FABIO I brought her foot up to my hip and made a line up her leg and under her skirt. I tightened my jaw as a new surge of annoyance washed over me over how she'd left me at the club, how proud she was of leaving me hard, and how 90% of our disputes consisted of one of us trying to elicit a response from the other. We were dealing with a seriously screwed-up issue. Still. I disregarded her quick exhalation as I grabbed her ass with both hands and jerked her to the edge of the counter. "You-" She began to object, but I stopped her by pressing my finger to her mouth. Underneath the heavy makeup and fresh scent, she still had an unfamiliar scent—floral rather than citrus—but her eyes had a gentler quality to them that was uniquely Cassy. She could pretend to be any number of women, but t