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A rumbling groan climbed its way out of my body as I ran my hand over my five-o’clock shadow.
Why in the fuck would I have recommended that?
Oh, that’s right, because she was too young for me.
“Who is he?” I questioned. “I need a name to make sure—”
She chuckled. “Calm down. It’s not like I’m going to have sex with him. Maybe just give him a blowjob at most.”
I shot to my feet and came around the desk. “Over my dead body.”
Her brows furrowed. “Listen, Ty. I’m of age and I have yet to give a blowjob or have sex. And I sure as hell won’t die an inexperienced virgin. So I—”
I had no idea what came over me. One second I was standing away from her and the next my hand was around the nape of her head to tilt it up. Then I crushed my mouth against hers.
She gasped, then moaned, and I swallowed the soft noise. I slid my hand behind her back, relishing in the smoothness of her silky skin under my palms.
A soft moan sounded against my lips and brought back my senses.
I broke our kiss, lifting my head but finding it impossible to step away from her. Sienna was fucking gorgeous with an hourglass figure ready to melt under my rough palms.
“I’m sorry, that was…”
“Great practice,” she cut me off.
Her smile was off, but it was her eyes that pierced my soul. It was a look that had lingered there since she came back.
Sienna wasn’t the same girl I kissed in the sex club the night she snuck in with a fake ID. That girl was carefree, happy, and determined. This one was… conflicted. Sienna came back with demons she refused to talk about, and I really hoped her parents had convinced her to see a therapist.
In the meantime, I had obtained a list of every man involved in her kidnapping and torturing, as well as those who had stood by and done nothing to protect her while she was held captive. It didn’t matter how high or low they were on the ladder. I began working my way down the list, one by one. I wasn’t even close to eliminating them all, because the list included the crew members who had manned the plane, bus, and cargo ship that transported her to her final destination, where she was to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.
“Don’t worry, Ty,” she murmured, taking a step back as she smoothed her hair with slightly trembling hands. “I’ll practice a blowjob with someone else,” she teased, then arched her eyebrows in challenge. “Unless you want to volunteer? A friend told me he’d do anything his girlfriend wants when she gives him a blowjob.” A delicate line appeared between her brows as she considered something before she continued. “Although she admitted it’s not a very pleasant action for her.”
“Because her boyfriend is an idiot and doesn’t know what he’s doing,” I grunted.
“Oh.” Her red lips parted, and for a moment, that old glint was back in her eyes. “So your girlfriends find it pleasant?”
“Yes.”
She tilted her head. “Are you sure? Maybe they’re just lying to you.”
I chuckled darkly. “Trust me, Sienna. There is no faking that.”
“That being…?”
I shook my head. “You’ll be the death of me.”
“Maybe, but before you die, old man, maybe you can tell me… or even better, show me what you’re talking about.”
“Blondie, it’s wrong and you know it. We’re off-limits to each other.” There was the matter of our age, but also the fact that we came from different worlds and she deserved so much better. Also, my instincts were warning me that she could inch her way deep into my dark soul and permanently find a home there. “I’m your boss. Trust me, you can’t handle me.”
Although my dick disagreed. It craved her from the moment I felt her lips and her soft body molding into mine.
“I can handle a lot more than you know.” There was a hint of bitterness behind her voice and it did strange things to my chest. “We’re both adults,” she continued in a whisper. “Besides, I want to… forget. Just this once and I’ll never ask again.”
The girl was forever gone. The only thing in front of me was a woman.
“If you won’t do it, I’ll ask your brother,” she said, straightening her shoulders. “And pretend it’s you. Should be the same thing, more or less.”
