don’t want him. You want to want him, but you don’t. Two, you can do better than a weak asshole who tries to pick you up in a bar—notice he didn’t follow you into this room to make sure you’re okay. Three, your demon loathed his touch.” Keenan met her eyes. “I’m having the same goddamn issue with my demon; it doesn’t want anyone but you. And neither do I.”
Okay, that took her off-guard—it also made her stomach flutter and her demon purr. But Khloé noticed he hadn’t said that he intended to act on it.
He smoothed his hand over her hair, as if wiping away Deke’s touch. “He touches you again, I’ll break his fucking hand.”
Khloé shook her head. “I don’t know where you get off on thinking you have the right to pull this shit, but you don’t. At all. We fucked. That’s it. And then you couldn’t get out of there fast enough. Yes, you were underlining that it meant nothing—I get that. It’s not as if you weren’t clear beforehand that it would just be sex. But you don’t get to then demand that I keep away from other guys.”
His eyes flared. “And how would you have felt if you’d glanced over to see me sitting there with some female lounging all over me?”
Like someone had stabbed a blade through her chest. Her demon probably would have lost its shit.
“I spent years craving you; wanting you just about every way I could get you,” he said. “Having you just once was supposed to help. It didn’t. It only made things worse; only made me need you more.”
Every word dripped with hunger and stroked her skin like the sweetest caress. She couldn’t deny that they also wriggled their way through her defenses.
His gaze lowered to her mouth and blazed so hot her breath hitched. “Sometimes, I could swear I can taste you.” He smoothed his hand up her thigh and tugged her dress around her waist.
“Wh-what are you doing?”
He pressed his body flush to hers and planted his forearms flat on the wall, settling his cock against her clit. Fuck, he was hard. And he’d no doubt feel her taut nipples stabbing his chest. Awesome.
She gasped as he ground his hips against hers. Trying to ignore the carnal hunger trickling through her like warm syrup, Khloé said, “Now hold on a second.” Her demon frowned at her—it didn’t want him to stop.
“I might have lasted another day or so before giving in. Maybe even a week, I don’t know. But I would have ended up at your door at some point.” Squeezing her ass, he rocked his hips, eliciting another soft gasp from her. “Want you more than I’ve ever wanted any damn thing in my life. And I’m fucking done fighting it.” He tore off her panties and slammed his mouth on hers.
CHAPTER NINE
Keenan greedily feasted on her, drowning in her delectable taste. There was no forgetting it—he’d tried that. He’d failed. Being away from her had only made him crave it more. Crave her more.
Egged on by his demon, he kissed her harder, possessing her mouth until she melted against him. A growl rumbled in his chest and poured down her throat. She shivered a little, digging her fingers harder into his arms.
He was still furious that she’d allowed the other male to touch her; that she’d wanted it; that she’d even been able to tolerate another man’s touch. Hell, his demon wouldn’t even tolerate another woman’s flirtations—it had snarled at the blonde who’d kept strolling past Keenan’s table, flashing him sultry smiles.
He’d kept his distance from Khloé at first, not wanting her to realize he was watching over her. But the moment he’d sensed that the asshole at her side meant to kiss her, he’d shot out of his seat. There was no way Keenan could have watched that. No way he wouldn’t have sucker-punched the other male for tasting her.
Keenan had not only lost the fight to stay away from her, he’d willfully lost it. He just hadn’t realized it until right at that very moment when someone else moved to kiss her.
He hadn’t been able to stop himself from intervening. Hadn’t been able to resist getting her alone so he could take her again and make it clear to his little imp that her body was off-limits to every male but him.
Now, within the confines of his jeans, his cock throbbed at the scorching heat of her pussy pressed against him. “Need