Page 32 of His Cruel Billionaire Scorecard

“I only realized today that was one of the reasons I kept having nightmares...”

He got up from his seat to sit beside her.

“Yesterday when I went back to sleep, I thought for sure I was going to have another nightmare, but I didn’t, it’s because I unburdened myself a bit.”

“You want to… tell me about yourself?”

Roman gave a wry smile and shifted closer to her.

“You can tell by my tattoos that I used to be in a gang.”

She bit her lip. “I think they’re beautiful.”

“When I was younger, I did a lot of stupid stuff and the past still comes back to haunt me once in a while. There was a shootout and it happened on the eve of my sister’s 16th birthday. My sister got shot because of me.”

When he saw her expression change into shock, he laughed a bit.

“No, no, Olivia, she’s not dead but it was a hard time for me, coming back to the family to apologize to my sister. She kind of reminds me of you—she has this big forgiving heart.”

Olivia leaned in closer, “thank you for sharing it with me now. I think I understand a little of who you are now,” she said with a small, shy smile.

The tension between them heightened.

There was complete silence except for the ticking of the clock. They stared into each other’s eyes, and like unstoppable magnetism, like the force of the absence of gravity, Olivia found her body moving closer to his until her face was inches away from his.

Roman held his breath, also acknowledging the attraction he had for her.

“You look beautiful Olivia.”

He raised a hand to pull back the curls that framed her face. She licked her moistened lip. He ran a hand down her waist slowly, and then, Olivia did something unexpected.

“I’ve always wanted to do this,” she said, moving in closer in the dim light.

“Do what?”

She cupped her soft hands around his face, pulled him in, and kissed him. He was surprised at first, but now, with her acknowledgement, he could not deny his attraction to her any longer.

The kiss lasted longer than a minute, and when he pulled back, in her eyes, there was pure, unbridled lust.

“Are you sure of this?”

She nodded, and he pulled her in for a scalding kiss.

His tongue parted hers and intertwined, her breath became hitched and fast, and he brought his mouth down on hers again with hungry enthusiasm.

Her pretty skin gave an erotic flush, and he felt the extra blood pounding into his extremities.

Roman couldn’t remember when he’d ever fancied a woman like Olivia, but then, there was no woman like her.

But he knew, under the wide-eyed, shaky woman with a bright temper, was a strong, decisive woman.

Olivia squirmed beneath him, and his hands found her breasts, just as he wanted them in the first place.

He captured her hands in both of his and kissed each finger.

Then, he turned his attention to the inside of her arm, kissing his way up to the sensitive skin at the elbow and taking a quick nip.

She sucked in a breath and jerked. What he wanted—needed was right here, begging him to give and take.

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