Free All Over You (All Falls Down #3) by Ayden K Morgen Page A

more artsy shots of San Francisco, as well as artwork from my students, adorn the walls and shelves scattered throughout the room.
    The place looks lived in and cozy instead of cramped and crowded. Detective Lewis wanders around, examining my photos as he sips his coffee. He looks comfortable here, at ease. And he's completely overwhelming me.
    "Seriously, why are you here, Detective Lewis?" I ask, watching him carefully scrutinize a photograph of me and my sister―one of the last ones we took together before she and my mom died in the car wreck that paralyzed my father. With our arms looped around each other and big, happy smiles on our faces, it's hard to tell that we were two years apart.
    He replaces the photo on the shelf and turns slowly to face me, that one brow cocked again. "I know what you look like getting off on my hand, kitten. Call me Cam."
    I blanch, sloshing hot coffee all over my hand. It burns like fire. Hissing, I fling it off, managing to splatter it all over my tank top in the process.
    Detective Lewis―Cam―shakes his head, smirking at me again.
    "What?" I snap, setting the coffee cup down before I do even more damage, and slam my hands down on my hips to glare at him. It's early. I'm tired. And he's pissing me off and confusing me in turns. "Stop laughing at me!"
    He chuckles, the sound rolling over me, causing my nipples to harden again. I throw my hands up in the air and stomp toward my bedroom to change when his gaze immediately drops to my chest, his eyes darkening. He snags me around the waist as I try to pass him, jerking my body into his. I try to push him off, but trying to move him is like trying to move a mountain. He's hard all over, easily holding me captive against him.
    I growl and briefly consider kicking him.
    "Stop fighting me, kitten," he murmurs against my ear, nipping my skin with his teeth and then soothing the sting with a flick of his tongue. His scruff feels heavenly against my sensitive skin.
    "What is your game?" I demand, giving up and going limp in his arms. My voice trembles, though I'm not sure exactly why I feel like crying. I think he's toying with me, and I don't like the way that thought grinds in my chest, making my heart ache. "What do you want from me?"
    He nuzzles his face into my throat for a moment before easing back. He tilts my chin up until my watery eyes meet his. "Why do you think I'm playing a game with you, kitten?"
    "Stop calling me that!"
    "It suits you. You hiss and claw like a little tigress, but you're harmless."
    I narrow my eyes on him and growl again.
    Another smirk twitches at his lips as his gaze roves over my face. Whatever he sees there must alert him to the fact that I'm dead serious because he sobers. His fingertips fan across my cheekbones. "I'm not playing a game with you. I'm attracted to you. You're attracted to me." He shrugs. "Seems self-explanatory to me."
    "I don't sleep around."
    "Never said you did."
    "You think I stole money from a kid and then told him to kill himself."
    Cam stills his fingertips against my face. He stops moving entirely, standing completely still and rigid. Something flares in his eyes―anger, I think. His gaze roves over my face again, scrutinizing me. And then he sets me away from him, all traces of that teasing smirk and filthy mouth gone.
    "You seriously think I'd touch you if I thought you were guilty?"
    "I don't―" I lick my lips, too scared to hope. "I don't know. Why did you kiss me? What do you want from me?"
    "Nothing," he mutters, grabbing his coffee from the shelf where he'd set it. Yep. He's definitely pissed. "I don't want anything from you except to get to know you. I thought you felt the same attraction. Clearly, I was mistaken."
    I flounder, feeling guilty as he walks toward the front door, but I can't seem to find words. They're all stuck in my throat, closing it up with panic at the thought that he's going to walk away right this minute. I don't want him to stay because I need his help,