Page 121 of Sinful Pleasure

“Fuck me, Maddox,” she whispered, her voice trembling but firm. “Fuck me until I forget everything.”

My jaw hit the floor. It wasn’t just what she said—it was how she said it. It was the first time I’d heard Allyn use words so raw, so unfiltered.

She’s too innocent, too pure for this.But I can’t ignore the way her words send a spark of heat straight to my chest. It’s not the right time. Hell, it will never be the right time for us.

“Please, Maddox.”

Her voice was a broken plea, the sound escaping between her full, seductive lips as she looked at me through her long lashes. Like she wanted me to ruin her completely.

“I need this. I need you.”

She wasn’t looking for comfort— she was looking for escape.

She wanted me to lead her out of the darkness she’d fallen into. Little does she know I only know how to pull her deeper into the abyss. I don’t know how to save her from it. I’m not the prince in a fairy tale. I’m the villain—the one who dragseveryone down and doesn’t get the happy ending.

I buried my desires away as I shook my head.

‘‘I can’t’.’’

Her hand fell to her sides as if defeated.

‘‘Why?’’

‘‘I won’t take advantage of you, Allyn.’’ I said, shaking my head. ‘‘Not now, not like this’’

‘‘So you don’t want me?’’

I laughed, but it didn’t reach my eyes.I despise this girl in ways I can’t even explain.

She pisses me off, pushes every button I have. She’s infuriating. A brat.

But I’d be lying if I said she didn’t have a hold on me.

For fuck’s sake, I haven’t touched another woman since I fucked her the first time.I’ve never gone down on a woman before her. And that’s a point I’m unwilling to admit.

She’s not mine. She can’t be mine. Not in this lifetime anyway.

‘‘Go to bed, princess.’’

That’s it. I’m officially screwed.

Which man in his right mind is turning down a woman like Allyn? A crazy fucked up one.

She nodded too quickly, then swallowed, her cheeks flushed.

I lifted her into my arms, her hand wrapped around my neck as I carried her to the bed.I laid with her until she fell asleep in my arms and at that point, I couldn’t bear to find the strength to move.

I didn’t want to.This way was easier for me to pretend that she wasn’t Angelo’s fiancée. She wasn’t the woman promised to my brother, and I wasn’t her bodyguard.

Cuddled into me, it almost felt like she had been promised to me.

Not Angelo.

Me.

CHAPTER36

ALLYN

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