To set this excerpt up, Laren and Michael are in the back of a limo. There’s a dark glass partition between the driver and them that Laren wants down. So she…

Knock, knock

“Hello? I think you’ll be needing my address.”

“No, she won’t.”

She pretended like she didn’t hear that. Maybe she was in luck. A woman limo driver? “Excuse me? Hi. Can you put the glass down please?”

“For fuck’s sake.”

One minute her nose was practically smashed up against the dark partition like a kid eyeballing the cakes in the bakery store window, and the next she was sitting on Michael’s lap. His strong arms drawing her in. Capturing her. Encircling her in a warm and steady embrace that oddly put her at ease. But then he kissed her and there was nothing easy about it. He was aggressive. Possessive. Hard. Angry and undeniably thorough as he stripped whatever fight she may have mustered right out of her. Five seconds in, she softened. Ten seconds in, she began to melt, fifteen seconds in and she stopped counting because nothing mattered anymore, but the way he laid claim to her.

He wasn’t hard and angry—she moaned and wrapped her arms around his neck—he was disappointed. She could taste it on his lips. Feel it in his embrace, and although she didn’t blame him, she couldn’t bear the thought of it.

When he broke the kiss and leaned away from her she followed him, clinging to his shoulders, pressing her face against his neck, squeezing in. “I’m sorry.” She wasn’t exactly sure why she was apologizing. Again, technically she hadn’t done anything wrong, but it seemed like the right thing to do. So when he remained silent she leaned back to examine him. “Michael?”

“Take off your shoes. I want you to lie down.”

His expression was unreadable. Stoic and calm. “Why?”

“It’s going to be a long drive and then a long night. I want you to rest up.”

Her breath hitched while her heart beat at double time. “For what?”

“Everything I have planned for you.”

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