish pulling my hair back and then wash my hands and get to work.
“That was amazing.” Brody leans back in his chair as he sips his coffee. I notice both he and Aidan drink it instead of tea as the others do.
“Thank you for breakfast,” Grady says as he steps away from the table and takes his plate to the sink.
Aidan
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It’s been ten days of her in my bed beside me. Ten mornings of waking up hard as feck with her wrapped around me, her sweet cunt so close to my cock. Ten nights of slipping into bed and pulling her into my body because I can’t have her away from me for long. Ten days of my house finally feeling like a home.
I’d destroy the world to keep her. She’s everything to me. Every need, urge, breath, and desire to me. Her body calls to me and I find myself constantly by her side. I haven’t been to the office at the track in more than a week because I won’t be away from her.
I enter my house through the gun room. Safes line the walls locked up in case my guys can’t get to the main armory at the main office.
As I step into the kitchen, the sight before me not only gives me pause but it causes my cock to become steel. Fiona dances around, wiggling her hips as she rolls out dough. Music is playing in the kitchen and she’s singing along to it. I watch her for a moment, enjoying the view and the smell of my home.
She’s cooked every day and made fresh bread or pastries every couple of days. The guys are liking it too as they are here every night, and I just want them to go away. I know she’s still healing. Her ribs don’t cause her as much pain now. I’m watching as she uses her fingers to work the dough into a fold. She wraps it up and turns toward the fridge when she sees me standing watching her. I can’t stop myself. I’ve said I won’t go to her until she asks me, but I’m in motion.
I reach her, stalking her as she backs up against the fridge. My hands go to her face and tip her head back. Her breaths come in pants. She pulls that full bottom lip into her mouth between her little white teeth. As I lean down to her mouth, her hands go to my jacket and she pulls me to her. She pops up on her toes at the last moment and her lips are under mine. I devour her mouth. Taking everything and demanding more. She opens and my tongue slips inside, branding her as mine. I reach down and pull her up and press her harder against the fridge. She moans into my mouth, and I turn my head to deepen the kiss. The need to own every part of her consumes my body.
A throat clearing from behind us has me stopping with a growl. I don’t take my eyes from hers. She drops her head, hiding them from me.
“What?” I demand.
“I’ll have the car ready for you in two hours,” Shane says, and I want to knock him out for interrupting us again.
“Thank you.”
She looks up then, her eyes brimming with a shine. How she doesn’t know how beautiful she is kills me. How she doubts that I want her makes it even worse.
“You won’t be here for dinner?” she asks, her voice breathless.
“We won’t be.” I correct her.
“What?”
“I have a charity event we need to attend tonight.”
“I don’t have anything to wear.”
The day after I rescued her, I had a personal shopper get her a full wardrobe. Everything she could need so she wouldn’t have to leave me. She kept asking to go back to her place. I kept telling her it wasn’t safe.
The man who attacked her didn’t know who hired him. He died screaming his innocence as my hot blade slipped between his ribs and stabbed into his heart. No one will ever hurt my beauty. But I know she still isn’t safe, so I keep her here hidden from the world.
However, now it’s time for the world to know she is mine, and I can’t stand the thought of attending this event without her. It’s a charity that is close to my heart and I know she would like it too.
