"I like it when it leaves your mouth." He declared gravelly "I like it when it forms from your tongue."

My reply got lost in the air and I remained speechless.

"Say my name, Medusa." He said as he traced along my jaw with his mouth.

"Valentine." I breathed out.

His lips were on mine again. They were once again taking over my senses and filling my head with thoughts of him. His aroma of leather and engine grease enveloped me as did his body as he pressed against me.

I pulled back and glared at him "I am mad at you."

He chuckled as he kept his hands on the back of my thigh as he still held me "What for?"

"You stole my book." I stated before asking "Why?"

"It is your favourite. I want to read it."

A knock at the door broke us apart.

Stone growled in the direction of the door as he let me go gently onto the ground.

It was Brennan who called from the hall "Get out here! You have been away for like thirty minutes."

My eyes widened at his words.

The giant reluctantly walked over to the door as he let out grumble after grumble. He pulled open the door handle and greeted Brennan with silence.

Meanwhile, I was trying to calm down my breathing. I ran a hand through my hair and tried to fix the mess caused by the large hand.

"Mom sent me up to tell you that dessert is ready." Brennan told him before he noticed me in the room "Ella? We have been looking for you. What are you doing in here?"

I did not miss the suggestive tone in his voice at the end of his sentence.

"I sneaked up here to try and steal my book back." I lied, trying to appear nonplussed "Stone caught me."

Brennan hummed before grinning "That book over there? Still untouched on Stone's bed?"

I narrowed my eyes at loverboy before I quickly walked over to the bed and took back my book.

My gaze kept anywhere apart from Stone as I hurried out of the room.

A hand stopped me.

"What were you two doing in here?" Brennan whispered in my ear before I could go "You have to stay here and protect me, tiny woman. Stone looks like he is going to kill me for interrupting your alone time."

I let out a small awkward laugh before I turned out of the room and descended the stairs.

The mint choc chip ice cream I was promised was amazing. However, I could not spend a lot of time savouring it because the two boys were adamant about pushing us out of the house.

I did not think they meant to be rude, but they seemed in a rush for something.

When I asked Stone if anything was wrong, he offered me a one-word answer and nothing more. He even avoided meeting my eye completely.