I entered my bedroom with Nicholas right behind me. He placed his hand on the small of my back, helping lead me further inside. I was still blushing fiercely from his words.
With the door safely closed behind us, leaving us alone in my room, I turned back to look up at him. What I saw stole my breath away.
His face was a hard shell, slightly angry, with fiery eyes. He was all Alpha now. If he opened his mouth, I suspected a growl might come out of it.
“Nick…” I whispered.
The air between us suddenly felt charged and intimate.
“Don’t wear that bikini, Piper,” he said, his voice low and rough. “I don’t want anyone to see you in that but me.”
Was that what he was worried about?
“Nick, I wasn’t going to,” I said, and flashed him a small smile. Surely he already knew that, with the way
