Hot-Bites, Volume Two by Jenika Snow
4
Braden
“I’m not having sex with you.”
I look over my shoulder at Macy and I keep my face expressionless, even though I want to smile.
She can deny it all she wants, but I see the desire on her face, catch the way she looks at me when she thinks I’m not watching. She wants me as much as I do her. She can pretend she doesn’t, but I think we both know it’s going to happen eventually.
It’s just a matter of when.
Today proved that as nothing else could. I spent the day buying her clothes, watching her reactions and learning more about her than she’ll ever know. Every moment I’ve spent in her presence just makes me desire her more.
I don’t do relationships, never have, but I’m definitely going to enjoy fucking Macy out of my system.
“I don’t remember asking you,” I tell her as I shrug out of my jacket.
“Then why are we in a hotel room?” she grumbles, her face deepening with color as if her thoughts jumped right down into the gutter.
I can’t decide if she’s embarrassed or turned on. I’m pretty sure it’s a mixture of both and I like it. I lay my suit coat over the chair and unbutton my cufflinks. As I put them on the entrance table I give her a warning look, a side-eye glance that tells her I won’t put up with her bullshit.
“If these come up missing, I’ll make sure you pay for them—in any way I see fit.”
Her cheeks turn pinker. “Oh please, those things wouldn’t cover my rent.”
“They would if you pawn them.”
“Cash is easier.” She shrugs and I shake my head.
I can’t figure out why I like this girl, but damn if I don’t. She’s sharp-witted, smart and makes me want to laugh. I don’t know when the last time was that anyone did that. I think Macy manages it without even trying. I set the rest of my things on the dresser by the bed.
“Where are you going?” Macy asks as I start to leave the room.
I stop and look at her.
“I was going to go to the shower. I had planned on going alone, but you’re more than welcome to join me,” I invite her, giving her a smile that dares her to accept. Maybe if I challenge her she won’t even fight the attraction boiling between us.
“I thought we were going to some dinner? Isn’t that what these fancy clothes that you bought are about?”
“We are, but I didn’t say my dinner party was tonight.”
“Oh… I guess I just assumed.”
“The dinner is Sunday evening,” I inform her.
“What?” She sounds surprised. “But that’s like two days away!”
“I feel better knowing you can count,” I tell her drolly, teasing her.
“Stop being a dick for a minute. That’s two days away. What on earth am I supposed to do for two days while I’m here?”
“You strike me as the resourceful type. I’m sure you’ll think of something, Macy, but if you get bored, I know what I’ll vote for.”
“Sure,” she says. “When hell freezes over.”
“I feel the air getting colder already,” I tell her, grinning.
Macy will come to me. If she thinks working for it will be a turn off, she’s sadly wrong.
It just makes me want her even more.
