Total pages in book: 81
Estimated words: 76390 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 382(@200wpm)___ 306(@250wpm)___ 255(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 76390 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 382(@200wpm)___ 306(@250wpm)___ 255(@300wpm)
Nik had ended up violating almost all of the rules he stood for, and he had no damn idea why.
Forcibly ending the kiss, Nik shook his head at Daria. “This isn’t the time or place—-”
Most would have quaked at the forbidding note in his voice, but it only made Daria laugh and shower tiny and arousing kisses all over his face as she whispered, “Of course it is.” More kisses. “We’re alone. I checked.”
Ah. So that was why she had looked around. Even so, he didn’t do stuff like this, and Nik struggled not to let the seductive trail of Daria’s kisses sway him. “It does not matter if we are alone. We must stop—-” But instead it was Nik who stopped talking as Daria sucked on his lower lip.
A vision of Daria sucking on his cock teased his mind.
His imagination ran wild, and he found himself releasing her hair so he could hold her by the nape and keep her in place.
Sensing Nik’s control was starting to slip, Daria kissed the corner of his mouth, wanting to destroy it completely. “I’m only going to stop if you can say that like you mean it,” she said throatily.
Her words inflamed him, but bitterness also ate at Nik because of it. “For someone who only had sex once in her life,” he said tightly, “you’re certainly too good at this.”
“Only because of you,” Daria answered honestly, too lost in the heated feel of Nik’s presence to notice the emotion underlining his words. Even though she had a long dating history behind her, none of those frogs had ever seen her naked. None of them had made her want to see any of them naked, and none of them had certainly managed to make her interested in going beyond kissing...
Until now.
Until Nik.
Until she felt...this.
As soon as the thought of this occurred, she deliberately pushed it away, knowing it just wasn’t yet time. Instead, she concentrated on the desire that licked her entire body, and it was a fairly easy task. She only had to remember the first night she had spent in Nik’s arms—-
Up, down, up, down, up—-
Trying not to melt at Nik’s intense gaze, she told him with mocking gravity, “You’re absolutely wrong.”
Nik tensed.
“I didn’t have sex once in my life.”
His face turned expressionless at Daria’s words. Did this mean she’d confess the truth about her past now? And if she did, he asked himself tautly, what then?
Chapter Two
Nik’s question turned out to be moot. Daria, her arms still around his neck, her breasts rubbing tantalizingly against his chest with every breath she took, only cocked her head to the side, an impish smile on her face as she murmured, “I had sex with just one man in my life, but we made love four times.”
Goddamn. Beautiful. Liar.
Nik was torn between pushing Daria away and kissing her punishingly until she wasn’t able to think of more lies to feed him. How the hell could someone look so innocent – she even felt innocent, dammit, despite her provocative manners – and yet be so used to acting with deceit?
The first time they had met, Daria had told him she had never been with anyone else. And yet when he had gotten his security team to check her background, he had learned that Daria was nothing but a money-grubbing witch with a talent for toying with rich men.
In front of him, Daria flashed Nik a seductive smile as she said huskily, “That’s where all my experience comes from.”
Self-loathing burned deep inside him as his body reacted to Daria’s voice, his desire only growing stronger even as she uttered another blatant lie.
Nik strove to bury his anger deep inside him. Allowing the rage to fester would make him more prone to mistakes, might even make Daria realize he was on to her, and he was determined to avoid that at all costs.
Nik’s plans for revenge depended on making Daria fall in love with him – someone she thought was a poor local, ideal for a summer fling but one she would undoubtedly discard upon leaving the island.
Daria’s smile wavered a little when she thought she glimpsed a hard light in Nik’s eyes. It was almost like he hated...her. The unexpected thought had her blinking, but when she looked at his eyes again, it was gone. Even so, she asked hesitantly, “Is something wrong?”
Nik forced his lips to curve into a mocking smile. “Nothing’s wrong.” He leveled a look at her. “Except for the fact that you seem hell-bent on seducing me in public.”
His deadpan tone had her relaxing, and all her worries fled. “Oh, you realized?” she teased. Tiptoeing again, she brushed her lips against his. “I really want you.”
The way she started rubbing himself against him had his cock throbbing. His teeth gnashed. “Daria—-”