Page 14 of Puck Me Harder
“Get in here and shut the door before someone sees us,” I tug on Kai’s shirt, urging him into my hotel room before slamming the door.
Moving him is impossible. The man isn’t just built like The Rock— he’s a whole damn mountain. I might as well be trying to drag a bus.
Kai gives me that smug smirk as he looks down to my hand rumpling the front of his shirt. It makes my blood boil, but not in the way it should. I ache to feel that strength pressed up against me.
I’m going to burn out my vibrator once he’s gone.
“Ashamed of me?” Kai asks with that slightly amused grin on his face.
“One of us has to be an adult, and it’s clearly not going to be you,” I roll my eyes and stomp further into the room.
My heels make sharp click click click sounds as I move around, setting up a makeshift triage area on the bed.
“If you want to get adult, that can be arranged,” Kai says with a husky laugh.
I didn’t pack enough batteries for the man to be this hot.
“Sit,” I point at the bed. “Let me patch you up before you bleed all over the carpet. I can’t afford it.”
Kai saunters over, dropping down onto the edge of the bed. Sitting, he’s at eye-level with me.
“You don’t have to tell me twice to get into your bed,” he chuckles. “I thought you’d never ask.”
I huff out a sigh as I rummage through my bags, searching for the first-aid kit. I never leave home without it.
“Just sit there and try not to pass out, ok?” I dig through my underwear, hoping he can’t see me.
I shouldn’t have brought him back here.
Big mistake. Huge.
But how can I ignore his injuries, especially when he got them protecting Sofie and I from those muscle-head jerks? Kai got hurt defending me, and I don’t know how to feel about the shimmery excitement that leaves in the pit of my stomach.
“I’m going to bandage you up, and then you’re going to go home,” I say, pulling out the small box with its red cross and holding it up triumphantly.
Kai rakes a long look up and down my body. He isn’t undressing me with his eyes, he’s fucking me with his gaze. I feel like I could get pregnant just from those dark eyes.
“That’s really all you want, Ace?” He asks.
His voice doesn’t have any of the usual swagger. There’s no joke in it, no playful banter. His words are quiet, calm, and infinitely dangerous.
I swallow, my mouth suddenly dry as I meet his eyes.
“That’s all,” I say.
I was going for fierce and self-assured. Instead, the words come out shaky, my voice cracking.
That makes him chuckle again. God, he has a gorgeous smile.
“Alright. I’ll take your hands on me anyway I can get them,” he beckons me forward.
I take a hesitant step closer but freeze as he reaches out.
“No touching,” I remind Kai as his hands hover over my hips.
“Fine,” he takes it in stride, moving his hands behind his back and clasping them.
The pose does amazing things beneath his shirt. The play of muscles in his shoulder and chest is almost hypnotic, and I have to shake myself to keep from staring.