Adam stares at me, his eyes narrowing. “Who the f**k thinks he can protect my woman other than me?”
“Haha. You look so serious, so genuinely offended.”
“Why don’t you try guessing, Adam?” I say, tugging his collar.
I lean closer until my lips are almost touching his ear. I can feel him go perfectly still.
“If you guess it right, Adam, I’m taking my clothes off one by one… and I’m walking to that velvet bed. And you’re gonna tie me down and have me any way you want.”
He pulls back just enough to look at me, and for a second, he just stops blinking.
It’s as if my words unplugged his brain. Then a slow, deep smirk spreads across his face.
He pulls me even tighter against him, his arm like a steel band around my waist.
“Mmmmm,” he hums, throwing his gaze up toward the lights like he
