Page 28 of Taming the Beasts

I clenched my jaw.Fuck you.

“Look, I don’t want to start whateverthisis on the wrong page. Just empty your pockets.”

“There is nothisif you can’t trust me.” I gestured back and forth between us. God, this conversation couldn’t be going any worse. I wanted to move forward with Titan. But now we were just taking two steps back.

“Trust?” He shook his head. “You’re right. There is nothis. I apologized to you for recording our session. I thought maybe, just maybe, we could start over. But then you call me a liar? I’m not the liar here, Zoey. That’syou.”

I figured Bennett would talk to him about what I said at the bank. I was just trying to get everyone off my back until I had five seconds to think about what to doabout the coin. But I shouldn’t have thrown Titan under the bus. The guys were already annoyed at him for blackmailing me. And now they probably just thought he was making shit up to get rid of me. I was the only one that could fix this. But I needed more time. “Titan…”

He stepped outside and put one of his hands on the side of my neck as his other hand skated down my back.

For a second I thought he was going to kiss me. His dark brown eyes bore into mine.

And if I was being honest with myself, I’d been dying to taste his lips. My skin pebbled beneath his touch. I got plenty of attention from my other four boyfriends. But I was desperate for Titan’s touch. I was desperate for anything he’d give me. I was used to getting what I wanted. And Titan always felt out of my grasp.

I tilted my face up toward his. But he didn’t close the distance between us.

His hand slid from my back to my ass. He squeezed my ass cheek and pulled me against him.

I could feel his hardness through the front of his sweatpants. He was as desperate for me as I was for him.

His hand on the side of my neck tightened ever so slightly as he gripped my ass.

Kiss me.I stared into his eyes. I thought I’d been desperate before. But now that I knew how much he wanted me too? I was so turned on. I wanted so much more than a kiss. I pressed myself harder against his erection.God.I wanted him to finally touch me. I wanted to feel his fingers, his tongue, his cock. I wanted all of it.

He exhaled slowly, like he was trying to regain control.

But I didn’t want him to regain control. I wanted him to lose it. I reached up and ran my fingers through his dark hair, trying to pull him closer.

He closed his eyes for a moment and his nostrils flared. But he didn’t tilt his face down to kiss me.

Instead, his hand quickly shifted to my other ass cheek.

My excitement immediately turned to anger. The asshole wasn’t trying to kiss me. He was checking my pockets.

I shoved him off of me.

“Put your hands on the siding and spread your legs,” he said.

“A pat down? Seriously?” Was he really going to stand there and pretend that we hadn’t just shared a moment?

He grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the wall. “Now, doll.”

I wasn’t his fucking doll. I slapped him hard across the face.

He growled. An actual deep, guttural growl. And his fingers tightened on my wrist.

Oh shit.I took a step back from him as the intensity in his gaze grew.

He was pissed. Really, really pissed.

I pulled my wrist out of his grasp and backed up until my ass hit the wall. Titan had gotten me exactly where he wanted me. But he wasn’t going to be patting me down now. He was probably going to maul me to death.

“Take a deep breath,” I said and put my hands out, as if that would protect me.

He growled again in response and stalked toward me.

I’d never seen him look so intense. He looked like he wanted to devour every inch of me. And not in a sexy way. Despite the fact that his erection was still tenting the front of his sweatpants.