The Couple who Fooled the World by Maisey Yates

Author:Maisey Yates [Yates, Maisey]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781472002198
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2013-06-02T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

FERRO CURLED HIS hands into fists to disguise the trembling in his fingers. His desire for Julia was raging out of control, far surpassing anything he’d ever felt before.

He’d confessed all to her. The unvarnished truth of his life. Still she said yes. Still she wanted him.

He found that the wanting was important. He knew that he wanted her, craved her like he couldn’t remember craving anything in life beyond the essentials. Food, water, heat. And now Julia.

“Tell me,” he said, the words rough, “that you want me.”

She looked away, her cheeks turning pink. “I told you already,” she said.

“You’re already failing your directive. I asked you to do what I said. Tell me you want me.”

She met his gaze. “I want you.”

Touching her would be like touching fire. Just the thought made him warm.

He closed the distance between them and pulled her to him, his lips hovering over hers. “I will kiss you now,” he said. “And this is not about restraint. Or seduction. Or control. This is for me. This is not for you, or for anyone else. It’s not for any other reason than that you are a woman, and I am a man, and I want you like I have never wanted anyone or anything in my entire life.”

The admission was shaky, frayed, and he didn’t care. His control could burn in hell. And he would follow. Surely for this, he would follow.

He looked at her mouth, pink and lush, soft. Feminine perfection. He had stopped looking at the women he’d been with at a certain point. Had stopped truly looking at them. He saw past them whenever he could.

But he didn’t want to see past Julia. If he was going to do this, he would embrace it utterly, as utterly as he’d embraced his control. He would let go of it with just as much purpose.

He leaned in, tracing the line of those gorgeous, rose-colored lips with his tongue. Tasting her, savoring her. She shivered beneath his touch, her bottom lip trembling, the artless show of arousal pushing his up higher.

How long had it been since he’d wanted without shame? So long.

He didn’t have to hide behind a fantasy to maintain his arousal. Didn’t have to pretend he was in control, with a woman he wanted, somewhere he wanted to be.

He was the richest man in the world. He was just where he wanted to be, with the woman he wanted. He would savor each taste of her, every glimpse of her skin. The feel of her softness beneath his hands.

He deepened the kiss, delving into the recesses of her mouth, drowning in her. And she returned it. Enthusiastically. Passionately.

He had a hundred fantasies. Locked away inside himself, his defense against the invasion of his body. The invasion of his soul.

They hadn’t protected him completely, but they had given him a place to go.

The only question was, which one would he live out tonight, with her.

He bit her lip, testing her. Seeing what she would call a stop to.

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