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“Drunk as a skunk.”
Sighing, she lay her head on his chest. The slow song in the background had her shuffling her feet. The lights hitting the floor hurt her eyes, so she shut them. Once her world was pitched into black and stopped spinning, she relaxed.
“I never danced again after you,” she confessed. “Never even kissed another guy after you. Kept my promise.” A giggle escaped her lips. She sounded silly, not like a bad-ass grown woman. She needed to remedy that.
So she roared.
CHAPTER 22
VIKING
Her words hit him like a full-body blow. She’d never slept with Morelli? That didn’t make a lick of sense. Then she uttered a mewl like a kitten and slumped against his chest.
He froze. “What did you just say?”
“I never got to play Captain Hook with Vik.” She sounded forlorn.
He grabbed her chin and tipped back her head. “No, before that,” he urged. Elena’s head rolled, and he pushed it back onto his shoulder.
“I like pirates,” she slurred, eyes remaining shut.
He carried her across the dance floor, went downstairs, and walked to their apartment. There he punched the button of the elevator.
Suddenly Elena’s eyes opened. Her eyelids were still heavy. She fidgeted on his lap until she found a nice spot for her ass on top of his groin.
“Stop moving,” he growled.
Of course, she didn’t listen. Not until she moved over his rock-hard dick. It was screaming for attention. He grabbed hold of her ass.
Elena nuzzled his neck, then kissed him.
“You don’t stop doing that, I’m gonna fuck you right here and now.” He didn’t care that she was drunk. He was tired of leashing his internal beast. Tired of taking her feelings into account. He was hard as a rock and wanted to pound into her until she could no longer sit or walk tomorrow.
“Okay,” she said with a sigh.
He didn’t do intoxicated women, tempting as Elena was.
Once back in the apartment, he carried her to the bathroom and peeled off her clothes. The tight dress was easier to remove than he’d anticipated. He washed her head to toe and growled when her naked body kept leaning into him. Her eyes were at half-mast and he didn’t think she was even aware of what was happening. His rage spiked when he thought about what could have happened to her tonight if Baran hadn’t let him know what was going on. Some asshole could have hurt her.
When her face looked rose fresh, he wrapped her in a huge white towel and carried her back into their bedroom. Without the heat from the steamy shower, she started to shiver. Her eyes were still not focused but he saw her checking him out. Hell, he got hard just from the way she was staring at him like she wanted to have a taste.
He took his clothes off and after getting her underneath the covers he spooned her. The shivering immediately stopped, and ice-cold toes pressed against his calves. With another sigh, Elena relaxed against him. He couldn’t do the same. His wife might be exhausted, but he wasn’t. His dick remained hard, pressed against her ass, and was screaming in agony. Her delicious scent hit his nose and he couldn’t help but press a kiss on her shoulder blade. Stupid mistake. A simple kiss wasn’t enough. Never had been with her. When he contemplated if he should fuck her from behind or go missionary, he cursed and forced himself to lie still.
Mind over body. Fucking mind over body.
He repeated that over and over until he finally felt the tension leave his body. His eyes were almost closed when Elena whimpered. Maybe she was cold again. He pulled her closer, but her restlessness didn’t disappear. Then she started to talk in her sleep. He’d almost forgotten about her doing that sometimes.
“Took her…”
He frowned when she repeated their daughter’s name, almost sounding like she was chanting.
Elena gasped. “Don’t take her. No, no, no.”
He turned her to face him. Her eyes were wide open now, but she didn’t seem to see him. Tears were streaming down Elena’s face.
“He took her away,” she gasped. “Don’t take my little girl.” Her eyes were huge, filled with tears as she was still in the nightmare’s grasp.
“Wake up.” He gently shook her shoulder.
