Dark Paradise by May Katie & Denton Ann

Author:May , Katie & Denton, Ann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Expresso Publishing, LLC
Published: 2022-07-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Lilah

This is the third time I’ve ridden behind a guy, but this time is a little different than the others. I’m not worried the way I was when I rode with Samson or blushing self-consciously the way I did when Felix deliberately put my fingers on top of his happy trail. Right now, I’m mad. The angry rumble of the engine underneath me matches the growling fury inside. Zip is such a dick. He riles me up in all the wrong ways, and he’s been an asshole from the first moment I met him.

So, why . . . Why am I such a masochist? Why am I here clinging to him and being his wingwoman for this meeting when I could easily have sent one of the other guys?

Logic doesn’t give me a good answer. I can’t piece together enough ragged excuses to make any kind of worthwhile reason, and I’m definitely not going to examine the tangle of emotions inside my chest. Instead of determining why I’m here, I decide to punish Zip for the fact that I am. I dig my nails into his torso, scratching down through his shirt.

I hate that I find a solid six pack underneath his clothes. I wish it was a pot belly. I wish that his face and body were as ugly as his personality. But no, he’s beautiful. Utterly gorgeous in a way that makes him almost painful to look at. I dig my nails in, punishing him for his rudeness and for the fact that he’s so beguilingly attractive.

When I hear him give a sharp hiss, I smile.

“If you draw blood, baby girl, I will too. And once I get started, I don’t know that I’ll want to stop. I might just drain you.”

My fingers instantly uncurl. I want to hurl insults at Zip, but he actually likes those. That’s where he’s comfortable. So rather than leave him in his comfort zone, I decide it would be far worse for him if I throw him outside of it completely by telling him the truth.

“Sorry. You’re kind of annoyingly hot, and I think you deserve to be punished for it.”

A surprised chuckle escapes his lips, and the sound takes me completely off-guard. I’m not sure I’ve heard Zip utter a solitary sound of pure amusement since I first met him a few days ago. Suddenly, I regret the fact that I’m behind him because I wish I could see the expression that goes along with that sort of laugh.

Before I get a chance to comment further, he’s pulling up to a curb outside a greasy spoon diner with a full parking lot. A pair of djinn float out the door, sparkling gold tails of smoke trailing behind them as they clutch doggie bags that give off the distinctly delicious scent of cinnamon twists.

My mouth waters, and I regret the fact that Zip will probably not have the patience to wait for me to grab a to-go order of those after this little chat with his vampire pals.

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