King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter 237

Chapter Two Hundred Thirty-Seven

Adrik

Later that night, Sephie and I were finally alone in the penthouse. I didn’t wait for her to demand my shirt. I took it off as soon as I closed the door behind us. I pulled her to me, pulling her shirt off and throwing it on the floor so I could put my shirt on her. She had a sly grin on her face as she watched me button up my shirt after putting it on her. “You’re getting better at reading my mind,” she said.

“Maybe. Or maybe there’s something to seeing you in just my shirt that helps me relax,” I said as I unbuttoned her pants, sliding them over her hips.

“Well, seeing you relax helps me relax, so who am I to deny you?” she asked. She had a mischievous grin on her face.

“Could you deny me even if you tried, my love?” I asked, picking her up and walking toward one of the couches.

She giggled. It was exactly what I needed to hear. “Okay, so I’ve proven to fail miserably at that pretty much every time I’ve tried.”

“It’s the same reason I don’t even try,” I said, setting her down. I smiled down at her, taking her hand and pulling ber into my lap as I sat down. She was still laughing when she straddled my lap. “I needed to hear your laugh, solnishko.”

She leaned in and pressed her lips to mine gently. “I needed to laugh,” she said. “I’m glad we got to go to the house this past weekend. I find myself wanting to go back. Each day seems to bring some new drama that makes me want to punch something.”

quiet for a moment, so I decided to bring up what I’d felt in the office. “I think we should talk about what happened in the office. It was definitely different this time.” I said, my fingers lightly running down the side of her face and neck. She closed her eyes, leaning into my touch.

feel your anger, but I could also feel that you had it contained and that you were doing it

where I can easily contain it, but still intimidate the he ll out of anyone who needs it. I’ve learned that I can increase that level dramatically when you’re with me, because you help me keep it contained, if you will. But when we were waiting on Keith, I knew

the office? You

asked.

I said anything, but as soon as I felt you lose control, mine vanished and all I could think about was you. But I felt you lose control. That’s the weird part. We’ve been saying for months now that you have a switch that flips when you get angry. We can see it happen on

to control it when it happens, but I was so angry tonight that I didn’t realize it had flipped until I felt your hand on me. I was surprised you were having to calm

said. She smiled at the clear look of lust that I’m sure was evident on my

I don’t know when that’s happening or why it happens. The second time it happened, I thought I was calming down but you told me to blink again. I was almost scared to open my eyes again,”

thought you were calming down too. I didn’t feel your anger at

me make my anger

at me. “I was left wanting more instead

have a ki ll switch,” I said, laughing.

is going to make my street cred go through the roof.” She

laughing.

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