No One to Trust - Iris Johansen [88]
“I guess I don’t have any choice, then. Since I’m such a peaceful man, I wouldn’t want to see violence inflicted on an innocent—ouch. You kicked me.”
“I’ll do worse than that if you’re not—”
“Shh. No threats. Do you know what it took for me to wait until you came to me?” He cupped her face in his hands and looked down into her eyes.
She inhaled sharply at what she saw there. “Then it served you right. There’s nothing wrong with being a little aggressive.”
“There is where you’re concerned. You’ve threatened both my person and my manhood in the past.”
“That was different.”
“Everything that’s between us is different. That’s why it had to be right or not at all.”
“And is it right now?”
His face was coming nearer and his voice was only a breath of sound. “You tell me.…”