The Rebel by Nicola Marsh

Author:Nicola Marsh [Marsh, Nicola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Parlance Press
Published: 2024-05-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Hart

I’ve never spent the night with a woman.

It’s disarming to discover I want to despite every self-preservation mechanism in my body telling me to do the opposite and run from this villa as fast as humanly possible.

But Daisy asked me to stay and after the way I treated her earlier today, I can’t say no.

‘I didn’t pick you for a cuddler,’ she says, glancing up at me from the crook of my shoulder where her head currently rests.

‘I’m not.’ I sound gruff and temper it with, ‘But I can’t get enough of you and I’ll be ready for round two shortly.’

‘Only twice?’ She whacks me playfully on the chest. ‘Don’t forget you’re spending the night, mister, so I expect you to double that tally at least.’

‘Done,’ I say, tightening my hold on her.

She snuggles in tighter and, surprisingly, that insistent urge to bolt fades.

What’s so bad about staying the night, ensuring I wake up with an armful of hot woman? It’s not like she’s slipping a gold band on my finger.

‘Want to hear something funny?’

I’m not a talker in bed either. Once the deed is done I’m out so I can get home, usually to a hotel room. But that’s another anomaly tonight: I don’t mind her ramblings.

‘Sure.’

‘I’ve never had a vacation fling.’ Her chuckle borders on a girly giggle. ‘And even though technically I’m working, I’m at a fabulous resort with a hot guy so it feels like a vacation.’

‘You won’t say that when I make you work overtime to get my campaign out to the masses ASAP.’

She waves away my concern. ‘You know I’m good at what I do so let me have this indulgent fantasy for a while.’

I drop a kiss on her forehead. Man, I am such a sucker. She tilts her head up and flashes me an approving smile that makes me feel like a god.

‘Can we play twenty questions?’

‘No.’

I’ve already revealed too much and I don’t like the way she looks at me when I do, like she can see all the way down to the dark part of me where I lock away my innermost shame.

‘Too bad, because I want to play.’ She tweaks my nipple and I swat her hand away. ‘What’s your favourite colour?’

‘Pink.’

Her nose scrunches. ‘No, it’s not.’

‘It is.’ I trail a fingertip from between her tits to her navel. ‘The gorgeous blushing pink of your skin after you come.’

The same pink suffusing her cheeks now. ‘You’re not going to turn every question into a sexual innuendo, are you?’

‘Possibly.’

Especially if it saves me from revealing too much.

‘What’s your favourite car?’

She’s not going to be deterred so I decide to play nice for a while. ‘I don’t own one but if I did it would be something sporty.’

‘Convertible?’

‘Of course.’

She nods in approval. ‘Nice choice. How old were you when you lost your virginity?’

‘Now who’s turning things sexual?’

She shrugs and the sheet covering her top half dips. Bonus. ‘I’m curious.’

‘Fifteen.’

‘That’s young.’

‘An older woman took advantage of me.’

A frown appears between her brows and I smooth it away.

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