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.God, she thought, it wasn’t fair.She sneaked looks, telling herself she was a fool.A self-torturing fool.He cleared his throat.“Alexa.It’s that I don’t want you to make a mistake.I don’t want you to get…hung up on me.Emotionally.”“Don’t worry,” she said, back to snotty.“I don’t even like you.”With the plastic clothes basket in her arms, she made her way to the back door.Mrs.Roth opened it just as she reached the stoop.“Thank you so much, dear.”Despite her mood, Alexa mustered a smile.“You’re welcome.”From the pocket of her apron, the old woman pulled out a tired dollar bill, the same one she’d been offering Alexa forever.“Please take this.”“No, no I couldn’t.” She put her hands behind her back.“It just took a few minutes.”Her elderly neighbor shook her head.“Such a nice person.Such a good girl.”“Thank you.”Mrs.Roth looked over her shoulder, blinked.“Who is this?” she asked.Alexa glanced back.A rat.A fink.A beautiful man whose scruples were standing in the way of her getting rid of this obnoxious…thing she had for him.Wasn’t it only fair that he apply himself to eradicating it by having his wicked way with her body?She fanned herself a little, hoping they’d attribute it to the warm morning.“This is another neighbor, Mrs.Roth.Bing Maddox.”“Well, hello.” She looked between him and Alexa.“Are you special friends?”“No,” she said at the same time that Bing answered “Yes.”She glared at him over her shoulder.He gave her a smoldering look in return.Her hand went back to fanning.What the heck did he mean by that?“Well,” Mrs.Roth continued.“I hope you realize what a lovely young woman she is.Such a very good girl.”“Absolutely.”The way he said it was like another rub of his fingertip.This time down her spine.She stiffened it.“We’ll be go—”“Do I know you?” Mrs.Roth spoke over her, her gaze fixed on Bing.“I feel as if I do.”“It was last March.Your mailbox had fallen from the post and I fixed it.”What?“Yes, yes.” Mrs.Roth beamed.“Thank you so much.”There was another round of her trying to pass on that crumpled dollar bill.This time pushed toward Bing.He resisted, of course, and soon enough they were on their way.Alexa tried to ignore him keeping pace at her side, then she couldn’t hold in her curiosity a second longer.“You did what for Mrs.Roth?”He glanced at her.“I drove by, saw her mailbox on the ground.I stopped.I fixed it.” His mouth formed a scowl as she continued to stare at him.“It was between kicking a puppy and slapping a kitten, if that makes you feel any better.”“But Brody’s the good twin,” she pointed out.“Where was he?”“Fuck,” he muttered.“I don’t know.” They’d reached the end of her walk now.Just a few feet and she’d be inside, away from him.She looked forward to it, she decided.One foot turned onto the path that took her away from him.Permanently.She focused on the pink of her toenails.The color was called “Paradise.”“Where are you going?” Bing asked.“Onto the rest of my life,” she answered promptly.“Turns out, you’re just not bad enough for me.”He caught her elbow and yanked her back against him.His words were hot in her ear.“Not so fast.”Alexa was hustled into her house so quickly that it seemed like Bing had flown them there.She dug her bare feet into the hall rug as she realized he was propelling her toward the bedroom.“Wait.What’s going on?”He paused, looking down at her with summer eyes that looked anything but cloudless sky.They were a fiery, intense blue that seemed to lick over her skin.She shivered.“I’ve decided you’re right.It shouldn’t be that difficult for you to get laid.”“Well maybe I don’t want you to be the one taking care of that anymore,” she said, trying to tug her arm free again.He didn’t release her.“Sorry, baby.You poked the tiger when you said I’m not bad enough for you.”Oh.My.His nose came close enough to touch hers.“Now I’ve got things to prove.”Her feminine instincts went on high alert, half of them rising to cheer, the other half advising a speedy exit.“Um.” When had the temperature turned so sultry? “I don’t know…”“Don’t worry.It won’t hurt…too much.”There was wickedness in his eyes, but amusement too, and she wondered if he thought it was she who might back out now.Well, forget that.There was still that passion for him that had to be exorcised.And… “I have a list,” she confessed.He blinked and straightened away from her.“A what?”“A list.” Brazen it out, Alexa.“A sex list [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]