Committed by Sidney Bristol

Author:Sidney Bristol
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780553392524
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2014-08-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Poppy unlocked her apartment and glanced over her shoulder at the hulking shadow behind her. Her heart fluttered as she pushed the door open and stepped over the threshold.

They were going to have sex now. In her bed. Neither had said sex was on the agenda; she just knew.

This thing between them wasn’t casual. At some point, things had tipped. The balance had shifted and here they were.

Several insistent meows greeted her. She could be gone for a second and Mario and Yoshi would act as if she’d been missing a year.

“Hi, boys.” She flipped on the lights, glancing around to see if she’d at least cleaned up the kitchen a little. Yoshi twined around her legs, doing his feline best to trip her up.

“What the hell are those?” Damien closed the door and stared at Mario, who’d taken an interest in their guest.

“Have you never seen a cat before?” She bent and picked up Yoshi. His purring accelerated immediately, eyes closing slightly.

“I’ve seen cats, and these are not cats. Cats are small. These are … miniature lions. Or tigers. These are not domestic cats.” Damien crouched and offered his hand to Mario, who deigned to sniff the offered fingers. As if the cat was actually picky about who petted him.

“That’s Mario and this is Yoshi.”

“Where’s Luigi?”

Mario head-butted Damien’s hand and arched his back, his tail swaying back and forth in feline pleasure.

“I adopted them with these names.” She kissed Yoshi’s soft fur and placed him back on the floor. “According to the previous owner, Luigi died several years before these two needed to be rehomed.”

“That’s sad.” Damien scratched Mario, who purred his pleasure.

Poppy breathed a slight sigh of relief. Her cats weren’t all that choosy about the people they liked, but she didn’t know what she’d have done if they had been this once. Now she didn’t have to worry.

Yoshi twisted in her arms, done with being held. She let him go and watched him prowl toward Damien, flirting with the man. Her cats were cuddle-sluts, which was one of the many reasons she loved them as much as she did.

Poppy slipped her jacket off and folded it over her arm, while her two little monsters rubbed against Damien and purred.

Her bedroom.

Shit. She’d left a pile of stuff on the bed.

“I’ll be right back, okay?” She snatched her bag and hustled into her haven.

There wasn’t time to put everything away nicely. She grabbed armfuls of clothes she’d deposited on the bed when dressing for tonight, carried them to the walk-in closet on the far side of the room, and unceremoniously dumped them on the floor.

She did a quick pass through the room, straightening the comforter, making sure the floor was clear and the curtains drawn.

“Ready or not,” Damien called out.

Her heart pounded. It wasn’t the first time they’d had sex, but it might as well be. He was a different person to her now. Then, he’d been a fantasy, a dream. Now she’d peeled back the layers a little, and she liked him.

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