6. Drake

CHAPTER 6

Drake

I know my little angel better than I think I know myself and I am positive that she's gonna run like hell.

Unless I can catch her before she does.

I stand outside her cabin from the moment the sun comes up. Yeah, I'm a fucking stalker. I can live with that.

What I can't live with is losing out on time with her. I want to spend every single second of every day looking at her, breathing in her scent and just imprinting her every look and touch on my soul.

I have never felt like this before and it bothers the hell out of me that she's been hurt. That some damn idiot made her feel like less than the perfect woman that she is. That he thought there was another woman out there that was better than Harmony makes me question his sanity. Obviously he had one too many head injuries over his lifetime because if he hadn't he'd never have let her go. And in such a way!

But his loss is my gain and I intend to take full advantage of this shot at love.

I do love her. Strange as it may seem. Most people would say it's too soon. It can't possibly be real. But most people aren't me. I've had women before. I get women throwing themselves at me endlessly. I've never claimed to be a saint.

But none of those women was the right woman. They were just women that understood the way things stood between us.

If Harmony tried to sleep with me and said it was one time only, I wouldn't do it. I would spend every second seducing her sexy little ass until I got her right where I wanted her and then I'd slap a ring on her little finger so fast her head would spin.

That's a solid plan and it might end up being the one I need….I jerk to attention when I hear the door unlock and I move to the side where she can't see me.

I'm no idiot. She's probably gonna run if she does see me. Maybe slam the door in my face.

She's a firecracker ready to explode. I can't wait until I light her fuse when we're alone and make her burn like the glorious thing she is.

I almost choke on a laugh when she peeks around the corner, obviously looking for me. When she doesn't see me right away, she steps out and my heart thrums faster in my chest.

She's decked out in another dress, this one in a soft peach color that brings color to her soft cheeks. It skims along her wide hips and caresses her thick thighs in a subtle way that shows when she moves, making my head swim with desire.

I don't let myself lose control though. Instead, I dodge out of the stairwell where I was waiting and jog up to her, choking on a laugh when she rolls her eyes and growls under her breath. My little tigress is wound up today.

"Hello, beautiful. Were you looking for me?"

She turns and glares at me but doesn't stop walking. She pushes the sunglasses she's wearing up on her head, pulling her dark curls out of her face. "I was not looking for you. How big is your ego? And how deluded are the women out there that they must chase you for you to be this damn arrogant?"

I snort and pull her arm through mine, ignoring the way she stiffens when my hip brushes against hers. "I won't say that those women were chasing me for me alone, sweetheart. Some women like money and fame and they chase it more than they chase the person who has it."

Her head cocks and she stares at me like a bug under a microscope. "That's surprisingly enlightened of you. I thought for sure you'd think every woman out there just wanted you." Her eyes skate down my body and she shrugs and sighs. "I don't necessarily see the attraction but some might have been in it for that and not the money and power."

I laugh out loud, my head thrown back. "Damned with faint praise there, sweetheart. I appreciate you throwing me a bone but my ego has nothing to do with whether women throw themselves at me for me or for other things. I'm damn good at everything that I do, baby girl."

I lean down and gently run my nose down her throat, feeling it move as she gulps a swallow. "I love women. I love to make them feel good. So I take my time and learn every damn thing they like and I make sure that they come so many times that their eyes roll back in their heads and they're begging me to stop because they can't possibly come again." I chuckle darkly. "Newsflash…they can and they do." I study the flush on her pale cheeks and the way it runs all the way down her body until her chest is rosy red. She can't hide a damn thing from me. She wants me as much as I want her and I'm gonna have her. I'm gonna woo her and then I'm gonna take her heart and her soul.

And I'm gonna give her mine in return.