Total pages in book: 152
Estimated words: 154368 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 772(@200wpm)___ 617(@250wpm)___ 515(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 154368 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 772(@200wpm)___ 617(@250wpm)___ 515(@300wpm)
In other words, there was serious business that needed to occur and he thought that she should not be present.
Silence stretched between them.
I felt Nyomi's pulse against my ribs.
Thankfully, she wasn't demanding explanations or throwing questions at them. She simply read the situation and chose her response carefully.
Finally, she nodded. "Okay. Thank you, Reo. I’ll head out."
“Perfect. Your men are waiting outside next to a cart to take you back to the house.” My Roar stepped forward, extended a bathrobe toward her, and held it out with one hand. Next, he turned his head to give her privacy.
Meanwhile, Hiro just remained there with the lollipop between his teeth, watching as Nyomi covered her breasts and shifted to sit up.
I frowned at him. "Turn around."
Hiro shrugged. “But, we’re all family.”
I sneered.
Hiro's smirk widened and then he slowly turned his head toward the wall.
“Thank you.” Nyomi climbed off the stone slab and took the robe from Reo’s outstretched hand. The blanket fell away.
My cock jumped.
I would have rather had more time with her, consuming that sexy body, but I knew something had happened to cause my brother and Roar to interrupt our morning.
She slipped it on and tied the belt with quick movements.
Yawning again, I sat up and stretched my arms.
When she was covered, she crossed to me and leaned down. Her hands framed my face, and then her mouth was on mine. Her tongue slipped past my lips, tasting and claiming me.
Oh, Tora.
Heat rolled through my body. My cock stirred beneath the blanket. My hands came up to grip her waist, pulling her closer even though I knew we had an audience.
Reo and Hiro had turned back around by now.
Still, the kiss deepened.
She took my bottom lip between her teeth and bit down gently before releasing it.
I groaned into her mouth.
Naughty, Tiger.
My whole body was waking up now. Every nerve ending firing. I wanted her. Wanted to pull her back onto the slab and bury my cock inside her and forget about Reo and Hiro and whatever the hell had brought them here.
But she pulled back. Her hands were still on my face. I felt the faintest tremor in her fingers before she steadied them. Her eyes searched mine. "Whatever you're going to do. . .please be careful. And let me know if you leave this island."
My eyes widened.
Very smart, Tora.
She'd read the combat gear and Hiro's presence and she'd put it together without anyone telling her a damn thing.
"You’ll be the first to know, Tora."
She nodded once, turned, and walked toward the door.
When she opened it, two of Reo’s men appeared and fell into step behind her.
She left without looking back.
The door closed.
Silence settled over the room.
I glanced at Hiro. The smirk was gone. He pulled the lollipop from his mouth and rolled the stick between his fingers. He wasn't looking at me. He was looking at the door Nyomi had just walked through, and he wasn't smiling anymore.
Reo extended the second bathrobe toward me.
I pulled the blanket off me and stood. Hiro and Reo had seen me naked a hundred times—there was no need to hide my nudity.
But something made Reo's eyes widen. His gaze locked onto a spot near my neck and shoulder, and for the first time since he'd entered the room, his professional mask cracked completely. His lips parted. No sound came out. He blinked twice, rapidly, like his brain was trying to reject what his eyes were showing him.
I frowned and glanced down.
Oh.
My Tiger’s teeth marks. Deep ones. A perfect crescent bitten into the skin, bruised dark around the edges, the impression of each individual tooth still visible.
Heat crawled up my neck and spread across my face before I could stop it.
Fuck, Tora.
I swallowed and lifted my view back to them.
“Hmm.” Hiro tilted his head slowly and his eyes found the mark, traced its shape, and then a grin split across his face—wicked, delighted, and utterly without shame.
I frowned.
He pulled the lollipop from his mouth and pointed it at the bite. "The Tiger has fangs too."
My face burned hotter. I could feel the blush reaching my ears now and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it. I was the Dragon. I ran an empire. I had killed men with my bare hands. And I was standing here blushing because my woman had bitten me hard enough to leave a bruise.
Reo closed his mouth. Opened it. Closed it again. Then he handed the bathrobe toward me with a stiff arm, deciding to not make a comment.
Meanwhile, Hiro was still grinning. "She marked you."
I took the robe and shrugged it on, tying the belt with more force than necessary.
"I like her more every day.” Hiro chuckled and put the lollipop back in his mouth.
I cracked the side of my neck and rolled my shoulder. "What's going on?"