Stolen Innocence: A Dark Romance by Julia Sykes

Author:Julia Sykes [Sykes, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-01T23:00:00+00:00

The air was hot and heavy, my sweaty t-shirt sticking to my skin. I slowed to a jog as I neared the house, decreasing my speed from sprinting. My lungs burned from exertion; I’d been running as though I could exhaust my desire for Valentina from my system. I couldn’t stop thinking about how soft she’d been against me yesterday, how good she’d smelled as she sighed and snuggled closer.

Frustrated and overheated, I stripped off my wet shirt and tossed it aside, pausing to stretch out my overworked muscles.

After a few minutes, the back of my neck prickled with awareness. Someone was watching me.

I jerked upright, searching for the threat.

I froze, my body going rigid in response to her wide-eyed stare. Valentina stood only a few yards away on the front porch, her lips parted as she looked at me. Her dark gaze wasn’t fixed on mine. Her eyes roved over my body, studying me with open fascination. My arms flexed, my abs rippling as tension rolled through my body. Her tongue darted out to wet her pouty lips.

I remembered the way she’d rubbed her lips while she’d watched the couple kiss on TV. Did she know what it felt like to be kissed? Had anyone ever tasted her lush mouth?

Judging by her shocked study of my body, I doubted it. Her innocence made something dark coil in my chest, and my gut tightened with desire.

I studied her body, in return. She wore a tight white t-shirt that strained over her breasts, and her tanned legs were on display beneath the far-too-short exercise shorts she wore. If she turned around, I’d be able to see her thighs all the way up to the lower curve of her ass.

I should have been enraged that someone had bought these skimpy clothes to display her body, but all I could focus on was the hunger that made my mouth water.

“What are you doing out here?” I asked, my voice deeper and more gravelly than I’d ever heard it.

She swallowed and licked her lips again, her eyes straying to my heaving chest. “I… I thought I’d go for a run.”

“With me?” Surprise flickered through my mind. Yes, she’d let me hold her when she was vulnerable yesterday, but she also feared me. She thought I was mean.

And I supposed I was. I could be cruel, and my fantasies about her certainly bordered on sadistic.

“Um, yeah,” she said breathily. “I didn’t feel like swimming today.”

If the girl thought we were friends after the comfort I’d offered her yesterday, she was mistaken. I didn’t want to be her friend. I didn’t want her in my home, tempting and tormenting me.

She’d been right to fear me. I’d have to ensure that she didn’t mistake my brief show of compassion for kindness.

A wicked smile tugged at one corner of my lips. She took a wary step back.

I bit back a groan. Her trepidation was intoxicating. I liked when she was afraid of me. It made me feel powerful in a way I’d never known before.

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