“I was just wondering what you think I should bring with me.”
She frowned and he felt her suspicions rising. It was a pretty lame reason to hang around, but he couldn’t come up with anything else. It was just another sign that she had addled his brain—which wasn’t normal. Women just didn’t get to him this way.
“You were just there for the wedding. You know what to bring.” Then she stepped around him and headed for her car.
She dismissed him, and Rory found he did not like that. It wasn’t something he was accustomed to as a Dom, especially from a woman. It rankled him that she kept the hand’s off attitude toward him. He wasn’t that irritated that she didn’t seem to return the simple attraction he had for her. Was it because of Zee or because she was a sub? Not all women did, he thought as he jogged after her. Maybe that was the reason he had been avoiding her. Now that he had decided though, he decided it didn’t matter. All he knew was that he wanted her as a sub. Someone with her self-confidence would be fun to bend to his will.
She was already unlocking her Mini by the time he caught up to her.
“But, there are a few things I was thinking of that I didn’t bring last time.”
She threw her purse into the passenger seat. It landed there then fell over but she paid no attention to it. He’d never seen a woman with such little regard for her purse as Maura, but that was just part of her personality. And he kind of liked it. She might dress like a goddess but he knew beneath it all was a nerd.
“I’m sure whatever you want to bring will be fine,” she said, her back to him. He used it to his advantage. He approached her as he enjoyed the view of her ass. His libido did a little tap dance as she bent over with a huff and picked up her belongs and stuffed them back in her purse. She had one amazing ass. The skirt pulled tight over it leaving little to his imagination. Rory could tell that she was either wearing a thong or nothing at all under the thin fabric. It took all his control not to reach out and press his palm against it.
He waited until she straightened out of the car.
“I have a few extra things I would like to bring.”
She jumped and turned around, then backed up when she realized how close he was. Her eyes widened and her mouth was opened in a silent gasp. No wonder Zee had been so entranced with the woman. She was all sex and innocence in a luscious package any sane man would want to unwrap. As he stepped closer, he caught a hint of her scent. God, the woman always smelled like heaven. There was something so enticing knowing that in that nerdy package hid a freak in the bedroom. And he really liked freaks—being one himself.
She swallowed. “Uh, what kind of things? You don’t need much there. I do want to do some diving.”
She was talking fast and her breathing was erratic. A sure sign that he had rattled her, which he knew was hard to do. He wasn’t proud how much of a rush it gave him, but it did. He could feel it singing through his blood.
He settled one hand on the hood of her car and leaned in. “I have a few toys I want to bring.”
She swallowed. “Toys? Like...a boogie board?”
He shrugged. “And some other things. I do have a favorite pair of handcuffs I would like to bring.”
Her face flushed and she looked down. “Bring whatever you want, Rory. I’m sure you and Zeke will have a bunch of time to play.”
He heard something in her voice he hadn’t heard before. Interesting that she was jealous, but there was a part of him that wondered if she was jealous of just Zee...or both of them.
“They aren’t for him. You know he doesn’t play.” He paused and leaned closer. “But I hear you like to play.” Even he heard the way his voice deepened over the words. His gut was twisted from the jolt of lust that had hit him. He drew in a breath and sighed when he recognized honeysuckle. He had gone from slightly aroused to almost overwhelmed with need for her. He pulled back.
Her face washed of all color. This wasn’t arousal. She wanted to look anywhere but at his face. She was embarrassed. No—not embarrassed. She was mortified.
“I would appreciate if you wouldn’t play sick games with me, Rory. I might not be as sophisticated as some other people, but I know you two are together.”
She tried to turn and get into her car but he stopped her.
“We are together, but we have brought women into it before.”
She stopped trying to get past him. “What?”
He couldn’t believe that Zee had kept that from her. Of course, he had a feeling that both Zee and Maura had been hiding things from each other. That shit was going to stop in Hawaii.
“Zee told me why you broke it off.”