it’s getting even bigger!”
Laughter made his chest expand, and she groaned around a mouthful of shirt. “You sound surprised. Seems like the men you dated before me were serious let downs.”
“It’s just… what do you mean dated before ?”
“Hey, you want my flashlight to go down, you gotta stop turning me on.”
“Well what turns you off?” she snapped because it was seriously getting uncomfortable down there. Yes, she was starting to enjoy it, and that was unacceptable!
“Well… if I ever find out, I’ll let you know!”
“Ugh!”
She was about to launch into a complaining rant when they heard a scream.
“Oh no! That doesn’t sound good,” she whimpered.
“No,” he added grimly. He shuffled under her. “You know I think that it might have loosened things up a bit when we fell over. It won’t be easy, but if you could scoot up, I could get my claws out and cut through the ropes.”
Panic blossomed in her chest. “You want to get out? But you said your friends would work it out – and those men said they…”
“I won’t let anything happen to you, I promise,” he told her fiercely.
No, but what about him? Would he be okay? “But…”
“I don’t like it, but I can live with them stealing stuff – insurance covers that, and we can catch them another day. But I can’t sit by if they’re really hurting people.”
“Okay,” she whispered.
With a great deal of squirming and yelping, because the ropes were really digging into her skin, she managed to crawl up his body.
“Yes, it’s working!” Steadily she moved up his body until her breasts were mashed against his face. “How’s that?”
He made some muffled grunting noises and she squeaked. The ropes loosened and she sat up crossing her arms over her chest.
“You just put my breast in your mouth!”
“No,” he said while also sitting up, and pulling the ropes from their bodies. They were sitting face to face with her straddling him. His flashlight was still enormous. “I opened my mouth to say something and your breast was all I could taste… not that I’m complaining.”
“Ugh, you…”
“Babe, can we save our flirting for later? I gotta make sure everyone’s okay out there.” He gave her a devastating smile, and she almost melted right then and there. Not that she’d admit that to him.
“I’d argue, but you’re right. What do I do if they come back?”
Diaz cupped her cheek and stroked his thumb over her skin in a surprisingly tender move. “Babe, it’ll be okay. You can’t get out; they’ve got people on the exits. So I want you to hide behind that reindeer over there.”
She glanced over at a disturbingly big and fearsome looking Rudolph. He looked like he should have been pulling a sleigh in hell – he had fangs!
“If they find you, scream like hell, and I’ll come running.”
Penny nodded. “Okay.”
“I’m just going to take a look around, and I’ll be back soon.”
“Okay.”
“Remember my promise?”
“Okay.”
Diaz leaned forward and brushed his lips over hers. “You can yell at me later for that.”
“I will,” she breathed as her cheeks flushed.
“Good, this too.” He kissed her again, his mouth hot and insistent against hers as his tongue gained entry to her mouth and dueled with her own.
Reluctantly, he drew back and lifted her so he could get up.
“Don’t you have a gun or something?” she asked, wringing her small hands.
“Yes, but I don’t carry it when I’m off the clock. Now, hide.”
“Be careful…” she whimpered at the same time as her penguin. “Not that I care or anything… pervert.”
He winked at her as he left.
Her penguin flapped around, and she realized she felt real fear for him. The thought that anything might happen to him terrified her. He was incredibly irritating and a real pervert, but oh lord, she really liked him. Watching him leave was tearing her