Page 137 of Under the Bed

She sees me there, so close that I block out the sun.

“No.” Her blue eyes bulge. It should be illegal to be so enticing when I’m that mad at her.

So seductive.

“Well, hello there.” Before she manages to hide the plastic bag in the pocket of her coat, I snatch it out of her hand. “What’s in the bag, little sister?”

“Give it back.” She leaps at me.

She’s missing more than a couple of inches to reach it. I lift it higher, turning the plastic bag over so its contents fall into my other hand while I glare at her.

When I finally look at it, I have to bite my lip.

Or I’d scream.

I hate her. I love her. I want to crawl under her skin.

Can’t get enough of her and her pissed-off expression. She hops on the balls of her feet, her chest pushing against mine.

“Bad girls don’t get to have anything. You should know that by now.”

“It’s not what you think.”

“Is that so?” I throw the bag to the floor to free up one hand.

Fuck her water bottle. I swat at her wrist, and it goes tumbling to the ground, too.

She desperately hops up and down and I’m done with this.

I wrap an arm around her waist. Drag her deeper into the alley where we won’t have an audience.

“Kaleb. No.”

Her reddened cheeks and frantic gaze do things to me. My mind slips. I feel it as it’s happening. Feel the control over my body dwindling.

Her neck. It’s so slender. It fits so perfectly in my palm.

All I’ll haveto do is?—

No.

I love her. I’m keeping her.

Alive.

But not before her punishment. Her lesson. She’s not getting away with this. I grip her chin, thrusting my hips and shoving her back into the wall.

Another flinch. God, she’s adorable. I wish she’d tell me just how much my marks hurt.

Later.

“I want to have babies with you.” At least she’s honest.

She knows there’s no use denying what she’s done. I have the evidence right here. Held up between us. Yet she isn’t sorry. She’s determined, glaring daggers at me.

“It looks exactly like what I think it is,” I hiss, rocking my hips, grinding my cock against her. Once. I fucking need it.

I need her.

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