39
Kingdom halted in his tracks, the wind knocked out of him. Standing stock-still, just inside her office, he took a moment to drink her in. She looked gorgeous. Her glossy dark hair, creamy skin stained with emotion on her cheeks and throat, and her flaming eyes… f**k. He’d stalked her from afar, but nothing compared to being near her.
He barely restrained himself from mauling her. The urge pounded in his blood to hike her over his shoulder and administer a hard slap to her bouncy a*s. For her impertinence. For shunning him. He’d take her to his warehouse and tie her to his bed until she learned that he was her owner, her lover, her protector ... her everything.
Like a leashed beast, Kingdom prowled toward her, eating the distance between them in a few strides. Palms down on the desk,
