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‘Only if you’ll stay.’ My pulse quickened.
‘Can I?’
‘Baby, if you could fit in my pocket, I’d have you live there. Yes. I want you in my bed.’
‘Fair warning, I think I’m too tired to have you eat me. Your family is amazing, but boy, it was exhausting keeping up with all the conversations.’
‘I’ll allow a reprieve until morning.’
After stopping to grab her toiletries, I led her upstairs. My room overlooked the grand staircase and the entry hall, and she gasped when I opened the door.
The room was sleek, stylish, and massive. I watched as her eyes took in the huge mirrored wall behind the bed and the metallic loops that were fitted about the place. Lastly, they fell to the rug, which was wholly out of place.
‘Is that the...’ her voice wore off as she blushed.
‘The rug where I made you mine. I couldn’t leave it there. Jealousy would have driven me mad every time I saw someone looking at it.’
Cora walked over and placed her toiletries on a low table, her fingers grazing over yet more metal fittings.
‘Entertain here often?’ she asked. Was that a flare of anger in her eyes? Envy?
‘No. Never. I stayed up all night fitting them myself the day you moved in.’
‘Why?’
‘Because I knew I was keeping you.’
‘In chains?’
‘Only if you’re very well-behaved. Now get your perfect little arse in the bathroom and get ready for bed.’ If her dress wasn’t so flouncy, I’d have taken the opportunity to slap it.
‘I don’t have any pyjamas,’ she said.
‘Good. Me either.’
Ten minutes later, I pulled her against me, her hand settling on my chest as she threw a thigh over my leg.
Sliding a hand into her hair, I played with the silken strands. Her sigh of happiness made me smile.
‘Are you looking forward to Logan’s party?’ she asked before yawning.
‘I’m dreading it less now that I’ll have you there.’
‘Brimming with enthusiasm, I see.’
‘One of our hackers has found a solid lead that might get us to Edwards. On Sunday, we need to apply pressure to find his hiding place.’
‘By “apply pressure”, do you mean...?’
‘Nothing good. But I can’t risk more of my boys. You were right to remind me they might not come from strong families, but they still matter. They died for a feud someone has with my family. I need to end it.’
‘Will you be okay?’ Her voice was barely a whisper against my chest.
‘Yes.’
‘Do you promise?’
I couldn’t.
