A Thousand Kisses Deep: A Steamy Secret Identity Enemies to Lovers Romance by Megan Hart

Author:Megan Hart [Hart, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2022-09-14T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Judah had reacted too strongly, and he knew it, just as he knew his reasons for it. But Giada didn’t, and he could see by her expression that her shock was turning to embarrassment. He hadn’t meant to shame her.

There was that strength again, in her expression and her stance, the way she rallied. Her lips pursed in concern as her brow furrowed. She met his gaze without looking away.

“Are you worried about giving me something other than a baby?”

“What—”

“Is it herpes?” she asked him matter-of-factly. “Because if it is, Judah, you don’t need to be embarrassed about it.”

At first, he was furious she’d even suggest such a thing, but the anger faded almost immediately. She was concerned. She was compassionate. She was also wrong.

“I would never have gotten even this involved with you without telling you about something like that, Giada.”

She stared at him for a few seconds, then gave him a tight nod. She turned away from him to rummage in the dresser. With her back to him, she pulled out some garments and held them up, then tossed them on the bed next to her. She opened another drawer and did the same with items from it. She slipped out of the sundress and put it, too, on the bed. She was entirely naked in front of him, but there was no hint of seduction in her posture. Anticipation crackled between them, yes, but it had lost the sensual edge and was now only tension.

“Giada—”

“No means no,” she said. “If it means no for me, it means no for you.”

He watched her in silence for a few minutes as she slipped into flesh-toned panties and a bra. She added a pair of cream palazzo pants and a silky black top. In front of the full-length mirror, she gathered her hair and began arranging it into a messy topknot. Her hands shook a little, and she drew in a few slow breaths.

Without meeting his gaze in her reflection, she asked, “Do you like this outfit?”

“Yes. It’s perfect.”

“Everything you’ve done for me since I got here has been perfect, Judah.”

“I don’t need you to suck my cock to show me that you appreciate my generosity.” Judah’s voice scraped, raw, on the inside of his throat.

It was another wrong thing to say.

Giada’s entire body tensed as she turned away from the mirror. “I wasn’t offering you a damned blowjob because I thought I owed it to you.”

With a low, frustrated cry, she moved toward him. Automatically, Judah stepped back, hands up. Giada put her hands flat on his chest as though she meant to shove him, but instead she dropped her forehead to his chest. She pressed the rest of her body to his, forcing him to put his arms around her or stand with them held out awkwardly to his sides. He put them around her.

“What happened to you?” she demanded, but her voice was low and gentle and full of emotions Judah could not entirely decipher…and didn’t want to.

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