Chapter ninety three

93.

With a sigh, he got to his feet, deciding he didn’t give a damn about the

boundaries he had previously set for himself. It didn’t matter how much

time he spent with her. A feeling of dread crept through him as he

contemplated the notion that he could never get enough of her.

With a half-shrug, he walked toward the door of his study, deciding not

to fear that possibility. She was his for as long as he wanted to keep her, and

if that was forever, that was acceptable. Eventually, she would have to yield

and admit to their mutual attraction.

He stepped out onto the second-floor landing, freezing with a muffled

curse when he saw Bruno hurrying toward him. Judging from the blond

giant’s look of concern, he wasn’t going to be sating his rampant lust for

Mia just yet.

***

Mia looked up with surprise when her door opened without even a

cursory knock. She had been engrossed in a book, having somehow

maintained her vow not to dwell on Shane’s taunting words when she had

woken