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“Just stopped by to check on some work we did for her,” he added when she remained silent.

Oh.Mia felt silly.Maybe the attraction was one-sided.But then, King had made that comment abouttamingher, which had ignited the idea of something wild and passionate happening between them in her head.She chastised herself for being so foolish.His comment had probably been meant as a joke.

Mia felt her heart jump in her throat as King moved closer and closer.His dark eyes narrowed on her, making her nervous.She tried to pretend that she was unaffected, but his presence seemed to electrify the air around her.He stopped at the bottom of the porch steps, their eyes still locked.She couldn’t take it anymore, so she jumped up, and King flashed a dangerous smile in her direction.

As if he knew, damn him!

He knew he was making her nervous!Which meant that he knew that she was attracted to him.And he was playing with her!Mia forced herself to breathe in slowly and deeply to calm her racing heart.He wasn’t a mind reader, she reminded herself.He could only guess what she was thinking and feeling.That knowledge calmed her considerably.

Instead of walking away, King kept on coming towards her until he was climbing the steps.Mia backed up, suddenly finding herself trapped between his big, muscular body and the house behind her.She shivered as she inhaled his earthy scent of dirt and sweat, an aroma that should have been off-putting, yet strangely aroused her instead.Jerry had worn a suit to work.He’d been clean and clean-cut.But this version of an alpha male in his prime—dirty, unkempt, rugged—was overwhelming to say the least.

Suddenly, Mia wanted to get dirty with him.

She leaned back as far as she could when King leaned in close and whispered against her ear, “I think you and I are gonna have something serious fucking going on between us.”

Chapter 5

King

As he watched Mia’s pretty mouth drop open in surprise, King felt his body ignite from the inside.He couldn’t remember the last time a woman had gotten to him so quickly that he’d stated exactly what he was going to do to her.And he was going to enjoy every minute of it.

The timing had never been right in the past, but he’d always crushed on Mia from afar.

“No way,” Mia responded with determination and a blush.The spark of defiance in her eyes made his dick jump.“I just got out of a twenty-year marriage.I don’t need another man to try and control me.”

He could hear the resentment over her past experiences in her tone.“You have me all wrong, sugar.”King moved closer so he could take in her fresh scent, his gaze running down her body.“The only time I’d tell you what to do is in the bedroom, where I’m king.”

She gasped at his audacity, but there was another emotion there too.She couldn’t hide the warm blush in her cheeks.

“And that’s the way I like it.”

A mixture of emotions flashed across her face when his words left her speechless.King could just imagine all the things going through her head right now.Laughter finally erupted from between her lips as her face reddened even more.“I don’t know if I should slap you, or, or—”

“Jump my bones?”King offered as an alternative, raising an eyebrow at her, which seemed to render her speechless again.She suddenly looked like a fish out of water, the way her mouth was opening and closing.He suggested that they go into the house and check on the work his crew had done, giving Mia time to think about his offer for them to get serious.“While you think on that, let me check out that work.”

He opened the door and headed up to where they’d been working on Mia’s apartment.His eyes were immediately drawn to the bed, and then to an item that must have been what Mia had worn while sleeping—something thin, short, and silky.The image of him ripping it off her fueled his already raging hard-on.

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