That Killer Smile by Juliet Lyons

Author:Juliet Lyons
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2017-12-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Ronin

I am so screwed.

For the past three hours, I’ve been watching Catherine sleep. Not because I’m eager for her to wake up and have sex with me again—though, granted, that would be nice. No, it’s because I’m mesmerized, like a kid on Christmas morning who’s woken up to find the present he always wanted beside him on the pillow.

She’s here. I’m here. We’ve gone a whole twelve hours without fighting. Religious types would call it a miracle.

I brush a stray tendril of hair from her face, admiring the dark sweep of lashes against her rosy cheeks. Early-morning sunshine streams through a gap in the curtains, casting her sleeping body in a golden glow. With her thick curls, she could be one of Botticelli’s angels. If I were an artist, I’d fetch oils and paint her.

Which takes us full circle to my original point.

I am so screwed.

Her eyelids flicker, and as she stretches like a cat against the pillows, I shift closer, taking advantage of the movement by sliding an arm around her shoulders and drawing her closer. Her breath is warm on my chest, her body soft. My cock doesn’t just stir; it jumps to attention. Even though we spent all last night and most of this morning making love, it wants in.

Her eyes flip open. “Jesus, Ronin! What time is it?”

I glance over her head at the bedside clock. “Half past eight.”

“In the morning?” she asks incredulously.

“Yes,” I say, grinding my erection against her hip. “Are you ready for your wake-up call?”

“Did you sleep?” she asks, rubbing her eyes and peering around the room.

I shake my head, leaning down to kiss the silky column of her neck. “How could I, with you here?”

“But what about work?” she squeaks, as I graze fangs across her collarbone, pressing fervent kisses into the hollow of her throat.

Good question. The phone downstairs was ringing off the hook for an hour last night until I eventually went down and unplugged it, and my cell phone is still abandoned in a pocket of the jeans I discarded on the floor last night. I’ve never missed a Sunday evening at the club before. They must think something’s happened.

I should probably call them, but I can’t think of anything worse than that world colliding with this one. For too long, I’ve blurred the lines between the club and my personal life. Lying here with Catherine in my arms, it feels as if we’re on another planet.

“We’re both our own bosses,” I point out, rolling on top of her and placing my hands on either side of her head on the pillow. “It’s not like we’re going to be sacked.”

She gazes up at me, cheeks flushing pink. “Won’t your vampire minions be angry their lord and master has abandoned them?”

“They have nothing to be mad about. I’m a great boss. Unlimited healthcare and the finest pension plan in the country.”

She chuckles. “You’re a douche.”

“When will you grasp the fact that your insults only turn me on?” I ask, rubbing a thumb around the silky tip of one of her nipples and eliciting a deep moan.

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