Chapter 12

WALKER

I couldn’t believe my eyes!

There she was, right in my kitchen!

Tayla?

Her name rolled off my tongue like a forbidden fruit, and I was a man starving.

I watched her sigh and take a sip of her tea.

“Maybe that’s what the Raffiel brothers are? Just teases?”

What the hell did she just say?

I heard Hayden take a sharp breath, which was never a good sign, as she looked up at us.

Before I could stop him, Hayden kicked out his leg, sending her stool flying backwards until it hit the kitchen wall, causing her to drop her cup of tea.

She screamed as she flew across the floor on her stool, and Hayden marched right up to her, grabbing her by the throat and pinning her to the wall.

Fire sparked in her eyes as she glared right back and then punched Hayden in the gut, making him double over.

Where did that come from?

As Hayden was doubled over, she slid from the stool and then rammed her knee into his side, making him stumble to the side.

This girl was a freaking warrior princess!

Her eyes locked with mine as I slowly approached her.

As entertaining as this was, I had to take control of the situation.

She backed off as I stalked her, her nostrils flaring and her eyes wide.

“No more teasing,” I told her.

“Just tell me what you want to happen?”

“Don’t you dare grab me like that!” she yelled.

I stopped walking when I was about arm’s length and folded my arms across my chest, staring at her.

Hayden finally stood up straight and sent her a look that promised her dark retribution.

To my amusement, she just glared right back.

“Smooth move, Casanova,” I muttered to him.

I watched as she started to calm down.

“I’m going to fuck that right out of you,” Hayden promised.

She surprised me again when she pointed her finger at me.

“You. You are first.”

I exchanged a look with Hayden.

“What do you want?” I asked.

She stepped closer to me, and her eyes raked me up and down.

Was she checking me out?

My dick hardened in my jeans, and I watched her move towards me.

“You first,” she said, softly.

Did she want me to fuck her?

Had we awakened something inside her?

She made a face at Hayden and turned her nose up at him.

“You can wait your turn, asshole,” she spat at him.

I bit my bottom lip to stop myself from laughing as Hayden’s face fell.

Her hand touched my arm and the contact made my skin prickle as her fruity scent washed over me.

“I’ll wait, baby girl. But you will pay a price for it,” Hayden warned.

He walked from the kitchen and I heard him slam his bedroom door.

“I didn’t know what he was planning to do to me against the wall so I lashed out. I hate feeling helpless like that,” she told me.

Had someone hurt her in the past?

“I don’t think he was actually going to hurt you, but you should know he is very dominant in all things,” I told her.

“Would he have fucked me against that wall if I let him?”

“Most likely, but not without consent.”

“And what about you, Walker?”

“What do you want to know?” I asked her.

“Are you really a bad boy?”

I nodded.

No point in lying to her.

“Are you planning on making me yours?”

“Ours,” I corrected.

She bit her lip as she thought about this.

“I need time to think about this,” she told me.

I closed the distance between us and touched her face, gently.

“Three days,” I told her.

“You want an answer in three days?”

“You have to take the cleaner job here too?”

“I do need the money, to be honest,” she said.

I watched her face as she thought about this.

Damn, I just wanted to kiss her and do wicked things to her!

“If I clean here. You both have to let me do my job and not distract me by touching me and stuff?”

I groaned.

That could prove difficult.

“That’s fine, but we will most likely stare at you...a lot,” I explained.

“I agree. Show me the jobs you want me to do.”

Little one, there is just one job I want you to perform and it would be on your knees, I thought.

I showed her the kitchen, laundry room, and where we kept the cleaning supplies.

She took a cloth and mopped up her spilled tea and picked up the pieces of her broken cup.

“I can replace that or you can take it out of my pay,” she mumbled.

She was so adorable.

“I’ll take a kiss?” I offered.

Her green eyes met mine and she licked her lips.

“Just a kiss?”

“I could ask for more,” I said, pointing to the cut above my eyebrow.

She grimaced as I grinned at her.

I moved to the sliding door and slid it open, stepping onto the deck.

“I thought you wanted a kiss?” I heard her ask.

“Out here,” I told her.

She followed me out and watched me sit on a chair, leaning back.

“You want me to kiss you in the chair?”

I nodded and gave her a heated look and waited.

She approached me and again, I could smell her scent on the ocean breeze.

Suddenly, she straddled my lap and pressed her breasts into my chest.

My hands went around to her bottom and I pulled on her so she could feel my dick press up into her.

She moaned and her eyes closed for a minute.

Then slowly, she moved forward and touched her lips to mine.

I pulled her harder on me, grinding my hips upwards into her as she moaned into my mouth.

Heat and fire roared inside my body as I slipped my tongue into her mouth, touching hers.

She was so sweet and ripe, I just wanted more.

My hard cock was hurting inside my jeans and it ached to be free but I had to be careful with her.

She was not ready for me to possess her but when I did...

Her arms wrapped around my neck as I kissed her deeper and harder.

She continued to kiss me, drinking me in and I returned it until we started to grow passionate and desperate.

A cough made us pull away and we both looked at Hayden standing in the doorway.

“Is she going to work for us then?” he asked, emerging from the shadows.

My body protested as Tayla slid off me, causing me to frown.

Hayden’s gaze landed on her, and she responded by lifting her chin defiantly.

She had no idea that Hayden found that trait attractive in a woman.

“Should I get a little maid’s outfit for you to wear?” he teased her.

She rolled her eyes, placing her hands on her hips.

Hayden could be such a jerk sometimes, but I wouldn’t have him any other way.

“Remember what happened the last time you touched me?” she challenged Hayden.

Hayden looked at her, his eyes dark, and he rubbed his hands on his jeans.

She smirked when he remained silent, and I shook my head.

Don’t mistake Hayden’s silence or his fidgeting, little one, I thought to myself.

It was a sign of things to come with him.

“So, you start work at eleven in the morning,” I said, breaking the tension.

She nodded, finally lowering her gaze as Hayden continued to watch her.

She’ll learn, I thought.

“Can I give you a ride home?” I offered.

“I can do that,” Hayden chimed in.

“No. I’ll do it,” I told him, firmly.

The last thing I needed was the two of them fighting again.

I stood up, and Tayla followed me back into the kitchen.

I grabbed my jeep keys and headed out to the front of the house.

I pressed the button on my keys, and the garage door lifted.

She waited while I climbed into the jeep and pulled up beside her.

She hopped in and I drove down to the gates.

They swung open and I pulled out onto the road.

I glanced over at Tayla, who was leaning back and looking out of the window.

I was itching to reach out and squeeze her thigh, but I knew I had to be patient.

I pulled up outside her house and turned off the engine.

“How do you know where I live?” she asked me.

I shrugged my shoulders.

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to climb in your bedroom window with a box of chocolates,” I reassured her.

“Shame,” I heard her mumble under her breath.

She got out and shut the door.

I rolled the window down.

“See you in the morning, Tayla!” I called out.