Page 35 of Mountain Daddy (Mountain Men #2)

Luther

There’s a look in Kendra’s eyes, and I don’t know if I should be excited or worried.

“Sorry, I’ve been talking your ear off.” Susan lifts her hands.

When it looks like she might try to touch me again, I take a step to the side and hold my arm out toward the door. “No apologies necessary. I’m afraid I’m the one who sidetracked the woman of the hour with my little gift. Kendra was just about to get a plate of food with me.”

Susan smiles at the plant. “Oh yes, the pearl necklace.”

Kendra lets out a cough that sounds suspiciously like a laugh.

“Uh, string of pearls, actually.” I correct her, shooting a narrow-eyed look at Kendra.

Her lips are pressed together in a move I recognize as her trying not to laugh.

Susan says something else about plants as she moves out of Kendra’s office, but I’m not listening.

Kendra steps past me, but before she can cross the threshold, I reach out and hook my arm around her chest, my palm flat against her bare cleavage.

I stand with my front to her back as I lean down to speak against her ear. “What do you know about pearl necklaces , Kendra Doll?”

I shift until my pinkie finger presses between her breasts, and the warmth nearly makes me groan.

Her skin is so soft and perfect under my touch.

My free hand circles her waist, holding her steady.

She tilts her head back to look at me. “I know I wouldn’t mind you giving me one.”

“Christ.” I apply pressure against her chest as I lean into her, squeezing our bodies together.

“The real question is, how do you know about them, Old Man?” She’s trying for innocence , but it’s not working.

It’s not working at all.

I drag my hand up her chest until my palm is covering the front of her throat. “I might be a generation older than you, Brat, but I’ve been single for a long time.”

I can feel her pulse jumping under my hold, but she still lifts a brow like she’s unaffected. “And?”

“And I watch porn, Kendra,” I whisper as new voices float in from the kitchen. “Or, I should say, I did .” I slide my hand up her stomach until I’m cupping her breast. “Now I have a dirty little secret to fantasize about when I stroke my dick at night.”

Kendra moans.

And I step back, releasing my hold on her.