Owned: A Mafia Menage Romance (79 page)

Winsor nodded and stared Auger down calmly. Auger shifted his weight to his other hip and cleared his throat.

“So—”

“So!” Winsor interrupted, ignoring what he wanted to say and turning fully toward Callie again. She looked around, avoiding his gaze, then her eyelids fluttered up and she looked at him directly. Auger saw her tongue, shiny and pink, slip from her mouth and drag her lower lip back between her teeth. He was sure Winsor saw it too.

Oh shit.

“Where does your name come from? Callendra?”

Oh no
, Auger thought.
I’ve seen that look before. We have to go.

Callie shot him another glance, a half desperate I-told-you-so. He wracked his brain, trying to figure out what she was trying to say.

“You know what,” Auger interrupted loudly, “we actually have to get a few things done today, so if we could just—”

Just get her out of here. This was a terrible idea. I’ll figure something else out.

“Callie?” Winsor asked again, ignoring the fighter completely.

She gave him her fake-church smile and paused like she was thinking. “It’s, uh… A family name? I don’t kn-know?” she stammered, the flush setting her cheeks all fiery.

As she spoke, his hand reached out and hovered for a moment over the crook of her knee. Auger watched her knuckles go white around her coffee mug.

I have got to get her out of here, now!

“Yeah, we’re all about the family traditions out west!” Auger shouted into the empty air.

Suddenly she was on her feet and lunging across the room. Auger didn’t know if he was supposed to catch her or duck as she came toward him. His arms went out automatically, ready for anything.

Then her hands were behind his neck, clawing desperately, dragging him down. The last thing he heard was her voice, hoarse and desperate: “Just kiss me!” before he was kissing her, biting and sucking at her soft, pink lips. Instantly hard and hungry.

And it was so easy, like he had never stopped.

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