Flesh: Part Nine (The Flesh Series Book 9) (5 page)

I trail behind him,
having no idea where we're going. Inwardly, I grumble. This isn't how
this was supposed to go at all. At some point, we need to go back
downstairs and get those papers from Walter. If I had them, we could
go explore on our own. Otherwise, this is going to take us a while.

We walk past the
children's beds into an area with futons. This particular furniture
store keeps their high-end products downstairs. I already know
there's nothing Lucian would like up here.

“
None
of the furniture you're going to want is up here.” I wrap my
arms around myself and tap my foot on the carpet, wondering what his
problem is.

“
How
do you know?” He doesn't even look at me, his eyes scanning the
room for...I have no idea what.

“
Because
we've already gone over this at length, remember?” I can barely
keep the annoyance from my voice.

“
Maybe
my tastes have changed.” He shrugs, continuing deeper into the
store.

I sigh but continue
to follow him, trying to figure out where he's going. We head to the
very back of the top floor where mattresses are stacked and the
actual bedroom suites are sparse. Lucian wiggles his way behind a
room divider and stops in front of a white bedroom suite that looks
like it would fit perfectly in a teenager's bedroom.

“
This
one,” he says with a smirk.

You've got to be
kidding me.
“
This isn't
even a king size bed,” I point out.

“
I'm
well aware of that.” He cocks his head to the side, looking at
me as if he thinks I'm stupid.

“
No,
Lucian. Just no.” I close my eyes, trying to keep my
frustration at bay.

“
No?”
he laughs softly, and I feel his fingertips brush against my side,
causing my eyes to fly open. He draws me into his arms, and I
instantly look around to make sure no one is watching.

I can't see anything
with all of the room dividers separating this display from everything
else. It's as if the furniture store was hiding it. Like they knew
that no one would buy it, so they didn't even bother keeping it out
in the open.

“
May
I remind you that I'm the client, Miss Underwood. You're supposed to
be doing what I say.” There's a darkness in Lucian's voice that
sends a shiver rolling down my spine.

I point to the bed,
scowling at it. “Lucian, that bed is hideous. This isn't what
we discussed, and I'm not letting you buy it.”

“
Well
aren't you Miss Bossy today.” He pulls me even closer, and I
can feel my heart beating fiercely as my breasts press against his
chest.

“
Lucian.”
I place my palms on the front of his shirt, trying to push him away.
Like a wall of stone, he doesn't budge. “Be serious for a
minute.”

“
I
am being serious. Very serious.” He nips at my earlobe.

I try to keep my
mind on business, but it's difficult when he's being so wanton. Did
he invite me here to look at furniture or to seduce me? I'm beginning
to think it's the later of the two.

“
Lucian,
we need to go find the furniture so that we can place the order and
get working on finally having your house redecorated. That is what
you wanted, right?” The question is biting, meant to refocus
his attention.

“
All
I want right now is you,” he purrs into my ear. “And this
bed.” He leans down slightly to run his fingertips across the
blue floral comforter. “We should try it out.”

“
You're
not buying the bed, Lucian. That's final.” I put my foot down.
Metaphorically, that is.

“
Are
you in the business of telling me what I can and can't do now?”
The grin is plain in his voice.

“
No,
but we didn't agree on this bed.” I look at it. The ladder
headboard is far too simple for the exquisite architecture of his
home. It would seem out of place in just about any room.

“
You
tend to not agree with me on a lot of things.” His fingers move
to trace the collar of my blouse, peeking down the front of my shirt.
I blush and look around again. “This is the bed though. This is
the bed I'm going to fuck you on. Right here. Right now.”

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