"No." He nearly spat the word. "But it doesn't mean I don't want to strip you naked and f**k you every way possible. You…touched me in a way no one else ever has. If I let you get close, I'd destroy you."
Shock immobilized her. Had she heard him right?
He lifted his hands and slid them away. She felt the loss of contact at once and wanted to grab onto him, so stunned she could barely breathe or move. Did he say what she just thought? Holy s**t!
"We need to discuss my conversation with Grey. I'll take that water now." One corner of his mouth twitched in a hint of a grin. "Unless, of course, you plan to use it as a weapon."
Shannon looked at her hand and realized she was clutching the bottle in a death grip.
"Oh. Sorry." She thrust it at him.
He walked into the living room and dropped
