Page 479 of Sinfully Savage Mafia

How could he just stop?

Oh, Christ.

How could I want to keep going?

“You wanted a taste of freedom, yeah?” he says in his devilishly sexy voice, pulling me against him and covering my mouth with his. Our teeth crack together, our tongues hot, coiling with desire as we claw at each other, our hands desperate to close the space between us.

I lose all track of time, forgetting where we are and that whatever is happening between us will be over once the night ends.

How could it not be?

I have a plan for my life, and it doesn’t include random hookups with hot foreign guys in nightclubs.

When we finally pull apart, breathless and flushed, the fog surrounding my mind thickens. Conflict consumes me…my body craving far more than my mind will allow it to take.

Loud voices coming from just outside of the room shatter the otherwise still air and I slide off of Zeno’s lap, smoothing my hair and fixing the top of my dress. He grins lazily at me.

“I prefer it the other way.”

I let out a nervous giggle. “I don’t…I mean, I’ve never done that before. Like, in public.” And the fumbled attempts to do it in private have never made my heart race faster than a thoroughbred trying to win the Triple Crown.

“I know. That’s why I stopped,” he says.

“Well, maybe I didn’t want to stop,” I quip, smoothing the front of my dress. “Maybe I liked where it was headed.”

“I gave you a taste,” he mutters as Kat and Chloe come dancing into the room. “That’s what you wanted. And for the record, I don’t think you could handle what I really want to do to you.”

I gasp as they approach the table, quite possibly even more blitzed than they were before their dance party started.

“You don’t know that!” I hiss.

He grazes my thigh once more, a tremor of anticipation jolting me. “Yes, I do. And that’s why I’m leaving. If I have to keep staring at you across this table, I’m gonna want to punish you for looking so fucking hot in that dress, and for making all of the men in here wanna jerk off to you in it.”

Chloe falls into the booth next to me, opposite Zeno. She looks from him to me and then back to him, a wicked smile on her face. “So, how’s the celebration been going back here, hm? It hasn’t fizzled out yet, has it?”

Zeno slides out of the booth. “I think it’s time for me to go. Long day traveling. You ladies have a good night.” With one final wink at me, he turns to leave.

My mouth drops open. That’sit? He’s just…leaving? After everything?

I fight the urge to run after him as he saunters away, his hands stuffed in his pockets once again. I mean, whatwasthat?

Chloe licks her lips as she stares after him. “What happened, Lil? Did you scare him away with your talk of exotic animal anatomy?” she snickers and Kat rolls her eyes.

“At least she can carry on a conversation,” she snips, sliding into the spot where Zeno coaxed my body into the most intense state of pleasure I could never even conjure in my mind. “You look upset,” she says as Chloe grabs the empty vodka bottle and stumbles toward the bar around the corner. “Do I need to find that douchebag and snap off his limbs after all? She cracks her knuckles. “Because I’m feeling a little like David Banner turning into the Hulk right now.”

I shake my head, my shoulders sagging a bit as I force a smile. “You really need to start watching some other types of movies. Superheroes can’t fix everything and make life all good and perfect.”

Kat shrugs and drops an arm around my shoulders. “You’re wrong about that. You just have to be open-minded enough to realize that everyone has the power to do awesome things. They just need to find it within themselves. Once they do, they can’t be stopped.” She grins. “And you know, if channeling those powers happens to disable some jerk for playing games with my friend, so be it.”

“I’m flattered, really.” I giggle. “And not to burst your bubble, but I don’t see you as the Hulk. You’re definitely more of a Black Widow.”

Apropos since I already know she’d kill for me.

She’s proven her undying loyalty before and she’s chomping at the bit to do it again.

CHAPTER3

ZENO

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