you do? You’ll have to sit at home all day doing your makeup. I’m sure you don’t need the money from this place.”
She tossed her hair over her shoulder. “That’s beside the point. I don’t even like you being in the store anyway. You’re not exactly my target clientele and it makes the whole place look bad. I think you’ll have to start waiting in the back.”
“Nice try.” He crossed his arms and glowered. “If you have a problem with how I do my job, take it up with your father.”
Why did he always argue with her? Couldn’t he see how unreasonable he was being? The women had left the store because of him. Of course she was going to be upset. She had every right to be. And her father would agree, that she was sure of. He was a businessman himself. If it weren’t for him, she wouldn’t have this store. He was the one who’d pushed her and helped her along the way.
“You’re right. I will take this up with my father. Thank you for the suggestion.”
She huffed and bumped into him when she walked past. But he didn’t let her pass. He grabbed her waist and spun her to face him, then held her close to him.
“I know you think about,” he said. “Our kiss. You think about it all the time.”
“I don’t even know what you’re talking about. What kiss?” She stepped, trying to get away from him.
“Don’t play like that.” He bent down and breathed in her ear.
Her body tingled with delight. Everything she’d felt that night when they’d kissed rushed back to her. Was he going to kiss her again? She wanted him to so desperately. But she couldn’t show it. Not for a second. He already thought he had her.
“I said let go of me. Or do you want me to add sexual assault to the list of things I tell my father that you’ve done?”
He licked her neck and she flinched away from him, but from willpower, not disgust. She wanted him to lick her all over.
“I can’t stop thinking about that kiss. The way your breasts felt in my hand. The way your leg wrapped around me. The way my hard dick made you all wet.”
She gulped and tried feebly to push him away.
“I know you have to pretend you don’t want me,” he said. “That’s fine. It makes it that much hotter.”
“Ryder.” She meant it to be stronger and harder. A demand to let her go, but it came out with too much longing. She was no good at hiding her feelings. The desire was too strong. His name on her lips sounded like a request, like the longing she felt in every nerve in her body.
“Pia,” he whispered. “You make me so hard. Every time I think about that kiss or your hot body. And right now, I’m like a rock.” He grabbed his crotch. “Want to feel?”
“I have a store to run.”
How badly she wanted to reach down and grab him. To make him moan, to feel just how big he was. He had to be huge, like the rest of him. But if she did that, she wouldn’t be able to stop, and neither would he. This wasn’t the time or place to do that. If she was going to touch him like that, it would be when she could really do something about it.
He smacked her ass hard. “Get back to work, then. We can save this for later.”
She turned from him and shook her head. She looked back over her shoulder. “Pig.”
He grinned and followed her out of the back room.
She didn’t want to admit that the sting on her ass felt good. She wanted him to smack her again. She pictured herself straddling him, feeling him deep inside her, and him slapping her ass while she rode him. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She had to calm this heat before facing customers. Luckily, no one was right around her.
She went to the register to check on her employee. She had to carefully glance at the name tag to recall the woman’s name. She was terrible about that.
“Everything going well, Cindy?”
“Yup. We’ve been pretty busy today. Are you
She tossed her hair over her shoulder. “That’s beside the point. I don’t even like you being in the store anyway. You’re not exactly my target clientele and it makes the whole place look bad. I think you’ll have to start waiting in the back.”
“Nice try.” He crossed his arms and glowered. “If you have a problem with how I do my job, take it up with your father.”
Why did he always argue with her? Couldn’t he see how unreasonable he was being? The women had left the store because of him. Of course she was going to be upset. She had every right to be. And her father would agree, that she was sure of. He was a businessman himself. If it weren’t for him, she wouldn’t have this store. He was the one who’d pushed her and helped her along the way.
“You’re right. I will take this up with my father. Thank you for the suggestion.”
She huffed and bumped into him when she walked past. But he didn’t let her pass. He grabbed her waist and spun her to face him, then held her close to him.
“I know you think about,” he said. “Our kiss. You think about it all the time.”
“I don’t even know what you’re talking about. What kiss?” She stepped, trying to get away from him.
“Don’t play like that.” He bent down and breathed in her ear.
Her body tingled with delight. Everything she’d felt that night when they’d kissed rushed back to her. Was he going to kiss her again? She wanted him to so desperately. But she couldn’t show it. Not for a second. He already thought he had her.
“I said let go of me. Or do you want me to add sexual assault to the list of things I tell my father that you’ve done?”
He licked her neck and she flinched away from him, but from willpower, not disgust. She wanted him to lick her all over.
“I can’t stop thinking about that kiss. The way your breasts felt in my hand. The way your leg wrapped around me. The way my hard dick made you all wet.”
She gulped and tried feebly to push him away.
“I know you have to pretend you don’t want me,” he said. “That’s fine. It makes it that much hotter.”
“Ryder.” She meant it to be stronger and harder. A demand to let her go, but it came out with too much longing. She was no good at hiding her feelings. The desire was too strong. His name on her lips sounded like a request, like the longing she felt in every nerve in her body.
“Pia,” he whispered. “You make me so hard. Every time I think about that kiss or your hot body. And right now, I’m like a rock.” He grabbed his crotch. “Want to feel?”
“I have a store to run.”
How badly she wanted to reach down and grab him. To make him moan, to feel just how big he was. He had to be huge, like the rest of him. But if she did that, she wouldn’t be able to stop, and neither would he. This wasn’t the time or place to do that. If she was going to touch him like that, it would be when she could really do something about it.
He smacked her ass hard. “Get back to work, then. We can save this for later.”
She turned from him and shook her head. She looked back over her shoulder. “Pig.”
He grinned and followed her out of the back room.
She didn’t want to admit that the sting on her ass felt good. She wanted him to smack her again. She pictured herself straddling him, feeling him deep inside her, and him slapping her ass while she rode him. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She had to calm this heat before facing customers. Luckily, no one was right around her.
She went to the register to check on her employee. She had to carefully glance at the name tag to recall the woman’s name. She was terrible about that.
“Everything going well, Cindy?”
“Yup. We’ve been pretty busy today. Are you
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