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“Threat neutralized. Miami is safe again.”
I roll my eyes. “Your bravery will be remembered.”
“I know. Pretty heroic shit.” He stops in front of me, grin still there as his eyes move over my face before taking their sweet fucking time traveling lower. “Although I’m starting to think I deserve a reward for risking my life like that.”
“You relocated a lizard, papi.”
“A monster,” he corrects. “Your words, not mine.”
“Don’t push it.”
His grin only gets worse as his gaze continues down me. “Oh, I plan to.”
I become painfully aware I’m standing in a steamy bathroom wearing nothing but a towel that barely reaches the tops of my thighs.
His eyes darken as he looks me up and down.
“Better?” he asks, and somehow his voice is quieter now.
“No.”
“No?”
“I’m traumatized.”
His mouth curves. “Need me to check the rest of the bathroom for wildlife?”
“Ay, shut up.”
He takes another step closer, still smiling, but there’s something softer underneath it. “Mama, you’re actually shaking.”
“No shit. I swear I screamed myself into cardiac arrest.”
His hand comes up, fingers brushing lightly over my upper arm. “You’re good now. It’s gone.”
The reassurance and feeling of his skin on mine should calm me down, but it does the exact opposite.
Because my body was already overheated before he came in here.
Now he’s standing close enough I can smell him beneath the steam, his hand warm against my skin, that stupid smug little smile fading while his eyes stay on mine.
And suddenly I’m thinking about the car again.
About control and his bedroom.
About everything I was thinking five minutes ago before a demonic reptile interrupted my terrible decision-making.
Revel’s thumb moves once over my skin.
“Earth to Cece, you okay?”
I kiss him.
No warning or smart ass comment.
I grab just the front of his shirt and pull his mouth down to mine.
He makes a surprised sound against my lips that immediately turns into a low laugh, his hands catching my waist through the towel as I back into the counter.
