Whoops.
He whipped off his T-shirt and wiped it over his face and hair.
Her mouth went dry at the sight of all the muscles.
Oh wow. Yum.
Lord help her if she ever saw him fully naked. She might be rendered completely mute.
“Much as I enjoy the way you’re staring at me, girl, it’s not going to distract me.”
That wasn’t the reason she’d been staring at him, but it was a good idea.
“Are you sure you couldn’t be distracted?” She sent him a hopeful smile and attempted to flutter her eyelashes.
“You got something in your eye?” He gave her a concerned look.
She sighed. “My seduction technique needs work.”
His eyes widened. “You were trying to seduce me?”
Eek. She hadn’t thought that through. Had she been trying to seduce him? Not exactly.
“I. . .I. . .”
“Easy, girl. Just breathe,” he told her gruffly. “I know you’re not ready for that. You’re just gonna have to wait to have all of this.”
He ran his hand through the air, indicating his body. He gave an exaggerated huff of air. “Know that’s hard for you, resisting me. But if I have to tie you up to get you to keep your hands to yourself, I will.”
She rolled her eyes, her tension easing just as she knew he’d intended. Although his gaze had grown all hot as he’d mentioned tying her up.
“You’re dying to tie me up, aren’t you?”
“Then at least I know you’d stay where I put you.
“Dear Lord,” she muttered. How much more of a caveman could he be?
“Would also stop you from throwing glasses at my head.”
“I didn’t throw a glass at your head!”
Although right now she was tempted…very tempted.
“Throwing things at other people is very naughty behavior. Throwing things at your Dom. Big, big trouble.”
“I was trying to get the two of you to stop fighting.”
His face softened slightly. “Were we upsetting you, baby?”
“I don’t like it when you fight.”
He reached out and cupped the side of her face. “Then we’ll have to make sure we don’t fight in front of you again.”
She noticed he didn’t promise not to fight with Archer. She bit her lip. “I wish you guys could work things out.”
“Hey, there’s a lot of stuff between Archer and I that we need to work out. We’ve got to do that our way. What isn’t acceptable is doing it in front of you. That won’t happen anymore, okay?”
She wasn’t sure it was entirely what she wanted. She didn’t want him to think she couldn’t handle the arguing. It just wasn’t something she was used to.