Page 75 of Revelation (Love Isn't What It Seems 3)

I let the meaning linger. I couldn’t have been clearer. She had to believe it.

“Maxim, I want to explain.” Her soft voice was like a caress, and her breath against my skin a breeze that calmed and invigorated me. “I’m not some kind of whore that sells herself.”

My eyes snapped to her. I pulled her closer to me, her breast brushing against my chest.

“Don’t ever call yourself a whore.” I tried to keep my tone even, but it infuriated me to think she thought less of herself. “You are not a whore.”

“But you paid-”

I cut her off. “Did you enjoy what we did that night?”

Her cheeks flushed. I knew she enjoyed it, but I wanted her admission. I needed her to realize it was okay. As long as we both enjoyed it.

“Yes.” Her answer was so quiet, I could barely hear it. Although she was right next to me.

“And I fucking loved every second of it,” I told her. Fuck, I wanted her from the very first moment I saw her. “I debatedbeggingyou,” I accented the word to ensure she understood that fact I made her beg me to fuck her was just something that got me off. It didn’t degrade her. “-to let me pay you another ten million and spend the night with you. Or a day, or just to have dinner with me.”

Her baby blue eyes widened in shock, and it took all in me not to demand she lower herself onto her knees and suck me off. But this wasn’t all about this extraordinary physical attraction. I was in it for the long haul if she was interested.

“Fuck, Layla. From the moment I saw you, my thoughts have been consumed by you. I don’t give a damn about anything or anyone. I just want you. I want to make you feel good, give you anything that makes you happy. And fuck, if one of those things is you riding my dick and screaming while I fuck you… then I’m a lucky man.”

“That’s very descriptive,” she murmured, her cheeks colored red.

“What can I say?” I bent my head down, my lips moving against hers. “I love talking dirty. And I think you like it too.”

Her eyelids lowered, eyelashes hiding the sparkling desire in her stunning eyes. “Am I right?” I demanded. There were no more masks, no hiding. If she told me to fuck off and she didn’t like it, I won’t bother her.

“Yes.” Her lips moved over mine as she answered.

“Do you regret that night?” I wanted her to bare it all; show me her true colors and trust me that I would take care of her. Knowing everything I did now, I could understand her hesitancy to trust people but I wanted to show her she could count on me. I would never hurt her.

“No, I don’t regret it.” She had the sexiest voice of any woman I’ve ever known. “I liked everything we did that night,” she admitted in a low voice.

“Fuck,” I groaned. I was hard and ready to pounce on her. I pushed my groin against her body, so she could feel what she did to me.

“My little filthy girl,” I pressed my mouth to hers in a hard kiss. “See what you do to me.”

A little moan escaped her. I almost lost my resolve and threw talking out the window for fucking. But we had some things to clear up. It was important.

“First we need to talk,” I forced myself to say. “Resolve all this fucked up mess your grandparents made. Then we are going to fuck all night.” I watched her chest, neck, and cheeks turn a deeper shade of red. “Yeah?”

“Yes.” There was eagerness in her answer, but also just a tiny bit of shyness. And it was hot as fuck. “Maxim?”

“Yes, love.”

“I want to pay you back the money,” she commented. “I only needed a hundred thousand.”

“You will do no such thing,” I told her. “The club makes a cut off each bid. Besides, I will love reminding you for a very long time how it only took me ten million to get you to notice me.”

Her soft chuckle was the best sound I have heard in a long time. “Well, theoretically, I noticed you before you bid for me. I danced with you and let you kiss me.”

“Right you are, love.”

I grabbed boxers and readied to help her put it on. She took them and threw them on the bathroom counter. I raised my eyebrow at that.

“We don’t need them; they’ll just come off later,” she answered.

I grinned at her promise. “Again, you are right.”

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