CHAPTER 10
I did it again. I messed up.
“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.” My voice comes out a strangled whisper. I’m so ashamed.
No more sexy thoughts, all I want to do is run away and hide.
But when I try to get up—to end this farce, I can’t. He’s got an iron-clad hold on me, and for some reason, he’s not letting up.
“You need to let me go.” I reach down and try to pry the hand he has wrapped around my waist loose. “I don’t—I don’t want to hurt you.”
But my attempts to get free only make him pull me in that much closer. “All you ever did was fix me and take care of me. You ain’t going to quit that and start hurting me now.”
He sounds so confident, but… “That’s almost what I just did. I slapped you, and if you didn’t have such quick reflexes, I could’ve hurt you.”
“You think that tap yo
