Total pages in book: 18
Estimated words: 16504 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 83(@200wpm)___ 66(@250wpm)___ 55(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 16504 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 83(@200wpm)___ 66(@250wpm)___ 55(@300wpm)
I’d just made it to my car when he finally broke the silence.
“Are you running?” The deep timber crept through the dark night and stroked up my spine like a promise.
It annoyed me.
It turned me on.
It annoyed me how much it turned me on.
I whipped around, barely able to make out his face in the shadows. “Are you following me so you can take advantage of a woman alone in the dark? Hmm? Are you going to force yourself on me?”
His laugh rumbled in his chest.
I should have been scared. I was alone at night on a quiet street with a man who could easily overpower me. We stood in a large gap without lights, making it hard for anyone to see. All he had to do was pin me to my car, slip his hand over my mouth and take me. No one would know.
With each of his slow steps closer, my heart thundered harder.
I should have been scared…but I wasn’t.
Once he stood less than two feet away, I could see the lascivious smirk on his lips, and still, my body hummed.
“Something tells me that you’d like me forcing myself on you. Maybe you’d even find it fun.”
My pussy clenched at the quick flashes in my mind. I would like it. But I couldn’t tell him that. Lifting my chin higher, I did my best haughty stare. “There’s nothing fun about ignoring a woman’s consent.”
“Unless she gives consent for you to ignore her consent. Right?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Another deep laugh that sounded more like the warning growl of an animal about to pounce on its prey. “You don’t like me very much.”
“No. I don’t.”
His head tipped. “Why not?”
“Because I’ve been let down by enough egocentric men this week, and I don’t need to add another one to the list just so he can prove something to himself.”
“C’mon, Amara,” he crooned, taking another step. “Why don’t you let me help you relieve some of the stress coiling your muscles so tight.”
Yes, fucking please.
The thought of rough, wild sex, followed by many orgasms, sounded like heaven. The perfect release. Yet, still, my chin remained high—my cold shoulder still in place, if not a little weaker than before. “You’ve been trying awfully hard tonight. Must be hard on your ego.”
“My ego can handle it,” he assured with a tempting smile. His eyes skimmed down my neck, over my chest like a physical caress before returning back to mine. “Imagine how hard I’ll try to make you come.”
“So arrogant.” I’d meant for the words to be a sneer; however, I missed the mark when instead, they fell breathlessly from my parted lips.
“Confident,” he corrected. “And I have the cock to back it up.”
Get in the car. Walk away. Don’t say another word. Ignore him.
The instructions barely made a sound past the pulsing heat whooshing through my veins before fading completely.
Yes. Do it. Fuck him. Take. Take. Take. Let go.
Faster and faster, the urgency to act beat like a drum, consuming my senses. I couldn’t think—couldn’t focus on anything but him and relief. With a deep breath, I slid my eyes closed. Like a door to a rowdy party, I slammed it shut, muting all other noise but one.
“Fine.” I opened my eyes in time to catch the slight twitch of his brows. I liked that I surprised him. I liked the calm that settled with my decision.
“Fine,” he repeated slowly, as if confirming he heard the correct answer.
“Today is your lucky day. Fuck me.”
He smiled and hummed before tipping his head behind him. “My hotel is that way if you want to follow m—”
“No.”
“No?”
I taunted with a hint of a smile. If he thought he was surprised by my giving in, I couldn’t wait to watch him react to my demands. If we were going to do this, then we’d do it my way. “C’mon, Mr. Confidence. Fuck me,” I said again, shifting to lean back against my car.
To give him credit, only one brow arched in question. “Right here?”
“Do you need a bed to be good enough?” I challenged.
“Hardly,” he bit out between his clenched jaw.
“Then fuck me. Right. Here.”
I held my breath, wondering if he really was all talk.
One.
Two.
Thr—
He snapped into action, pinning me to the car with one lunge. I gasped, giving him the perfect opportunity to lean in and take.
Before his mouth could land on mine, I tipped my head back out of reach. “I said fuck me. Not kiss me. I don’t need foreplay. I need you inside me.”
With a growl, he bared his teeth like an animal, leaning in again. This time to bite along my jaw and score his teeth along my neck.
I arched back, gasping the cool night air into my overheated body. I hadn’t even noticed how cold it was until his heat consumed me, setting me ablaze and leaving trails of smoke with each whimpering exhale.