Mum’s eyes sparkled. “Hot-sex Hyde?”
Fuck me.
Shoot me now.
He had to come over when my family was here.
“Yeah, Mum, hot-sex Hyde.”
“Monroe.” Hyde’s voice sounded from the phone. He didn’t say anything but my name, and yet I knew from his forceful tone the words he wasn’t saying. He was bossing me without even fucking bossing me.
“Can you come back later? Or tomorrow?” I knew what his answer would be, so I was just wasting my breath.
“No.”
I tried to ignore the look of pure expectation and excitement flashing in my mother’s eyes. “Fine,” I muttered and stabbed at my phone to end the call. Jabbing my finger at Mum, I ordered, “Stay here.”
She grinned, and I knew I had zero chance
of holding her back. Groaning, I headed to the front door.
I opened it to find Hyde gripping the top of the doorjamb with both hands, staring down at me with the kind of look that could only be described as carnal. Before I could gather my wits, he dropped his arms, scooped me around the waist and pulled me outside. After he had yanked the door closed, he forced me up against the brick wall and ground himself against me.
“Been thinking about you, sugar,” he rasped against my ear. “We need to make a plan to get you back in that shower of yours.”
My breathing sped up and butterflies took over my stomach. I placed my hand against his chest in a half-hearted attempt to push him away. That attempt failed. Mostly because I really didn’t want him anywhere but up against me. “Fair warning, my mother’s inside and she will probably open this door any minute.”
His heated gaze met mine. “Noted.” He settled his hand on my ass. “What time will this party of yours finish?”
“I don’t know.” I wanted to run inside and kick everyone out right now.
We stood in silence for a few moments, eyes searching each other’s. It was like he was trying to work something out in his mind. Finally, he bent and claimed my lips in a kiss that revealed his desire for me. It was raw. Rough. Demanding. He was letting me know he wouldn’t be taking no for an answer.
Before he’d finished with me, my mother opened my front door and said, “Oh. My.”
I tried to end the kiss, but Hyde made a growly noise and pressed himself harder against me, his fingers digging into my ass as he held me in place. When he finally came up for air, he set me straight. “When I’m kissing you, you don’t get to end it.”
A sigh sounded from my mother. I barely heard it, though. Hyde commanded every ounce of my attention. I was fucking putty in his hands.
He let me go and turned to face Mum. “Jesus, there’s no mistaking you’re Monroe’s mother.” His tone made it clear he said this in the best way, and I guessed by the way my mother responded that he was looking at her with an appreciative gaze.
She flashed him a huge smile, her eyes dropping to take in his impressive body. “So, you’re hot-sex Hyde.”
He glanced at me with an amused smirk. “Hot-sex Hyde?”
I returned his smirk. “Come on, you’ve gotta admit it was pretty hot.”
My mother inserted herself smack bang in the middle of the conversation. “From everything I heard, it was hot as hell.”
Hyde dropped his head for a beat before looking back up at me with a slight shake of his head. I loved the smile on his face. “Can’t say I’ve ever come across a woman who shares everything with her mother.”
I threw caution to the wind. Hell, what woman wouldn’t when a man like Hyde was watching them with that smile? “Welcome to the family. You wanna come in and meet my sister, too? She also knows how good you are in bed.”
My mother’s excitement spiked. “Yes, come in. Sav will love you.”
He kept his gaze on me. “I take it Sav’s your sister?”
“Yes, Savannah.” I nodded at Mum. “And Mum is Angela.”