He gripped my ass cheek and squeezed before he gave it a gentle spank. “Oh yeah.”
“Sounds like a fair trade to me.”
His fingers gently grazed my thigh, exploring the soft skin to the back of my knee before he came back to my ass again. His blue eyes stared at me, locked on my gaze with more confidence than I’d ever felt, even on my best day. His aura was so still and so calm, like an undisturbed lake that didn’t have a single ripple, the surface dark so the contents beneath remained a mystery. “You’re a damn beautiful woman.”
I felt the softness flood into my heart and pull at my eyes. Felt myself feel something at a line he probably said to all women—but of course, I believed he only said it to me.
“And don’t you f*****g forget it.”
Chapter 10
Bastien
I sat in the back of the SUV a
