Page 45 of Devil Inside: Green

“There are plenty of women who’d be ecstatic to jump on your dick,” I say. “Any one of the pussies who show up to party would be more than hospitable to a friend of the club.”

“You wouldn’t think so, but I’m not an easy pussy kind of man and it’s hard to find something stable when I’m traveling all the time.” He sighs. “Though you didn’t seem to have a problem.”

“Pure luck that Danni and I found each other.”

“Good fortune,” he says.

“The best fortune,” I counter. “Listen, you really need to get going so Danni can get cleaned up—but I promise to do a better job at checking in.”

“Yeah, me too. Again, sorry, Danni.”

He turns to leave the room, pulling the door shut all the way behind him, and that’s when I round the bed to reach my woman. “Thought I told you to stay down. You’re naked under that blanket.”

“Have you met me? Telling me to do anything is futile and you know it. Besides, I have more fabric on my body than I would if I were wearing a bathing suit and you wouldn’t have a problem if he saw me in one of those.”

I raise an eyebrow. “I wouldn’t? You want to rethink that?”

“Green, honey, I’m not spending my life covered up like a nun because you have issues with men seeing my form. I won’t flash the goods because I don’t want to. You’re the only one I’m allowing to see me intimately. For this to work, that has to be good enough.”

“And you have to know as the only woman I’ve ever loved, that I’m going to be a protective, jealous asshole until I get comfortable with our arrangement. For this to work, that has to be good for you, too. It won’t be forever, but for now, it is how it is. I have Carter flirting with you over the phone and now Jack watching me pound you from behind.”

She reaches her hand to touch my face. “Green.”

“No.” I tug her hips, pulling her tight against my body. “They do that because they know you’re a good woman. Too good for the likes of me. All of us know it.”

“I don’t.”

“What?”

“I don’t know that. To me, you’re an amazing man who, aside from your jealous streak, treats me wonderfully. If I’m this great woman you all seem to think I am, would I have fallen in love with someone not great, too? Because that would undermine my intelligence, making me not great.”

“How do I argue with that without looking like the asshole here?”

“You don’t. You hold me in bed while I attempt to fall asleep processing the fact that you’ve just topped yourself again with your lovemaking. Not to mention how lucky I am thatyoufell in love withmebecause I will never find another man who gives me everything that you’ve already given me.”

Fuck.I donotdeserve this woman.

She leads me to the bed, where I pull down the sheet. She lets the blanket fall from around her body and climbs into her side. Before climbing in next to her, I walk over to lock the door. Then, I slide in, pulling her in close.

“Process away,” I tell her.

“What are we going to do about the killer?”

“That’s not what you’re supposed to be processing, babe.”

“I know, but with Jack showing up, that’s all I can think about now. He killed again and I had us in Texas for you to meet my sister. How dumb is that?”

I give her waist a squeeze. “Not dumb—not dumb at all. Your sister is important to you and you decided I was important enough to you to meet her. One of the best gifts I’ve ever been given.”

“I feel like this last murder is on me. I got us off-track.”

Oh, hell no. I shift her in my arms and make damn sure she’s looking at me. “You don’t take that on.Hekilled.Hedid. I don’t ever want to hear that shit come out of your mouth again. We were waiting for information from Carter. Driving around blind doesn’t do shit except for waste gas and time.”

“But—”

“Nobuts. In the morning, we’ll go over the Florida kill and decide what to do. We have to wait to leave until after my pee test, anyway. But tonight, let me hold you. Let me get stupid sentimental about falling in love for the first time in my fucking life.”

“I’m sticky,” she says, laughing low. “I’ve never had ass sex before.”

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