Chapter Ten Stone carried me all the way up the wide wooden stairs like I weighed absolutely nothing at all, his powerful arms locked securely under my thighs while my legs remained tightly wrapped around his thick waist. My entire body was still buzzing and vibrating from the explosive climax he had given me against the metal fence outside, and my mind was a completely chaotic, messy whirlpool of hot anger, deep desire, and sharp fear. I could feel the hard, rapid thumping of his heart against my chest as he marched down the quiet hallway toward his bedroom. I braced myself, fully expecting him to kick the heavy bedroom door open with his boot, toss me onto the mattress, and finish exactly what he had started in the yard—something rough, relentless, and completely all-consuming. I though

