Filthy Rich by Dawn Ryder

Author:Dawn Ryder
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Published: 2014-12-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

“You threw out my flowers?”

Nartan had picked up the card that came with the basket and was fingering the edge while he looked at the few petals that had fallen onto her table. Celeste considered him over the rim of her coffee cup the next morning.

“I was a bit…passionate when I got home last night.”

His expression didn’t relax.

“Let’s examine the facts.” She put her coffee aside. “I think this calls for a reenactment of the crime scene.”

She moved toward him and pressed up against him. “Your hand goes on the top of my butt…”

“It was her lower back.”

“Eyewitness account says the fingertips were definitely on the swells of the gluteus maximus.”

His expression gave little away as he complied, slipping his hand down until he was cupping her bottom. “Satisfied?”

“Hardly.”

His eyes narrowed. “Liar.”

Heat teased her cheeks as the memory of the night before rolled through her mind with a vividness that started to turn her on. Which was astounding with the lack of caffeine in her system. She was not a morning person.

“You’re redirecting,” she accused before pressing her body against his and slipping one fingertip beneath his tie.

“Just as I suspected…” His cock was thickening behind the fly of his trousers. “I knew she could feel your cock.”

“Except that I wasn’t hard.”

His words astounded her. She was frozen for several moments before breaking away from him to return to her coffee.

“Which was a real game changer for Laura,” he finished. The card landed on the counter next to her.

“Have you slept with her?” She probably shouldn’t have asked, but she really couldn’t stop herself.

He shook his head.

“That was too fast.”

He pressed his lips into a tight line. “Laura is Apache.”

“Why is that a problem?”

He was gripping the tile lip of her countertop so tightly that his fingertips were white. “When I left with Tarak to go up to Alaska, we were the joke of the reservation. The girl I was stupidly in love with drew a line in the sand when I told her I was going. I crossed it and never looked back.”

Satisfaction glittered in his eyes.

“Was that Laura?”

“Her cousin. Laura showed up about six months ago with a head full of personal knowledge about me, and she’s been cozying up to my grandparents for the last year.”

“Gold-digger land mine.”

His lips twitched.

“But it proves I wasn’t overreacting.”

“It proves you don’t trust me.”

His words hit her hard. She took another slow sip of her coffee.

“You’re a stunning woman, Celeste. I expect men will hit on you. What matters is our commitment to each other. Trust is what makes a relationship solid.”

“True,” she answered. “But Laura is a special case.”

“How so?” he questioned gruffly.

“She’s the approved, pure-blooded bride being sent after the wayward son. Bet she’s already got a list of baby names picked out.”

He made a low sound in the back of his throat and eyed her for a long moment before lifting his hands in surrender. But his lips twitched with a very familiar arrogance.

“I think I love the fact that you’re jealous.

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