Page 124 of Enticing Her Love

They both laughed, and he held up the champagne. “To my dick and the challenging woman who likes it.” He took a swig and handed her the bottle, noticing she was shivering again. He picked up her heels and pushed to his feet. “Come on, Steele. Let’s get you into a warm bed.” He reached for her hand, helping her up.

“You’re always trying to get me naked.” She pressed a kiss to his bare chest. “You sure you’re not cold?”

“What did I say about when I’m with you?” He gave her ass a pat. “Let’s get you home.”

The reception was over, and the winery was dark when they got back. As they crossed the lawn between the winery and Sutton’s parents’ house, they heard giggling and saw Indi and Archer climbing into Archer’s truck. Flynn squeezed Sutton’s hand. “Guess they had a good time.”

“They probably christened every office in the winery. I feel bad for the cleaning crew.”

They went in through her parents’ kitchen door, and Flynn quietly put away the champagne as Sutton went down the hall to use the bathroom.

“Are you hungry?” Sutton asked when she returned.

“Just for you.” He pulled her into his arms and kissed her.

“You have the best answers.” They went down the hall, and he grabbed her ass as she ascended the staircase ahead of him. She giggled and swatted his hand away, which made him laugh, too. She shushed him, whispering, “I don’t want to wake anyone up.”

“Does that mean we can’t knock on Leni and Raz’s door, yell fire, and run away?”

She grinned, and he could tell she was considering it.

He tugged her down the hall. “Come on, Steele. I want to see if that dress looks as good on the floor as I think it will.” Unable to wait, he backed her up against her closed bedroom door right there in the hall. “What is it about you that drives me so crazy?”

“Does it matter?” She went up on her toes, meeting him in a scorching kiss that had his body thrumming again. She grabbed hold of his hair, and he growled against her mouth.

“Fuck. You know what that does to me.”

“Yes, I do,” she said coyly. She turned to open the door, and when it opened, something flew toward them. Sutton screamed, stumbling backward into him as the creepiest porcelain doll Flynn had ever seen swung in the doorway from a noose around its neck. Its glass eyes seemed to stare through them. Its face was a web of cracks and burns, and the tip of its nose and its painted-on hair were chipped. It held a tiny rubber knife in its hand, which was missing one finger, and there was a note pinned to its tattered, burned, and filthy jumper that read Flynn Is Mine.

Her parents and Leni and Raz ran out of their rooms. Leni hollered, “What happened?”

“Our asshole brothers happened.” Sutton pointed to the doll. “I’m going to kill them. They nearly gave me a heart attack.”

Leni and Raz were doing their best to stifle their laughter.

Sutton glowered at them.

“I’m sorry, babe.” Flynn pulled Sutton into his arms, caught between amusement and wanting to slaughter her brothers, and realized Leni was eyeing them, not the doll, as was her mother. Sutton’s hair was a tangled mess, with pieces of grass in it. The back of his shirt she wore had grass stains, and he was shirtless. There wasn’t much he could do about that now.

“Dad, where did they find that frigging doll, anyway?” Sutton fumed. “I thought you got rid of it.”

“Yes, Steve,” her mother said. “I thought you burned that thing ages ago.”

“I did.” Her father was dragging her desk chair over to take down the noose.

“It does have burn marks,” Leni said.

“I think it’s time for some serious retaliation,” Flynn said.

“I want in on that,” Raz said.

“We have to come up with something good, and we have to do it when they least expect it,” Flynn said.

Her father climbed down from the chair, giving him a serious look. “I don’t know if that’s a good idea. You’ll be opening yourself up to even worse pranks.”

“What could be worse than scaring your daughter?” Flynn challenged.

“I don’t know, but they always seem to outdo one another.” Steve lowered his voice. “You need the original pranksters on board for this.”