Page 84 of Broken King

His eyebrows shoot up into his forehead. “Then we better get moving. There’s bike riding to get to.”

As we continue to search for our hotel room, he quietly asks, “Kate, why didn’t you want to go to your apartment?”

Afraid he may think I’m trying to hide him or us being together, I stop and step in front of him. He looks down at me with worry in his eyes, so I quickly explain why I wanted to come to a hotel for our first time together instead of my apartment.

“I wanted it to be like it was on prom night. Do you remember?”

He smiles and leans down to kiss me. “I do. You were the most beautiful girl there that night in that pink dress.”

“Well, that’s the only reason why.”

We start walking again, turning off the hallway we were on to another one. In no time, we find room eight fourteen, thankfully. I’ve waited years to be with the man of my dreams again, and some crazy hotel set up wasn’t going to stop me from finally getting what I’ve been thinking about from the moment Ronan kissed me.

The door closes behind us, and I look around the hotel room. It reminds me of the room we had that night after senior prom.

Before I can mention that, Ronan comes up behind me and nuzzles my neck. “I think I should warn you it’s been a while for me.”

I turn around and look up at him, charmed by his honesty. Most guys wouldn’t tell a woman that for fear they’d be seen as odd. Not Ronan, though. I love the way he just says it because it’s the truth.

“Well, then that works because it’s been a while for me too.”

Surprise fills his eyes, which I guess is flattering. “Really? Are all the men around here out of their minds?”

I stand on my toes and kiss him sweetly on the lips. “Either that or I’ve been giving off some go away signals. The reality is probably the second choice.”

Ronan smiles and shakes his head. “Then they’re crazy because I’d fight through every one of those signals if it meant being with you.”

He’s the same boy I fell in love with all those years ago. Yes, some things have changed with him and with me, but the love I felt for him is the same I feel right now looking up into those soulful brown eyes staring down with such sweetness at me.

“I love you for saying that, Ronan.”

With a shrug, he begins to slip off his t-shirt over his head. “It’s the truth. I’m glad they’re all blind or stupid.”

He pokes his head out from under the shirt and smiles in a way that reminds me of a pirate. “Better for me.”

Running my hands over his chest and abs, I can’t help but adore this man. I push his shorts down over his hips. He’s hard as a rock underneath his boxer briefs, and I palm his cock over the thin fabric still covering it.

Ronan groans above me and then eases me back onto the bed. Burrowing his hands under my sundress, he pushes it up over my ribs and stops.

“Arms up. We need to get rid of this dress.”

I do as he commands, and a few seconds later, he’s got my yellow dress with the daisies on it in his hands. He tosses it onto the other bed and returns his attention to me.

“The woman at the front desk probably wondered what a beautiful woman dressed in that was doing with a guy dressed like me.”

I shake my head at how clueless he can sometimes be. “Because you were in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt? You do realize you look like a billionaire even dressed like that, don’t you?”

He genuinely looks surprised when I say that. “What’s a billionaire look like?”

Amused he truly doesn’t realize what he looks like to the rest of the world, I poke my fingertip into his abs and chuckle. “Uh, you?”

That Ronan King actually believes people see him as just another guy because he wears something other than an expensive Italian suit is just another reason I love this man. He has no idea how gorgeous and sexy he looks just being himself.

Smiling down at me, he leans forward and kisses me. “I think you’re crazy.”

“Only about you.”

When he plants kisses down the side of my neck before moving down my body worshipping every inch, I swear I feel like I’m going to explode. In my wildest dreams, I couldn’t imagine being with him like this again. I wanted to more than I could say, but after waiting for so long, I didn’t know if I’d ever have Ronan back in my life.

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