Page 50 of Last Chance Seduction

“I hear cats are that way.”

Mercy scowled at me.“Excuse me, I know for a fact that some dogs are the same way.Mr.Darcy, however, is in a strange and new environment, and he just needs something that’s a little normal.”

It didn’t take an expert to realize the subtext of that thought.

Because there was nothing normal about what we were doing in this moment.

Before I could say anything though, she got off the bed and practically ran out of the room.

I could hear her soft murmurs to the cat as she fed him, but I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to do.

Somebody had attacked Mercy, and yet, she was in my house right now and that seemed to be the more pressing matter.

I looked down at my cock, and the way that it tented the sheets.

“Well, we won’t be taking care of you,” I muttered.

I got out of bed and walked to the bathroom, knowing that today was going to be a weird day.Christmas Eve was right around the corner, and I wasn’t sure what the hell I was going to be doing that day, let alone with Mercy.

When the woman who centered my thoughts walked back into the bedroom, I gestured towards her bag.

“Your things are in there, and you can use this bathroom.I’ll go use the guest one.”

She shook her head.“That doesn’t make any sense.I have everything in one place, so I can make it to the guest bathroom.Or I could go home.”

“Don’t,” I blurted.

She frowned at me.“Don’t?Don’t what?Go home?I’ll be okay.”

“I just, we don’t know if that guy knows where you live or something.”

“It’s not like that.”She let out a breath.“And don’t tell me I’m underreacting.Seriously, I’m fine.I’m going to go home, shower, get dressed, and try to go about my day.Thank you for letting me sleep underneath your roof so I could feel safe for the evening, but I’ll be okay, Lex.”

Scowling, I paced towards her.She didn’t move, in fact, she stiffened as I leaned forward and cupped the back of her neck.

“Stay.I don’t want you over there without a security system.”

“You don’t get to tell me what to do, Lex.”

“Fine,pleasestay.How’s that?”

“It still feels like an order,” she mumbled.

“It’s not.”Though I wanted it to be.“Just, Daisy’s going to be over later to go over things.Can we just wait for her?I’ll make breakfast.You have all you need to shower, right?Just stay, okay?”

“And does that mean you’re actually going to talk to me about what the hell we’re doing?”she asked, her brows raised.

In answer I squeezed the back of her neck and used my thumb to tilt her chin up.When her mouth parted, her pupils dilating, I held back a growl.“Maybe.Just let me have this, okay?”

“Fine.Just for now.”

I nodded and pressed a hard kiss to her mouth.Before I could deepen it, or press her back to the wall and have my way with her, I pulled back, my chest heaving.

“Go shower.Before I join you.”

Her brows raised.“And you think I’m just going to let that happen?”

“From the way that your nipples are pressed against your shirt right now?I think it’s a possibility.”