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  He reached around my back and unclasped my bra with ease. I decided to not think about how he'd gotten so good at that. My hands found their way up to his head. I couldn’t help gripping him and keeping him close to me; it just felt too damn good.

  His hands left my waist and went to the waistband of my pants; he withdrew his mouth, using it to pull my panties down and off my legs. He nipped the inside of my thigh as he came up. I yelped at the sting of pain. My yelp turned to a moan as he, in one quick move, latched on to my sex, sucking and licking me like a starving man. I moaned and wiggled at the intensity. My climax was coming fast.

  “Oh, God! Ryder, I’m…” I took a breath and moaned loudly; my body arched, lifting my hips into his mouth further. He gripped my hips to keep me attached to him.

  Then it hit me.

  “Coming! Oh, Ryder!”

  I held on for dear life as wave after wave of pleasure coursed through my body. I barely had time to recover before he was sliding into me with a groan. He moved slowly and gently at first, but then he gave into the sensations. He moved faster and faster, his fingers threaded with mine above my head as he fucked me. I was so close again when he spoke.

  “So fucking sweet. Come now. Come with me.”

  I did.

  It was explosive. I swore I could see stars above my head. A guttural groan came from him as he found his own release inside me. We lay there utterly sated, hands still clasped together, our breathing heavy.

  What felt like hours later, Ryder pulled out of me and went to the bathroom to clean up. He came back with a warm washcloth to clean me. I admit it made me feel all warm inside that he was taking care of me. Did I say it out loud? Nope. He threw the cloth in the hamper and settled back in bed with me. I wasn’t sure what to do, if I should snuggle up close or stay on my side of the bed. Thankfully he made the decision for me and gripped me by the waist to pull me back against his hard body. I fell soundly asleep seconds later.

  I woke up to an empty bed. Once again I felt a little disappointed that he wasn’t there when I woke up. I got up and let the dogs out. My phone beeped letting me know I had a text waiting.

  Ryder—I didn’t wanna wake you. I got a call from work, had to go. Sorry I wasn’t able to give you your morning orgasm.

  I laughed. Morning orgasms were great.

  I sent him a text back.

  Andi—I don’t know what you’re talking about. I had a morning orgasm.

  Instantly there was another message.

  Ryder—You’ll pay for that.

  What did that mean?

  Andi—whatcha gonna do? Spank me?

  Once again, instant reply.

  Ryder—Spank you, fuck you, use my handcuffs to cuff you to the bed while I make you come so much you won’t ever think about ever coming without a piece of me inside you.

  OH.MY.GOD.

  I had nothing, no reply for that. Not only was it kinky, it sounded hot as hell coming from him. I never would have thought of any of that before Ryder. My old flames had been lame in the sack. Ryder was a sex god. Minutes later I was still stunned by his words. I wished he were here so I could jump him against the counter again. I said the only word I could.

  Andi—Please.

  There was no reply after my text; I decided to go about getting ready for my day.

  It was Sunday and I didn’t really have any plans, so I baked and then the boys and I went for a nice walk. When I got back, Dallas was standing by my door.

  “Everything okay?” I asked.

  She looked at me and smiled brightly. “Yep, you and me, sister. We are going on a super-secret mission. Undercover cupcakes are a go.

  CHAPTER 16

  Ryder

  I couldn’t believe my eyes. Or my ears. I got a call from Rex, who was hanging out in a van by Gavin Skeller’s house. He told me I needed to see something, so I dropped what I was doing and went to meet him. What I saw shocked me and pissed me off. I sat in that van and watched as Andi and her employee, Dallas, snooped around Gavin’s house. I turned the volume up to hear what they were saying.

  “This is a nice house. Let’s go check it out,” Dallas said.

  “How do we get inside? I’m still a little shocked you knew where he lived. You’re going to have to tell me how you figured it out sometime,” Andi spoke as she peeked through a window.

  I shook my head; these women would be the death of me.

  “I have a life besides helping you make pastries. It was easy! Now come on, we need to help Ryder get his proof to take down this guy,” Dallas said as she slid open a window.

  I was hoping they weren’t stupid enough to actually climb inside. But it seemed I knew nothing as I watched Dallas and Andi shimmy their way inside the house. I turned to Rex sharply. “There anybody inside?” I was going to cuff her to the bed so she couldn’t do this shit again.

  Rex shook his head. “Nope. You going in?”

  I nodded and left for the house. I quietly slid past the gate and in through the window the girls had used. They were talking quite loudly even though they were trying to be sneaky. I could tell exactly where they were.

  “Oh, he has really good taste. Look at this kitchen,” Dallas ooo’d and ahh’d.

  “Dallas, come on, we are supposed to be looking for drugs, not going fangirl over his kitchen appliances. Although I do agree that is a nice oven. Wow,” Andi said.

  The death of me, I swear. I rounded the corner, gun in my back waistband just in case, and stopped when I reached the kitchen. They had obviously given up their search and were now checking out the fridge and oven.

  “Interesting place for drugs,” I said, my tone serious. I was angry with both of them; this was a stupid idea. They both whipped around and stared at me, scared of being caught.

  “Ryder, Jesus Christ, you scared the hell out of us,” Andi said breathlessly with a hand to her heart.

  “Let’s go,” I told them. Andi just nodded and came walking. Good. If I’d had to carry her out of here over my shoulder, I would have tripled her punishment tonight.

  The girls followed me out the window, and I walked them to the car.

  “Um, I’ll let you two have a moment,” Dallas said wisely and got in the car.

  Andi came close and put a hand to my chest. I looked at her; her face said she was sorry.

  “I know you said to stay away. But, I really wanted to help you. And Dallas came up with this idea, and we just went with it. I’m sor—”

  I crashed my lips to hers before she finished. Those hands that were on me gripped my shirt. It was a hard kiss. I was so pissed at her for putting herself on the line like she just had; I just wanted to kiss her fucking senseless.

  I pulled back and spoke. “Get back home.”

  She bit her lip and nodded.

  As Andi opened the door to her car, I heard Dallas speak before the door closed, “Oh my God, I think I just creamed my panties. Andi, you lucky bitch.”

  I just shook my head and stalked off toward my truck.

  I followed behind them until we reached Andi’s house. The sight that greeted me made me nervous. Mack, my boss, was standing by her front door. Either he wanted to try some of the donuts she had stashed in her kitchen, or he was here on business. Any business that was for me he would have just talk to me directly. His being here at Andi’s house meant she was involved. I hoped liked hell that he was just here for the donuts.

  The girls walked to the door and let Mack in. I followed shortly behind. Andi was getting Mack a donut. I prayed to the gods of pastries he would just take it and go. Obviously the gods of pastries didn’t exist, because he sat down and asked Andi if she would join us. She looked at me in confusion. I sat across from Mack, and Andi took a seat next to me.

  “Ms. Slaton. My name is Mack. I am excited to meet you. Your sweets are becoming famous in the office.” He was being nice, but after the day I’d had, I wanted him to get to the point.

  “What’s going on?” I asked nicely. He was still my
boss.

  “Well, Ryder, I feel we have figured out a way to finally take down Skeller.”

  I still wasn’t feeling too good about him being here. But I did want to take down Skeller so I would hear him out.

  “How?” I asked.

  Andi was silently waiting to for Mack to answer me. He turned to her, and I jumped out of my seat.

  “Fuck no!” I growled. My fingers gripped my hair furiously.

  “Ryder, what’s going on?” Andi’s voice was small, vulnerable sounding. I wanted to pick her up and carry her away. I couldn’t answer her; I was so furious—and scared. I didn’t want what came out of Mack’s mouth next to happen.

  “Well, Andi, it seems we have found Gavin’s kryptonite. You. We need you to help us take down the Skeller crime family.”

  Damn it all to hell.

  “No, no fucking way, Mack.” I was pacing relentlessly. I stopped and looked at Mack; I pleaded with him with my eyes not to do this. He didn’t know what Andi was to me. Hell, neither did I. But I knew she was different. Important.

  “Son, I’m sorry. We don’t have a choice.” He looked back to Andi. “You will have a hidden camera on you at all times. We will always be close in case you need us. But, Andi, we need you if we are going to take them down.”

  I looked at Andi; she gave me a solemn expression. She reached over and gripped my hand for support. I squeezed it tightly, begging her to not do this, but I knew I’d lost. She would do it. She would do it solely to help me. DAMN IT IT ALL TO HELL!

  CHAPTER 17

  Andi

  “Okay, what do you need me to do?” I asked Mack.

  Ryder’s hand gave another tight squeeze. I knew he didn’t want me to do this. But if there was anything I could do to help him, I would. Mack gave me a look that spoke volumes. He knew this was hard, but he admired my willingness to help.

  “Gavin is interested in you. We need you to go along with that. Get him to open up to you. We need someone on the inside. He’s been too guarded to let anyone new in, but you are an unexpected player. He won’t even think you could be involved with the FBI.”

  I nodded. It made sense.

  Ryder sat back down.

  “What do you mean, ‘go along with that’?” he asked, barely containing his anger.

  Mack sighed. I bit my lip knowing just what Mack was about to say.

  “She needs to show interest in Gavin—get him to believe she wants to be part of his world. With him.”

  My heart died a little. This was going to be really hard. I looked at Ryder. I took the hand that was in his and brought it to his face, softly caressing him.

  “It’ll be okay,” I whispered to him. I knew he cared for me. I wasn’t sure how deep those feelings ran, but the thought of me with anyone else was haunting him. It was clear as day on his face.

  Mack coughed, bringing our attention back to him. “Set it up, and we will get you set up with everything you need. If you need anything, Rex will help you.”

  I was about to speak when Ryder found his voice.

  “I’m heading this case,” he growled with authority. He said those words not as a question but as a fact.

  Mack gave him a sad expression. “Can you handle it?”

  I was hoping his answer would be yes; I needed him.

  He nodded. “I can.”

  Mack nodded and stood up to leave. “I’m sorry we had to meet in such circumstances. I’ll be in touch.”

  Ryder turned toward me, his face hard. I wanted to ease his anger, but he just leaned down, kissed me with an almost punishing force, and walked away.

  As soon as Ryder left, Dallas came from outside with the dogs.

  “Did you get in trouble? Ryder sounded pissed.”

  That he was. He was beyond pissed; he was livid. I shook my head.

  She joined me at the table and grasped my hand, which for her was a strange move. She wasn’t very touchy-feely.

  “You look like someone ate all of the chocolate in the world. What’s going on?” Her face was full of concern.

  “I have to go on dates with Gavin, and Ryder will be watching.”

  Dallas’s face scrunched up in a grimace. I knew the feeling. I’d signed up to do something that wasn’t going to be fun. But it would help Ryder’s career. I wanted to do that for him.

  “It’ll be okay. Ryder won’t let anything happen to you. You know that, right? I know you guys haven’t known each other long, but he looks at you like you’re special. I would kill to have someone look at me the way he looks at you.”

  I squeezed her hand for support. “I’m not sure what’s going to happen,” I admitted.

  “I’ll get out of here. I’ll see you in the morning. We’ve got that order of fifty cupcakes tomorrow.”

  I didn’t wanna dwell on what was to come. I wanted to make something special for Ryder; maybe I could cheer him up. A plan formed in my head as Dallas packed up to leave.

  There was a knock on the door just as I was putting the finishing touches on my plan. The dogs beat me to the door, as always, and I opened it to see Ryder looking sexy as can be outside. He petted the dogs and walked in. Immediately he wrapped his arms around my waist and brought me flush against his body. I gave him a sweet smile before he kissed me. This kiss wasn’t hard or sweet. It was something entirely different than the others. This kiss was a movie-worthy kiss. He melted me against him.

  I pulled away before he sucked me into his sexual fog. I had a plan. “I made you dinner.”

  He tried to pull me back to him. “Screw dinner,” he said with a husky voice.

  Oh boy, he was making this hard. I escaped his grasp. His eyes narrowed, almost daring me to try to pull away again.

  “Not yet! I’ve made you an awesome dinner, and if you are a good boy and keep your hands to yourself, you’ll get a naughty surprise afterward.” I was hoping he would go along with this. As much as I thought I was in control here, I knew if he touched me again I would say screw the plans myself.

  “Fine, I’ll play.” He gave me a little smirk.

  I turned and gestured for him to sit at the table. I poured us some wine and served dinner. I’d made steak strips with sweet potatoes and steamed veggies. A hearty meal for a big man. His face was an unreadable mask. I was sure he was still pissed about what had happened earlier. We hadn’t really had time to talk about my B-and-E adventure.

  We ate in an uncomfortable silence. I wasn’t ready to talk about today yet, and it seemed he was waiting for me to make the first move. Which was perfect. After we finished eating, I cleaned up and grabbed phase one of my “naughty Andi” plan.

  I stood in front of him with my hands behind my back.

  “Put your hands behind the chair,” I said. He did as he was told. I walked around him and bound his hands together with soft Velcro handcuffs. Nikki had gotten them as a gag gift before her wedding. Her man wasn’t into that stuff, so she gave them to me. Not that I’d had any use for them at that time.

  Ryder still hadn’t said anything. I walked back around to see his face. He still had his unreadable mask on. It unnerved me a little. I wanted emotion from him— anger, lust, anything! It was time to up my game.

  I took another step back so he could see all of me, and then I slowly started unbuttoning the shirt I had on. I stared at Ryder as button by button I showed him what lay under the shirt. A red corset.

  His eyes were glued to me. The muscles in his jaw twitched like he was holding back a groan. Good. I wanted him to lose control of himself. I wanted true honesty from this man. I would get it too.

  “I know you’re still upset about today. I wanna apologize for that. I know you don’t want me involved. And I know we haven’t known each other long. But I wanna help you. I need to help you,” I confessed.

  I waited for him to say something, but he just kept staring at me. So I continued. I shrugged off the shirt, revealing the corset in its entirety. It was a plain red corset, but it pushed up my boobs and cinched my waist,
giving me beautiful Coke-bottle curves. I kept the tease going by slowly unbuttoning my pants. Slowly and tantalizingly I pushed them down and stepped out. I had put on red lace panties that showed a lot of ass, but not like a thong. A groan came from him whether he wanted it to or not. He wasn’t unaffected by me. I knew he wanted me.

  Now it was time for phase two. I closed the distance between us and straddled his lap. He couldn’t hide from me now. I rolled my hips over his denim-caged erection.

  “Talk to me, Ryder,” I moaned. Rubbing myself against him was enticing. I didn’t want to stop.

  “Fuck, Andi. Keep doing that,” he groaned as he flexed his hips against mine.

  “I’m sorry, Ryder,” I told him.

  “Andi, Christ. I swear I won’t let anything happen to you. Look at me.” I looked him in the eyes, keeping contact as I kept moving over him. “You are so brave and strong. And you have an innocence about you. I don’t want you to lose that. I don’t want you around that filth.”

  His tone was serious. I leaned down and brought my lips to this sweet man. He groaned into my mouth, his chest and arms flexing, trying to touch me. I was losing control here.

  CHAPTER 18

  Ryder

  As much as I loved Andi riding my cock through my jeans, I needed to touch her before I detonated. I undid the Velcro cuffs and attacked. My hands gripped her hips, pressing myself against her; I ran my hands along the curves of the corset. I swear I almost came when I saw what she was wearing. My fantasy had come true. Well, almost.

  I stood up with her against me and walked to the island in her kitchen. I set her down against it and then spun her around, bringing her ass to my dick. Little whimpers came from her lips. I lightly tilted her head back and kissed her with everything I had. She was a dream, and I was gonna make her realize she was mine. We were going to go through some shit soon, and I was going to claim her as mine before it went down.