100 Lifetimes of Us: A Hot Bodyguard Romance by Maggie Gates

Author:Maggie Gates [Gates, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-11T23:00:00+00:00

21

ANNIE

TIED UP AT THE MOMENT

My cheeks burned like a thousand bee stings. “Uh—no?”

Something akin to anger flashed across his face. It was such a rare expression for Miles.

So I freaked out and faked an orgasm. It shouldn’t have been that big of a deal. I did it all the time, and no one had ever noticed. Not once.

Miles trailed his fingers up my side.

“What—what are you doing?”

“I mean this in the nicest way possible, but you’re a terrible actress and I’m calling bullshit on that little performance of yours.” His fingers scraped across my breast. “In my experience, when a woman climaxes—and I mean really climaxes—she’s sensitive. Her skin feels electric and she doesn’t want to be touched. She just wants to revel in the afterglow.”

“You know, talking about other women in bed isn’t a great look,” I retorted.

His remark was cutting. “The same could be said about faking an orgasm.”

I pulled at the tie that bound my wrists as embarrassment slithered around me. “Can you—can you undo me?”

“Sure,” he said casually. “If you tell me what happened.”

“Miles—”

Frustration was painted all over his face and I knew why.

It was me.

I was the problem.

He gently loosened the knot and untied my wrists. My clothes were on the other side of the room, so I dove under the covers instead. But, to my surprise, Miles did too.

“Two things are going to happen,” he said. “First, you’re going to tell me if I hurt you in any way.”

“No, no—god, no,” I said, rolling away from him so I could wipe the tears that were welling up in my eyes. “You were just fine.”

His hand was warm on my hip as he lay behind me and pulled me flush against him. Miles’s arm wrapped around my naked body, pinning me to his chest.

“Then tell me what went wrong so I can fix it. If I did something you don’t like, just tell me and I’ll—”

“It wasn’t you. It was…”

“Talk to me, Brave One.” He pressed a kiss to my spine.

If there was anything I had learned about Miles Zhou, it was that he didn’t let things go. If there was a problem, he would hyperfixate on it until he had solved it. Which is exactly why I knew having ten minutes of a humiliating conversation would be better than a whole day of Miles pestering me about it.

“I like sex,” I admitted cautiously. “But my body—I’m just not made for it.”

“Did a doctor tell you that or something?” he mumbled into my neck.

I laid my hands under my cheek. “No. I just … can’t … orgasm.” Acid roiled in my stomach at the admission.

His hand wrapped around my hip. The gentle stroking of his thumb across my skin was soothing. “So you fake it?”

“Yeah.”

He smiled against the back of my head. “And the partners you’ve been with actually believe you?”

“As long as they get theirs and they think they did their job, everyone’s happy.”

“You shouldn’t be giving out participation ribbons.”

“I don’t see what the problem is,” I clipped.

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