There it was. Dios. Did other men feel this full? So full he could barely stand it. He hadn’t known a man could love a woman so much.

“We need to get dressed so I can talk to Alonzo,” she said, and held out her hand.

He sat up and pulled her to her feet, standing as he did so. He reached down and yanked up his jeans. He could still feel her mouth. Her hands. He was going to be feeling that for hours.

“You don’t have to do this, baby, not if you’re afraid of him.”

She tilted her chin at him. “Elijah, you would never have woken me up and even talked to me about this if it wasn’t important. It’s important in a way I can only guess at. You were upset when you came into the bathroom. I could see it in you. You try to hide that from me, but I see you.”

She did. Too clearly.

“So I’m going to go talk to Alonzo, and I’m going to make him realize once and for all that you are my choice. No coercion. I’m staying with you because I want to be with you. I’m leopard. You’re leopard. I’m guessing he is as well, or my grandfather wouldn’t have had him in the running for my husband. I’m going to walk into that room with you inside of me, with your scent all over me. Our combined scents. He’ll know. Just from that and from the way I look, he’ll know. I won’t have to do much to convince him with that evidence in his face.”

He liked that. Too much. He fucking loved the idea of his woman walking into the room with him inside her. With him all over her. He shouldn’t have allowed her to clean their combined scents off of him. He loved what she did so much he hadn’t even considered giving it up for a moment.

“You seduced me.” He wanted to laugh. The little minx. He was going to have to work hard to keep ahead of her.

She gave him a satisfied smirk. “It wasn’t that difficult, honey. You’re easy.”

15

SIENA was acutely aware of Drake, Joshua, Joaquin and Tomas standing in the corners of Elijah’s office. She’d practically bathed in Elijah’s scent because he gave her courage, but she hadn’t thought about anyone else smelling Elijah all over her. In her. On her. It was sexy though. She felt sexy. She knew she looked thoroughly taken. Her lips were still swollen. Her face and body flushed.