Engaged to London’s Wildest Billionaire by Kali Anthony

Author:Kali Anthony
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-02-03T15:56:21+00:00

Sara nestled into Lance’s hard chest as her panting breaths eased. One part of her brain screamed What have you done? But those thoughts were smothered by the warmth of a man’s strong arms round her, of her blood, sweet and thick like treacle, sliding through her veins. Sated. Protected.

She’d never felt like this before. Certainly not with the man she’d been supposed to marry. She knew pleasure on her own, of course, but this had consumed her, burned her, and now she felt new and tender. Easy to bruise.

Lance didn’t shift, he didn’t move. He just held her, and in his arms she felt like something precious and beautiful. Like the Fabergé animals he’d carefully held and caressed with his fingers. Something of true personal value. Whilst Lance still hadn’t let go, she loosened her legs a little. The centre of her was pressed against him and he was still hard. She wondered why he wasn’t doing anything. He had an obvious need, the mere thought of which started a tempting pulse low and deep inside her again. As if what had happened had broken something in her and all she could do was want and want and want.

‘Are you okay?’ His voice was rough, so he cleared his throat.

Okay? Merely okay? The whole of her still soared somewhere in the clouds. And the prickle of uncertainty needled at her as she crashed back to earth.

You’ll never have his heart.

Those words taunted her, encapsulating the certainty that she was not loved, was valueless other than for what she could provide as a wife. She didn’t want any man’s heart, not after the painful lessons of her past. But what if she’d misunderstood Lance’s desire? No. She couldn’t second-guess. He’d looked at her and touched and, whilst she’d been the one to initiate the kiss, he’d been close, waiting for it. And there was no doubt that his body wanted her...

But now all the syrupy lassitude had dissipated with this fear that somehow she’d done something wrong. She pulled back, not quite able to look him in the eye.

‘I’m fine.’ How gauche she sounded, when what he’d done had ripped her apart. She blinked back the fierce tears burning her eyes, her nose. He’d made her feel...perfect and wanted. Why couldn’t she hold her head high and accept it? Because she was worth something as a person, no matter what Ferdinand and her family might have thought.

Lance tipped his finger under her chin and she was forced to look into the cool green of his eyes as they tracked over her face, his brow furrowed in concern. If he saw the gleam of tears he wouldn’t just think she was a good girl, but a silly little girl. Men didn’t like those, as her mother had always told her. What they wanted were serene, self-contained women. Well, she could be just that.

‘We should get moving. There’s a whole house to explore.’ She wriggled herself loose of him but, strangely, he didn’t appear to want to let her go, slow to remove his arm, his hand.

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