Page 138 of Caught in the Crossfire

I broke out in laughter. “You’re not wrong.”

His other hand touched the scar going down my face, and myheart twisted at the thought of how much he must hate it. “This scar makes you look so fucking badass. I love it,hanii. I just hate how you got it.”

My lips pressed together while tears pricked the corners of my eyes. “You like it?”

“Of fuckingcourse, I do,” he growled while his eyebrows knit together. “I always knew you were a fucking warrior. If I wore panties, I’d drop them at the sight of you. You’re a boxer dropper.”

“We both know you prefer to go commando.”

He grinned as he pulled out and tucked himself away. “It’s so I have one less layer between my cock and your sweet, perfect pussy.”

I smacked his bare chest while giggling. “By the way, I’ve been meaning to tell you I’m sorry I lost the knife you gave me. You’ll be happy to know it saved my life. I used it to carve the eyes from the man who hurt me the worst. Still, I am sad that I lost it.”

It had slipped from my bloody grip at some point, but I could barely remember. I wish I hadn’t left it behind.

He made some sort of choking sound. “I don’t fucking care. I’ll buy you a thousand knives. You survived. That’s all that matters to me.”

My heart swelled with emotion. “I love you, Ryu.”

I loved him so much it fuckinghurt.

His face twisted into a scowl. I pulled back with an unsteady laugh. Maybe he wasn’t ready. That was fine. “Okay. I won’t say it again. I just wanted you to know.”

He grabbed me, crushing me to his chest. “No, I’m pissed I didn’t say it first. I love you, Leona. I love you with every shard of my blackened heart. Every atom of my being. I didn’t give a fuck about love before meeting you, but you’re my everything. You make me feel whole.”

I kissed him while my hands pulled at the bun in his hair. Iwanted him messy and wild, just like how he made me. “I thought you’d never admit it.”

He chuckled, looking me straight in the eye while his hair curled around his ears. “I love you more than breakfast food. I love you more than my knives. I love you more than money and freedom.”

I gasped. “Thatmuch? I knew you were a romantic at heart!”

He sank to his knees, pushing my legs wider apart, and pulling his hair back.

“What are you doing?” I whispered.

He bit the skin on my inner thigh. “I rushed earlier, but I’m going to show you exactly how romantic I am by eating your pussy until you faint from orgasm overload.”

I tilted my head back when his tongue flattened and dragged through my entrance. A groan slipped past my lips. “How do we taste together, Ryu?”

He sucked my clit. “The best thing I’ve ever had on my tongue.”

“Get to work pleasing your queen.”

His chuckle was dark and delicious as he did exactly as I asked. I leaned back on the desk, letting him work me higher and higher until he drew me over the edge. He was insatiable, completely determined to fulfill his promise to make me faint, and I was halfway to a light-headed second orgasm when the door burst open behind us.

I jerked my legs together while Ryu whirled a knife toward the intruder. The person held up a stack of files and the knife embedded in thick folders.

“Fuck, Ryuji!” a man shouted. “Goddamn it. This isimportant!”

“Alec?” Ryu said while his body moved to block mine. He was still shirtless with his tattoos on full display and hair escaping his disheveled bun. “What the fuck are you doing?”

Alec lowered the papers and scowled at the knife stabbedalmost all the way through the three-inch stack. “That would have hit my face, you imbecile.”

My eyes widened. I’d never heard someone talk to Ryuji like that. He muttered something else while he yanked the knife free and dropped it unceremoniously to the ground.

“You better start talking, or get out and leave me to my meal.”

Alec looked up, jolting slightly at his boss, half-naked and wild, until noticing me peeking over Ryu’s shoulder. “I’ve seen you before, sneaking out of the office a few months ago.”