Page 69 of Tempt Me

“Yes.” Her cheeks pinken as she listens with the phone and inch from her ear so that I can hear the conversation. “I’m fine. Really, I am. Dom got there just in time.” She wrinkles her nose as if she remembers our earlier conversation. “He was supposed to be on his way to work.”

“Thank God he stopped to see you first.”

“Yes, thank God.” I wink and tweak her nose.

‘You’re annoying,’ she mouths while listening to Rissa rattle on. It isn’t long before her eyes are wide, and she’s givingme a strange look. Yep, I know that look. Rissa doesn’t let anyone get a word in edgewise.

Once she hangs up, she hands me the phone and braces her hands on her hips. “Fine, you can go with me, but why are you here?”

“Because I’m not about to let a dick pic get into the wrong hands.” I cup her face. “And I missed you.”

“I just left your place an hour ago.”

“Yes, I know.” I kiss her lips, effectively silencing her. I’m never going to be able to get enough of her. She’s my entire world. If anything happened to her... “Bella, I love you, but you’ve got to stop taking years off my life.”

“I can’t help it.” She raises a shoulder. “I draw the attention of obsessive men. It must be my bone structure.”

“Wildflower, you’re lucky I don’t take you over my knee and paddle your backside.”

“Promise?” Her eyes dance for the first time since she left my front door.

“I’ll gladly paddle your sassy ass. Name the time and place.” I haul her closer and grind into her soft body. She molds perfectly against me.

“Well….” She smirks. “What time do you get off work?”

“Eleven o’clock. I’ll have to pull a couple of hours over to make up for being late, but it’s worth it. I rescued my girl again and all. That should earn me some brownie points.”

“What do you want as your reward?”

“Let me think about it. I’ll send you a list of my demands later today.”

Her eyes fill with heat as she rubs against my erection, but then she stills as her bottom lip pokes out. “You still owe me a dick pic, and not one of those shriveled-up ones that look like a pink wiggle worm. I want one in all its glory. Hard. Prominent, bulging veins. Piercings on full display.”

“Jesus.” I shudder and loop my arm around her shoulders. “You’re rotten. If I send you one, do you promise never to show it to anyone?”

“Who?” She clutches her chest. “Me? I would never do that.”

God, yes, she would. This is a horrible idea.

“Please….” Her bottom lip trembles. “I’ve had a bad day. I deserve a prize.”

“You’re incorrigible.” I stomp toward my pickup, knowing good and well, I’m sending her a dick pic later today.

I was supposed to get a prize for rescuing her. How did this get turned around on me?

Chapter Thirty-Four

A Few Days Later

Bella

“Thanks for coming with me. You need a break.” I lace my arm through Emily’s as we walk toward Callahan’s front door.

“You’re right. I do. Between going with mom to all her appointments, keeping an eye on her, and work, it’s a lot.”

One of the Callahan sons bursts through the door with his arm around his wife’s shoulders. Sean Buchanon nods at us as Ann smiles and waves. “Hey, girls.”

We greet her and move past as Sean removes the helmet from his Harley.

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