Back To Claim His Crown (Mills & Boon Modern) (Innocent Royal Runaways, Book 2) by Natalie Anderson

Author:Natalie Anderson [Anderson, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2023-08-02T18:30:00+00:00

Zara furiously stared at him, trying to work him out. He’d given her such pleasure, only then apparently regretted it so intensely that he’d walked out on her. She wanted to know why. Why, when he’d kissed her, when he’d made her come apart in complete pleasure...why had he left so quickly?

Because for her it had been a revelation and she wanted more of it. With him.

‘Would you walk away without taking pleasure from me again?’ she asked.

She wanted to be intimate with him, but not if he wasn’t going to allow her to give him that pleasure too.

His tension mounted. ‘You can trust that I will not take your virginity.’

She did trust him. With all of her body. ‘So you’ll only go so far, is that what you’re saying?’

He closed his eyes briefly. ‘Yes.’

Her blood hummed. He would touch her but not take all of her. And he wouldn’t give her all of him either.

‘Don’t you trust me?’ she asked softly.

His eyes flashed open and he stared at her directly. ‘I don’t trust anyone. Ever.’

‘You trust Niko,’ she pointed out. ‘He’s never let you down.’

‘Niko can take care of himself. I don’t have to worry about him.’

‘You don’t have to worry about me either.’ Her anger spiked.

‘More importantly—’ he ignored her interruption ‘—I won’t take advantage of you.’

‘I don’t need you to patronise me.’ She lifted her head proudly. ‘I’m not going to be here for long, Lucian. I’m going to leave. Why can’t we enjoy what’s between us? It wouldn’t be taking advantage. It would only be for a little—’

‘Zara—’

‘You’re not going to break my heart—’ she brazenly asked outright for what she wanted ‘—it’s just sex.’

He shook his head but his eyes glowed. ‘It wouldn’t be right for us to go that far, Zara.’

‘Why not?’

‘You’ve just been jilted at the altar. Is this the best time to make that decision? And you know that if anyone found out, it would make things even more complicated for us both. Not in a good way.’

Annoyed because she could see his point but hurt by yet another rejection, she snapped back, piqued, ‘Fine, maybe I’ll just please myself, as you once so wisely suggested.’

‘Really?’ He suddenly shot her a tight, feral smile. ‘I think you might find that that’s not the same now. It won’t be enough.’

‘We’ll see, I guess.’ She shrugged even as her insides seemed to melt.

‘All right,’ he said silkily. ‘Why don’t you prove it to me?’

She stilled. ‘Now?’

‘Why not?’ he challenged provocatively. ‘Go on, Zara. You do you.’

The atmosphere crackled. It was as if she were thrown right back into that sensual crucible he’d created for her in his arms last night.

‘Is that what gets you going—watching?’ But she felt her skin flush. What he was daring was outrageous, yet she was dangerously hot. ‘Can’t you let yourself be touched?’

She heard his sharp intake of breath. In the next second he pushed away from the table, stalked around to her seat and pulled her out of it.

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