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Of course I wouldn’t regret it I wanted him, was entrapped by hiive, lived in the pleasure and passion he broke loose inside of me, it would for sure kill ain I blew out a breath, lifted a hand to wrap around his thick wrist, and fully intended to tell hi heartache, but what came out of my mouth was:

“I don’t knohat to do with you, Race”

His warm hand slid under the fall of my hair at the back of my neck and his head lowered toward ht over mine and my lips parted in their own invitation

“Yes, you do”

When he kissed me, my mind wasjust forI kneas bound to lead to really bad things, but on the way there I really, really wanted to enjoy everything that ca the way he pulled me close The way he slid his hands down over the curve of ue luredelse that was always houndingoverho and unidentified threatall I could feel was heat, burning desire, and desperation It was such a welcome reprieve from what I usually felt that there was no way I could tell him no

He took a step back and squeezed the back of my neck I was breathless and his eyes had shifted to that sexy, deep, opaque forest green

“I can’t offer you anything fancy You’ve been on my mind and under my skin for a minute now, but I promise that I’ll make it worth your while”

I breathed out a sigh and took the hand he offered me

“You already have, Race”

He flashed that diain and inclined his head toward the mouth of the alley

“Where did you park?”

“Around the corner” He gave me a look that indicated I would be lucky to find the BMW in one piece once we reached it

“I saw your friend, the one fro running around in a place like this She’s loud and flashy Things like that are like bait in the water for predators Anyone actually from here, anyone who kno the Point works, knows the less attention you can draw to yourself, the better She also tried to grab my junk when I walked past her”