Page 71 of My Kind of Trouble
Alex raised his eyebrow, almost daring the guy to test him.
‘You sure you want to find out? I’ve not had to swing my fists in a while, but there is always an exception.’
Looking at the ground, the guy muttered a hardly-noticeable, ‘Sorry.’
Alex pushed him toward the door, saying things to him that she couldn’t quite hear as they left. When Alex returned, Noa went to speak, whether to apologise or to get angry she didn’t know. She was currently in too much of a daze from how hot the man in front of her had been. But before she could do either, he was flinging Noa over his shoulder and taking her to his office behind the bar.
To hell with whoever saw, apparently.
The carnivorous look in his eyes sent chills through her body, but this time it was the kind that set her body alight with anticipation. Every place that his eyes touched felt hot, and her inner thighs grew damp with how aroused he made her feel with nothing but a look. A look that felt like a gentle caress and a wicked promise all in one. She wanted to squirm under the intensity of it. It was as if he was undressing her with his eyes, like she’d noticed he’d been doing all night, but this time it felt like a warning of what was to come.
For a moment his expression turned soft.
‘Are you okay?’ he asked, cupping her cheek with his calloused hand.
She leaned into it, her lips gently brushing his pulse point.
‘I am now,’ she whispered.
And she meant it. As long as she was with him, she would be.
Alex’s eyes searched hers for a moment and, once he was satisfied with what he saw there—the truth, maybe—his eyes glazed over with lust onceagain.
He turned her around so that her cheek and chest were pressed against the office door and moved so his lips grazed against her ear. His rough hands came around to pin her own to the door on either side of her head. She looked at them, imagining those inked arms snaking lower, his fingers going to the place where she ached to feel him.
She was breathy, panting with her need for him, when he whispered, ‘You sound flustered, Noa. Who made you like this? Me, or him?’
His nostrils flared as he said it, and Noa arched into him in response.
‘You,’ she whined. ‘Always you.’
She heard a rumble from his chest, then he reached down as she pushed her hips back to meet his rock-hard bulge. He slid his thumb along the inner seam of her leggings, not quite giving enough pressure to cause any pleasure. It was frustrating, to say the least. She knew he could feel how wet she was, and that he was just testing her.
‘And this?’ he questioned. ‘Is this for me?’
‘Y… yes,’ she panted, as he cupped her.
She ground her hips against his palm, eliciting an eruption of shockwaves throughout her entire body until he ripped his hand away.
In the most demanding tone that she had ever heard from him he said, ‘Keep your hands there. Don’t move them, got it?’
She nodded. Words failed her right now. She was so turned-on as he prowled around her, taking her in. Her chest heaved and her legs trembled. She felt naked despite her clothes, and it was an effort to remain standing up straight.
‘I’m trying to be a better man, Noa. To be the man you deserve. A man who thinks first and uses his fists later. To let go of that angry boy I was and be the man you need anddeserve. But it’s so hard when I see you with pricks like that. When all I want is for us to belong only to each other.’
‘Alex, I am…’
She wasn’t able to finish when his hands came up to cup her face and he inhaled her in a desperate, all-encompassing kiss that had her toes curling. He swallowed her moan as he devoured her, pouring so much emotion into what felt like one earth-shattering kiss.
He pulled away, resting his forehead to hers as they both caught their breath. Then, his eyes met hers, as if in question, and it looked like his restraint was causing him physical pain. She loved seeing him like this, knowing she caused it and that he felt every single bit of what she felt for him. Despite all his possessive nature,thatmade her feel powerful. In control.
She nodded at him, electricity coursing through her body in anticipation. The second she gave him the green-light, Alex’s lips found hers again. His hands came to the front of her, pinching her already hard nipples through her top. They’d felt so sensitive lately, but when he pinched and kneaded them, it made her feel wild.
She went to move her hands, to grab him whilst he played with her, but he clasped them against the door.
He’d done this before and knew she loved it. Knowing he had taken the effort to learn what made her feel good only turned her on more.
‘Does it make you crazy being unable to touch me like this?’
