granite. And now, my fingers were itching to slide up and stroke the side of her boob, but I forced my hand still.
I wasn’t a perv.
Not today, anyway.
Instead, I slowly reached down and pulled her lollipop out of my pocket, unwrapped it and shoved it into my mouth. Then I placed my hand on top of the blanket, far away from temptation.
As soon as the sound of her soft snores filled the room, Maverick had jumped to his feet and begun looking through her stuff. Earlier, I’d found nothing interesting except a bunch of unpaid bills and a large collection of cooking spices. He disappeared into her hallway with Tuddle on his heels, staring up at Maverick with curiosity.
Great.
First, women followed Maverick around like some god, now the cat. Her cat.
I considered getting up to help him but was worried if I moved her, she’d wake up. I mean, I’d used my demon magic to put her to sleep but she was strangely a bit resistant to my magic; it had taken her longer than usual to fall under my spell. Yeah, that was the reason I didn’t want to pull a beautiful, sexy siren off my lap.
I looked down at her, my fingers going to her hair, unable to stop myself from touching her now that Maverick wasn’t watching me. She had a brush of freckles dotting her face, giving her a soft look. She looked much sweeter while she was asleep, so much more innocent. She murmured in her sleep, shifting her body to throw a long, sexy leg out from under the blanket. Her skin was smooth and a beautiful golden-tan color, like she spent several hours by the pool every day. I stared at it for a moment, then squeezed my eyes shut, picturing the wrinkled face of Rhys’ sweet old grandma to keep the blood from going to my dick.
It would not look good if she woke up to a boner poking into her side.
“What are you doing?”
I jumped, choking on the lollipop as I opened my eyes. Damn Maverick and his sneaky ass. I took the lollipop out of my mouth. “You need a bell around your neck.”
He grinned down at me. “Clearly. Now tell me, you having a pity party?” At my confused look, his eyebrow crooked upwards. “Is it too hard being so close to her without fucking her?”
I chuckled quietly, crunching into the sweet candy to get to the gum. Maverick knew me too well. I flicked my fingers, throwing the stick towards the kitchen but it landed on the carpet. “I was picturing Rhys’ grandma.”
He laughed, then settled back onto the couch, with Tuddle sitting down at his feet, staring up at him. Her phone was in Maverick's hand and my interest peaked. “What’s she got on there?”
His thumb moved over the screen, scrolling through her shit. “She’s got a bunch of dude names in her contacts.” I scowled, pressure filling my chest. “But the only person she’s contacted in months is some guy named Lennox and a place called Weiss Auto Parts.”
“You think Lennox is the guy she was with earlier?” Moron. I couldn’t believe he got caught.
He nodded, still staring at her phone. “What do they talk about?” Is he her boyfriend, I wanted to ask. The pressure in my chest grew tighter.
He shrugged. “Nothing much. Mostly talk about eating dinner. Looks like he gives her a grocery list sometimes.” He looked up, humor in his eyes. “They don’t have phone sex, if that’s what you’re wondering.”
“Actually, that’s not what I wanted to know.” Not specifically anyway. Is she having sex with him? Yes. Are they having phone sex? No. Although it was a little disappointing I couldn’t read what kind of things she liked. Suddenly, the tension in my chest moved up my throat and I belched.
Maverick's head jerked upwards, his eyebrows furrowed. “What the torch man?”
I shrugged my shoulder. “The fuck if I know. First I’m hiccupping, now I’m burping. I must be allergic to the Bin, let’s get out of here asap.”
“Mmm,” he replied, looking back down at her phone. Clearly he wasn’t worried about my sudden allergy attack.
Another burp expelled from my mouth and I clasped my hand over my lips, annoyed. Then I quickly chomped down on my gum, hoping that would help. It only seemed to make it worse, as two more burps released in rapid succession.
“Take it to the bathroom if you’re going to keep doing that.” Maverick didn’t glance up