CHAPTER 169 Make Me Purr (4 Mar)

　　~ CARA ~

　　Rig’s breath sucked in below me, and I giggled, letting myself go so I dropped because I knew that I had just the right angle to catch the next branch down if I just turned my body slightly…

　　“Cara, for fuck’s sake, you’re going to give me a heart attack.”

　　I laughed and continued on my path down the tree while Rig growled and paced below.

　　He was strong. He could climb the trees too—like a gymnast. But it was all sheer power. He couldn’t dump the way I could. His body didn’t… bend like mine.

　　We’d tried racing and it turned out I was faster off the mark—shooting ahead and keeping my lead for a while. But when I tired, he was still powering through.

　　He’d tackled me at one point, both of us tumbling, laughing, into the dirt—and he’d flipped me onto my back, pinning me down, his eyes shining.

　　I loved that look on his face so much—joy, mischief, desire…