Page 21 of Kane's Bounty
“But not you.”
“No. I don’t need money that badly. I have enough.” He looked over her shoulder toward the beach, seeming lost in thought.
“What about women?”
His focus was back and he looked at her as if he might jump over the table and take her in the restaurant. “What about them?”
“Were there women in training with you?”
“Sure. I know a lot of great women recovery agents.”
“Do you sleep with them?”
He narrowed his eyes. “Sometimes.”
She hadn’t expected the pang of jealousy at the idea of him having sex with another woman, but there it was. She felt a jolt of anger and had to push it down. “Did you ever fall in love with any of them?”
He must have sensed her jealousy. That devastating smile returned. “I would tease you, but I can’t do it. No, Lena, I’ve never fallen in love with any of the women I’ve slept with. Not on the job or off. Never—”
He stopped so abruptly, it seemed as if he was going to say more. “So you’ve never loved anyone in your life.”
“No.”
The intensity in his stare made her heart pound faster. “I want you.” The words tumbled out of her mouth as if of their own accord. She didn’t know why she had said them, other than they were the truth. She did want him, all of him.
An instant later, he called for the check.
When he gripped her arm and pulled her from the restaurant, she wasn’t surprised, but then he didn’t head toward their room. “Where are we going?”
He didn’t answer, just turned and grinned down at her before sliding his hand down her arm and taking her hand in his.
They walked along the beach. Refreshing gusts of cool sea air blew away the heat of the day. When he turned onto the street and headed for town, she asked again, “Where are you taking me?”
“I need to make a phone call.”
“There’s a phone in our room.”
He turned a corner into a dark alley. Music wafted from the Cabo Wabo bar down the block. Vines grew up a trellis and obscured them from the main street. Kane pressed her back against the hard stucco wall.
Her shoulders were bare and they scratched against the building.
His body pressed tight to hers. His hard cock pressed tightly between them.
A gasp escaped and pushed forward to feel him more keenly.
Moving her hair to one side, he ran his tongue down the side of her neck while his hands slid down her waist and he undid the button of her shorts in one quick move. Her entire body was on fire. He couldn’t intend to fuck her in the street. People were walking past the alley every few seconds to go to the busy bars and restaurants. She rose on her tiptoes and his shaft rubbed low against her abdomen.
Kane thrust his knee between her legs. She moaned loudly as her bathing suit abraded her clit. “Kane?”
“Do you still want me, Lena?”
Was he nuts? What kind of telepath was he? “I want you.”
“Here?” He pressed his knee against her pussy again and slid his hand down into her shorts and suit bottom. He squeezed her ass and let his fingers slide between her ass cheeks.
“Everywhere. Anywhere.” She didn’t know which one she meant at that point. Maybe she meant them both. Her body cried for more of him.
He covered her mouth with his, thrusting his tongue inside and devouring her.
