Blood & Bones: Judge (Blood Fury MC 3)

Her throat convulsed. “My choice for what?”

“To stay or go.”

“And if I stay?”

“Means you’re interested in the same.”

“What are you interested in?” she asked in a breathy whisper.

“Nipples are as hard as a fuckin’ rock, Cass. Got heat in your cheeks. Eyes are holdin’ some heat, too. You know what I’m interested in.”

“I don’t do that.”

“What don’t you do?”

She waved a hand around. “Sleep with strange men.”

“Ain’t strange. Know who I am now. Know what I do. Where I belong. Even know my real name. Also told you somethin’ some of my brothers don’t know.”

“About your son?”

“Yeah. Somethin’ I don’t talk about. Now you know. Gave you a piece of me not many other people have.”

“Why?”

“’Cause I want you to trust me.”

“Why?”

“Cass... ‘Cause I want more than words from you.”

“I...”

Judge shrugged. “Got it. I ain’t your thing. You like a man who wears a fuckin’ suit and works a nine-to-five behind a desk. But figured the way you liked me massagin’ your feet, you didn’t mind my touch.”

“I didn’t... I don’t... I...” She shook her head. “I just haven’t... I haven’t considered...”

“Goddamn grown woman, Cassie. Bet you got needs just like the rest of us. Know you got a young daughter and it makes it hard to get those needs met. Right?”

“You brought me up here to have sex with me?”

“Jesus fuck,” he muttered, pushing to his feet and causing hers to fall to the floor. “Brought you up here to talk. That’s it. You wanna go, go. See I don’t do it for you. So go.” He went over to the door, grabbed her coat off the hook and waited for her to get her ass off his couch. “Never massaged a goddamn woman’s feet before in my fuckin’ life. Not once.”

She sat up, but only stared at him, her lips parted, her cheeks even darker now, her fingers curled against her denim-covered thighs.

Seeing her like that made her not wanting him all the fucking harder. “Ain’t gonna lie, Cassie. You fuckin’ do it for me. Been a long time since a woman has caught my eye like you. Long fuckin’ time. Surprised the fuck outta me. That day in the municipal lot, when I saw you walkin’... Jesus Christ... Wanted you right that fuckin’ second...”

She got to her feet. But instead of pulling on her socks and boots, she padded over to him barefoot, her face unreadable.

“But saw you were scared. Bothered me but got past it. Then again at Walmart and the old lot. Didn’t give you any fuckin’ reason to be scared of me—”

He could see her throat move again as she swallowed. “I just wasn’t expecting—”

He set his jaw. This was exactly why the fuck he didn’t ever go after what he wanted. Why it was easier to fuck a sweet butt or his fist. Or his fucking Fleshlight. None of them said no. None of them found a reason to. “Don’t give a fuck. Just fuckin’ go.”

She reached out and took her coat from his hands. She stared at where she clutched the thick wool and said something so softly, he didn’t hear her.

“What?”

She lifted her face to his. “Maybe I don’t want to go.”

He stared at her and just breathed for a few heartbeats. He wanted to be goddamn clear with her about what he wanted from her. She needed to see what he wanted crystal fucking clear. “Want you like a man wants a woman, got that?”

She swallowed hard again. “Yes.”

Jesus. “Means naked in my bed.”

“Got it.”

She fucking got it. “You stay...” If she stayed, they were both ending up naked in his bed. He wanted to see her without a goddamn stitch of clothes on, spread across his fucking sheets. He wanted to see, taste and fuck that juicy pink center. He wanted to smother himself in her tits, in those thighs. Maybe even in that luscious fucking ass.

“I can’t stay long,” she said with a catch in her voice.

He didn’t want to hear that. Everything he wanted to do to her would take a while. If he got her naked, he wasn’t rushing. And he’d make sure she wouldn’t want him rushing, either. “Your sister got somewhere to go on a Sunday mornin’?”

“It’s the questions that will be asked.”

“So, tell her the fuckin’ truth. Hadn’t had dick in a while, needed it, got some. Sure she’d understand.”

She pressed her lips together, then said, “I’m not sure I’d explain it like that.”

“Then explain it how you gotta. Been wantin’ you since the second I saw you, Cass. Again... ain’t gonna bullshit you about that. Now I know the husband’s out of the picture, want you even more.”

Uncertainty filled her eyes. “I’m not sure this is smart.”

He lifted and dropped one shoulder. “Yeah, done a lot of dumb things in my fuckin’ life. Fuckin’ you ain’t gonna be one of ‘em.”