Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 27466 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 137(@200wpm)___ 110(@250wpm)___ 92(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 27466 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 137(@200wpm)___ 110(@250wpm)___ 92(@300wpm)
“I’m…” I trail off because I’m not fine. Drix opens his eyes and lifts his head. “Were you two—”
“Nothing. We’ve never been anything. I’ve been working a deal with her father. I’ve made it very clear to both of them when they tried to suggest that she and I be anything that I wasn’t interested. The only time I’ve ever touched that woman was when she threw herself at me and I pushed her off.”
“At the opera?”
His brows lift. “Yes, at the opera. I left after she did that and came home to be with my family. That’s why I’d been so on edge that night. That’s when I suggested that you and I could date. Which you shot down before coming into my office accusing me of smelling like I’d been with a woman.”
“You told me I should go to my room. When I didn’t move you snapped at me.” He had a wild look in his eyes that night.
“I did. I didn’t trust myself. I felt you slipping through my fingers. I was fighting myself not to pounce on you.”
“You were never with her.” I believe him.
“I haven’t been with anyone since long before you and Beau came into my life. You two are my world. I don't have time for anyone that isn’t this family.”
“Then the answer to your question if I’m okay is yes. I’m more than okay.”
“Good. We’re getting married this weekend.”
I snort a laugh. “You’re so bossy.”
“And you love it.” He smirks.
I roll my eyes. “Maybe a little,” I admit as his mouth claims mine. I moan when he starts to deepen the kiss, but the sound of someone clearing their throat breaks the moment. I glance over to see a man in a suit with a badge clipped to his belt. Right, I almost forgot a crazy woman with a knife was in the house.
I came way too close to dying a virgin.
19
HENDRIX
“I feel awkward.” Lila fidgets with the hem of her shirt.
“Don’t be. We’re finally alone.” The house has emptied out of the detectives and Mari, and even her father, who came to plead on her behalf. I brush her hands aside and help her off with her pants.
“You didn’t have to turn down that deal on my behalf.”
Kovalenko had wanted me to bring out the contract right there so he could sign it in front of me. An act of penance, he’d said. “I don’t want to be in business with that family.”
“It’s a lot of money.”
“Arms up.” I lift the T-shirt over her head. “Even if the business goes on to be very successful without me, I won’t regret it. Money comes and goes but relationships linger.”
“Are you sure?” She rubs her hands against her bare arms. “You might regret this later.”
“Have you seen me not take something if I want it?” I drape a robe across her shoulders so that she doesn’t feel exposed.
“You are a little presumptuous,” she admits with a small smile.
I dispose of my own clothes in quick succession and wink when she releases a small squeak at the sight of my cock bobbing in the air. “Exactly, sweetheart.” I take her hand and lead her over to the bed. She’s shed her initial self-consciousness and is now openly gawking at my body. I’m glad that she likes it. I’m glad that all those hours at the gym to keep in shape are pleasing to her eye. I rub a hand over my abs, continuing downward until I have my erection in my grip. I squeeze the tip and then the base so that I don’t shoot my wad all over her pretty face.
She reaches out. “Can I?” Her hand hovers over my cock.
I swallow a groan and nod. “It’s all yours. Touch it as much as you want.”
I drop my own grip and lace my hands behind my head. She explores me tentatively. Her soft hands whisper over the prominent veins of my shaft. When she curves her palm around the sensitive head, my eyes roll to the back of my head, and my vision turns black.
Carefully, I reach down and pull her away. “Sorry, darling, that’s all I can take. I’ve got a razor-thin hold on my self-control, and I want this to last more than a half second.”
“But I’m not done,” she pouts. “And you said that I could touch you as much as I want.”
“Later, when I’m spent, that applies, but if you want this big guy inside of you, we’ll have to hold off on that. Scoot back now. I need a taste.”
I push her legs open, making space for my large frame, and kiss her softly. Her tenseness fades at that first tender interaction. I go slowly, first kissing the crest of her sex and moving down between the folds to the secret, forbidden puckered circle of skin. I kiss all the hidden parts and all the exposed ones until her legs are splayed wide and her hands are deep in my hair. I add my tongue, lapping at her essence, arrowing inside the hot cavern, scooping out her love onto my tongue until my head is full of her scent. Above me, she moans and sighs. Her legs move restlessly as she begins a slow climb up to the precipice. My cock hangs heavy between my legs. The need to be inside her is like a red, relentless wave battering at my self-control.