He raised his eyebrows and pulled down the corners of his mouth as he looked up at the ceiling, pretending to consider this. “Nah.”
“Rude,” I muttered under my breath.
His face inched closer to mine, the tips of our noses almost touching. Heat spread across my cheeks and I struggled to hold his gaze; the intensity in his eyes was almost overwhelming.
Sasha licked his lips and huffed in amusement when I followed the motion with my eyes. My face was positively on fire now.
“Go back to the villa, Little Devil. I’ll be there in a bit.” He caressed the line of my jaw with his thumb and pressed a quick kiss to my lips. I barely stopped myself from chasing after him when he pulled back.
Holy fucking shit.
“No more detours, okay? If you want to see the whole compound, I’ll give you a tour later.” He turned me around, gave me a sharp little smack on the butt and gently pushed me toward the exit.
Feeling like I had pushed my luck far enough for one day, I obeyed and walked out of the warehouse. I slowly followed the path back to the villa, admiring the beautiful scenery.
Did I even want to know where the money to buy this huge plot of land had came from?
I’d overheard them discussing shipping routes, which made me think they were definitely involved in smuggling goods of some kind.
Drugs?
Weapons?
I was so lost in my thoughts, I never saw it coming.
A hard hand clamped over my mouth before I could utter a sound, and my feet left the ground as an arm clamped around my waist and dragged me off the path.
Panic, icy and paralyzing, surged through me, leaving me frozen in shock, unable to move. A muscular body was pressed against my back like a wall of steel. I whimpered when the path disappeared out of view.
Fuck! I’m in so much trouble.
My heart was pounding as I desperately tried to breathe.Where did all the air go?!
“I expected more of a fight, to be honest.”
I went stiff at the familiar voice, my eyes almost popping out of my skull. His hand slid down from my mouth to grip my throat while his other arm loosened its grip around my waist ever so slightly.
“What’s wrong, Little Devil? Where’s all your usual bravado?”
Sasha turned me around, his fingers applying delicious pressure to the sides of my neck. Staring up at him through hooded eyes, my body lit up like a fucking firework as I was met not with his handsome face but with the mask he’d worn the first time we met.
The neon-green smile and crossed-out eyes were somehow even more sinister in the daylight. My pulsepounded in my ears and the bark of the tree behind me dug into my skin, but I barely registered it.
Sasha cocked his head and I sucked in a sharp breath.
This had no right to be so fucking hot. There was a faint throbbing sensation settling in between my legs as I stared up at him with parted lips.
“Shit, baby. If this is what happens every time I wear the mask for you, I’m gonna end up wearing it constantly.”
I bit down on my lip when he tightened his grip on my neck even more; an embarrassing moan worked its way up my throat.
The air was pushed out of my lungs when he bent at the knees and threw me over his shoulder like I weighed nothing more than a doll. Sasha took off with brisk, long strides while I still struggled to find my bearings.
All I could see was his broad back … and the curve of his ass, accentuated by the black tactical pants he was wearing. Not a combo I’d ever expected to do anything for me butgoddamn.
Was there anything about this man that wasn’t sinfully hot?
My whole body was thrumming and buzzing with lust. I tried to rub my thighs together covertly, but as soon as I began to squirm, his hand immediately landed with a loud smack on my ass.