Embrace the Darkness (The Maura Quinn Series Book 1) - Ashley N. Rostek Page 0,69

on the lips and whispered, “Since you let me have my wicked way with you, I’ll play the willing victim next time.” That earned me a bigger smile and he kissed me deeply, jump starting my heart. Despite the earth-shattering orgasm I'd just had, I found myself growing wet again with him still inside me. I rocked my hips ever so slightly and he grew hard almost instantly.

He growled, nipped at my bottom lip, then pulled away to look at me. “Fuck, already?”

I smirked. He brushed his thumb across one of my pebbled nipples. I clenched around him, causing him to exhale shakily.

Louie cleared his throat. “Alright, alright, break it up and get out of the car. You guys need to take this shit upstairs behind closed doors.” Louie’s voice was deeper than usual. I couldn’t tell if he was uncomfortable or turned on from watching.

Jamie didn’t seem bothered that he was standing there. If Louie hadn’t just told us to take it upstairs, I’m pretty sure we’d be going at it again while he watched. Louie had watched Jamie have sex with another woman in the past. Maybe that was why he seemed unfazed. As for me, I don’t know if I was caught up in the moment or if I didn’t care either.

“You might want to turn around. We’re, uh… still attached,” I explained.

Louie just blinked at me.

“I left my shoes in your car,” I said to Jamie over my shoulder as we walked through the house. He and Louie were quietly trailing behind me. They both hadn’t said a word to each other since Jamie and I got out of the car. Louie was unusually quiet. I was a little surprised he wasn’t cracking jokes or teasing the hell out of us. Instead, he seemed pissed off and from how pensive Jamie looked, he could tell something was up with Louie, as well.

Jamie’s eyes traveled to mine and softened. “I’ll get them for you later.”

We had to pass the control room to get to the stairs in the foyer and as we were passing it, two goons walked out. Their eyes widened when they saw me, but once they noticed Jamie, they quickly looked to the floor.

“Enjoy the show, gentlemen?” I snickered. They both flinched, making me chuckle.

Louie stayed behind to talk with them. It wasn’t until Jamie and I reached the second floor that I asked, “What crawled up Louie’s ass?”

He shook his head. “Don’t worry about it.”

“Do you think he’s mad we had sex?”

“Maura,” he snapped in a tone that warned me to let it go.

“Fine,” I growled, stomping ahead of him while I mumbled, “Cryptic, brooding asshole.”

A smack came down on my ass, hard, causing me to yelp. I stopped walking and turned to glare at him as I rubbed a hand over my smarting left butt cheek. His expression was blank, but there was a glint full of mirth in his eye.

“You’re an ass man, aren’t you?” I asked.

A slow smile pulled at his lips. Coiling an arm around my stomach, he pinned my back against his chest. His fingers brushed against the back of my bare thigh, just past the hem of my dress. I stiffened when they traveled up under the skirt until his palm covered my sore cheek. With a slow, gentle caress, he rubbed, soothing the sting he caused. “You do have a nice ass, but if I had to choose, my preference would be between your legs,” he whispered in my ear.

If he hadn't been holding me, I think I would have melted to the floor.

“Now who’s teasing who?” I asked, leaning my head back on his chest and tilting it to the side to peer up at him.

He moved his hand from my ass to place it around my neck just under my chin, holding me firmly but gently. “A deal is a deal, baby,” he smirked, then brought his mouth down to mine in a sensual kiss.

Did that mean he was going to have his wicked way with me right now? Oh, I hope so.

I turned in his arms without breaking our kiss. Pushing up onto my tip toes, I wrapped my arms around his neck. His hands fell down my back, tickling my flesh, until they smoothed over my ass. He lifted me up and instinctually, my legs locked around his waist.

I felt him walk with me in his arms, holding me up like I weighed nothing, with one arm under my ass and the