him a penetrating stare. “Uh-huh. So you write an ominous reminder?”
“Hey, it scares me into writing those checks, so it works.” Murphy’s eyes jumped from one thing to another, never looking at Ludo. He probably should keep his mouth shut. He was going to screw the lie up if Ludo kept questioning him.
“Okay. Weird but effective, I guess.” Ludo handed him the threatening note back. Murphy offered him a grin, knowing damn well the man wasn’t buying it. He was going to mess this up, he just knew it.
Murphy had always been a little off kilter in his way of thinking, which never bothered him before, but the thought of his screwed-up brain patterns running this man off bothered him now. Lying just wasn’t his forte.
“The guys left. Sorry about Montana gouging your customers.”
Murphy shook his head as he stepped around Ludo. “No problem. I’ll credit the customers and all will be right with the world again.”
Why wouldn’t the guy stop looking at him suspiciously? Other various lies ran through his mind, but Murphy decided to keep his trap shut. He was digging a hole for himself, and it was getting deeper. Soon he would be buried so deep, he’d meet and greet Satan. He shuddered at the thought.
He walked over to the computer and printed off the list of books he needed to gather for an order. “Work calls.” He pulled a tight, false smile up onto his face as he held the paper up to Ludo.
Practically running out of the office, Murphy hummed to himself as he gathered his list, trying his best not to think of hot, sweaty skin and the most explosive orgasm he had ever had. His cock didn’t listen. It filled out the front of his pants, begging to be let out again.
Thoughts of Maribel and her twisted sense of reality were gone. Thoughts of a mouth so warm and wet around his cock made him want to run into the bathroom and relieve the pressure. He looked over his shoulder to see Ludo relaxed on the sofa and thumbing through a magazine. The man was even hot reading Home and Garden.
Murphy just stood there drooling, watching that seductive tongue come out to lick Ludo’s finger and turn the page. God, how he wished he were Ludo’s thumb. Murphy’s tongue came out and licked the air, imagining it was Ludo’s cock.
He caught himself, cleared his throat, and then turned back to the shelves. The need to drop to all fours and crawl over to the sex god was strong. He chanced another look to see that Ludo was grinning as he read the magazine. Was something in an article funny, or did Ludo know about how horny he was?
“Round two?” Ludo asked the page. How the hell did the guy know?
Murphy’s mouth opened to answer, but all that came out was an “Ung.”
The dreamy man tossed the magazine aside and pushed from the couch. The predatory look in his eyes made Murphy back away. The man looked so…hungry. How could Ludo look that way for him?
“Come, rebenka .” Ludo spoke low and husky. Murphy’s whole body shivered at his command.
He dropped the books in his hands, barely noticing them hit the floor as he walked in a trance toward the hypnotic voice.
With a voice like that, Ludo could talk him into selling cheese on a corner and Murphy would do it with a big goofy grin on his face. He was such a goner.
Chapter Four
Murphy bit his thumbnail as Ludo pulled onto a gravel driveway and drove up to a humongous mansion. He had agreed to meet his family. Who the hell met family after just meeting a guy and two rounds of hot-ass sex?
A crazy person, that’s who.
“Don’t be nervous. They’re just normal everyday men.”
“You have no female relatives?”
“Melonee, she’s the princess running the house.” Ludo turned the truck off as he opened his door.
Murphy nodded, unbuckling his seat belt and sliding out. This was insane. The men in his family would probably take one look at Murphy’s scrawny ass and laugh him out of the front door. If they looked anything like Ludo, the possibility
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