“So we’ll --”
“Save it, Seth,” she snapped.“My mind’s made up.”She turned her back on him.“Leave.And shut the fucking door behind you.”
“No fucking way,” he growled, lunging for her again.This time, she slapped at him, struggling to get free.Not hard, but enough he was sure it would make a racket.“Stop it!Titan is right outside the door and will break it down if he hears you struggling.”
“Fuck you, Seth!”
“Gladly,” he said, pulling her firmly against him, maneuvering her arms behind her back before falling onto the bed with her.“But we need to come to an understanding first.”
“Go to hell!There’syour understanding!”
All the struggling had caused her T-shirt to stretch over her breasts tightly, revealing the tight peaks of her nipples.Seth’s gaze fixated on her tits and he wanted like anything to simply dip his head and take one nipple into his mouth to pull at it right through the thin cotton.
“My understanding is your hard nipples.Tell me you don’t want me and make me fucking believe it, Scarlett.”
“I don’t want you,” she bit out.“Not now.Not ever!”
“Then why are your pupils dilated?Your breath coming in gasps?I bet if I stroked between your legs I’d find you wet for me.”
“If I’m wet, it’s certainly not for you, you bastard.”
“Then who?There’s no one here other than me.”Taking a chance, he lowered his head and kissed lightly, just grazing his lips over her neck in a caress.
She shivered, her back subtly arching before she caught herself.“Doesn’t matter.It’s not you.”
“So, you don’t want my lips on your neck?”Seth ruthlessly grazed her again, this time adding his tongue, tasting the sweetness of her skin with a groan.
“Of course not,” she whispered, her voice ragged with need.Her arms were still pinned behind her, but her legs were spread where he’d managed to fit his body between them.She closed them around him, probably a reflex on her part.
“And you don’t want my hands on your skin.”
“No,” she gasped when he skimmed one hand up her waist to the side of her chest.He didn’t venture into forbidden territory.Merely petted her.
“Your whimpers betray you, Scarlett.I think you want me very much.”
“What if I do?It’s not like you haven’t wanted me for years.I know when a man’s horny.You get hard every time you look at me.”
“Not denying that, honey.Especially when I got a look at you in your stage garb.”He pulled back to look her full in the eyes so she could see the truth of his words.“I’ve never seen a woman who could compare to you.Not now.Not on stage.You’re sex and sin in red leather and high, high fuck-me heels.”
“You’re just wanting to get laid.”Her dark red brows knit together, but he could tell she wanted to believe him.
“I could do that without all the pretty words.Maybe not with you, but with any other woman in the world.”
“Maybe that’s why you want me.I’m the only woman who presents a challenge to you.”
“You tell yourself that, Scarlett.But I think you know that’s not why I want you.”
“You want a conquest.The one woman you can’t have because my brother would kick your ass six ways to Sunday.”There was hurt in her voice she tried to mask, but Seth heard it.For some strange reason, every protective instinct roared to life inside him, and he found himself needing to reassure her.
“You’re not a conquest, Scarlett.You’re…” He struggled for the words inside him, not wanting to lead her on or say anything he didn’t mean.She was right when she’d told the press he wasn’t the kind of man to settle down with one woman.“You’re an addiction.Something in my blood needs you.Sometimes, I feel like I’ll die without it.”There.He could admit that much, at least.Even as he said it to her, he knew she was much more than that, but he had no idea what.Or maybe he just didn’t want to admit it to himself.
She tightened her legs around him, lifting her chin challengingly.“So, you just need to get a fix.Fuck me until you’re sated and then you’re done.”
“Maybe,” he said, cocking his head to the side.Because he was sure he wouldn’t be.“I just know I want you.Need you.”He slid her his cocky grin, the one that melted panties in every corner of the world.“The only question is, are you woman enough to take a man like me?”
“No question there,” she snorted.“My only question is, once you have me, how are you going to let this ass go?”
“You let me worry about that.”
