Page 27 of Kings of Desire
‘You acted more... How should I put it... Docile? That’s a quality I appreciate.’
Well, he won’t be appreciating me for long because my mouth had a time lock on it ‘I bet I would look really pretty on a leash,’ I rolled my eyes. Sarcasm here I come..although it was a bad joke if I get to really think about it.
‘If you behave, maybe I’ll consider pitting on you,’ he emptied the glass, making it clink on the bar.
Was he for real!? I hope he didn’t take me literally.
But I was starting to think he did since without warning he fastened an arm around me, pulling me to his chest.
‘What do you think you’re doing?’ I quivered glancing straight at the carved lips that seemed to be closing in on me.
No answer. Not before his mouth got lost down my neckline, seeking refuge between the curls of my hair ‘We’re supposed to be a couple. What’s so hard to figure out?’ This time I could feel the irritation in his voice, though explaining the whole plan seemed to be slowly erasing that ‘The man I’m looking for just went upstairs. I need to get there without looking suspicious. You will get me there. It will look that things are getting heated up between us and we’re searching for privacy.’
‘Doesn’t that sound a little high school?’ I asked since I was beginning to think that would be something Cole would do.
‘The world evolves the same. Fifteen, twenty-five, or forty-five. People live for the thrill, and tonight, we won’t be different.’ The words didn’t even finish reaching my ears before his lips fiercely pressed on mine.
A charade! That’s all this- is. The words kept repeating in my mind.
That’s until his tongue sneaked inside my mouth without asking for permission.
Strangely, it felt real. Alive. Ravishing. Like a tidal wave crashing on the rocks only to caress them each time it was leaving.
A dream and a nightmare at the same time while deep down I fought to loathe it, but the thought was far away from connecting with my body. I was mesmerized, kissing the illusion of him back, already losing a game that I had no idea I was playing.
‘Come,’ he took my hand, guiding g me to the top of the stairs, only to catch me in another union of lips.
Things were happening a lot faster than I thought they would, but he wasn’t the man to miss any opportunity. I was certain of that, especially since his hands fell on the curves of my posterior, gluing me dangerously close to his growing excitement.
Did he feel it too?The magnetism? The passion? The heat of our bodies?
But I couldn’t have that. Not when my main mission was of so much more importance.
‘This is a little too much, don’t you think?’ I asked between the pulsings of his tantalizing tongue.
‘Is it?’ He asked, intertwining his fingers through my hair to steady my head, and exploring my mouth so deeply that he would leave no corner untouched. ‘I’ll pay extra for the inconvenience,’ he paused, sucking on my bottom lip.
Inconvenience?Was that what this should be? Shit!
‘Or I could ask you to join me for the night,’ he pulled me in even tighter, to crash against his body, squeezing his fingers against my flesh and leaning in to continue our kiss.
‘Joshua... I can’t.’
‘It’s Brax.Joshuais only for tonight.’
That did sound a lot more fit for him. Thexin the end seemed to harden the letters, reflecting his true temper.
‘You don’t have a boyfriend or a husband. I asked for a file before I hired you. So what’s wrong? I willtryto behave if that’s what you’re worried about.’
I was sure that the word behave meant different things for him than for the rest of the world but ‘I am not in the habit to ever do that.’
‘Make it your habit with me.’ Now he was really pulling all weapons, trailing a line of kisses along my jawline, reaching for my ear.
‘You got it wrong... Not in my habit entirely.’
‘You mean..!?’ He stopped to regain a normal position and look straight at me.
Embarrassment one on one.
