“If I can’t ward you off with this. I’ll just smack it across your face, then.”
“Oh, come on, why don’t you?”
Giovanni took several more steps forward and Ava’s breath was caught in her throat when she realized just how close their bodies were. His face was inches away from hers, his breath ghosting over her face as she tried her best not to make her discomfort obvious.
She was afraid that if he sensed her unease, he’d tease her some more.
She pursed her lips into a tight line. “Whatever it is that you’re thinking of doing, I suggest you back off. Now.”
Giovanni’s lips twisted into a smirk and he took another step closer. “Or what?”
He really was teasing her.
But whatever it was that he was doing, by some degree, it was working.
Her cheeks were hot and she could feel her skin pric
