The Revenge Game by Alice Gaines

Author:Alice Gaines
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New Adult & College Romance; Contemporary Urban Fiction; Contemporary Women's Fiction; Two-Hour Romance Short Reads; Action & Adventure Romance; Holiday Romance; Women's Short Stories; Billionaire; Millionaire; sensual romance; revenge romance; first love romance; reunion romance; luxury; island resort; Indulgence; Alice Gaines; Entangled; Category Romance; Series Romance; Second Chance Romance;
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Nicole could barely concentrate on her own work on the elliptical machine in Savvy’s gym because Adam was on a treadmill only a few feet away. Wearing shorts and a T-shirt they’d picked up in the gift shop, he’d cranked the machine up to high speed and was sprinting. His arms pumped as his legs carried him forward. He was breathing hard, his chest working with the effort. Though his shirt didn’t hug his body, it nevertheless hinted at the muscle underneath—the exact firm flesh she’d caressed with her palms during sex.

No matter how many times she studied him, the sight of him always captivated her. No matter what he wore—a tux, casual dress, or exercise clothing—he filled it out to perfection. He was, quite simply, the perfect image of a human male in his prime—part intellect and part animal. The animal reached inside her, compelling her to watch him. Daring her to look away while knowing she couldn’t. Making her want him, deep in her bones.

Even now, after he’d left her once and very likely was doing everything he could to sabotage her company and her dreams, she still craved him. His smiles, his kisses, the way he moved inside her, giving her orgasm after shattering orgasm.

He glanced over and caught her staring, and a self-satisfied smile covered his face. He was red from exertion, and sweat had begun to accumulate around his neck and down the center of his chest, but he kept right on running. She, on the other hand, was hardly moving, so she climbed off her machine and gave in to the pleasure of knowing that the most handsome man in the world—and the greatest lover—was hers while they stayed on this island.

“How long can you keep that pace up?” she asked.

“Depends,” he answered.

“On what?”

“On what I’m running away from,” he said. “Or to.”

“I’d never catch you.”

“I wouldn’t be so sure of that.” He pressed the speed button on the treadmill, slowing the pace down to a walk.

“Cooldown?” she said.

“Enough exertion for one day. Unless you had something else in mind.”

She always had something else in mind around him, but today, something more than sex occupied her brain. She was going to have to face a vote of no confidence when she got home—a vote she had no guarantee of surviving. Especially after that story about Westmore Hotels in the gossip column.

“Did you happen to check Investments Insider yesterday?” she asked.

He hesitated, almost stumbling, before he hit the Stop button and halted the treadmill. “I did.”

“You must have seen the mention of my company.”

“It was hard to miss.” He pulled the T-shirt over his head and mopped the sweat from his chest with it.

“How do you suppose it got there?”

He stared at her. His skin still held a flush, but that could be from his running. “I wouldn’t know.”

What had she expected? That he’d come out and admit he’d planted that item in the column virtually everyone in business read? The kid just out of college might not have lied to her, but he’d had ten years to get a harder edge to him.

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