“I asked you to stay because of the way you’ve been looking at me.”
My body jolts and I take a step back, thrown off.
“How… how have I been looking at you, Mr Romano?”
“Like you’refuckingstarved and I’m exactly what you want on the menu,” his low voice rasps out, dark eyes never leaving mine.
“I… I don’t.”Am I fucking stuttering? What the fuck is this man doing to me?!
Alex corks a challenging thick, inky, arched eyebrow.
“Are you saying if I slid a finger along your slit I wouldn’t find you wet,carina?”
“What?!” I sputter, my initial shock at his words quickly morphing into indignation.
I stomp to him, standing close enough that our chests almost brush. I raise a furious hand, intent on slapping the rudeness out of his gorgeous, smug face. But Alex Romano is a swiftasshole. He catches my wrist midair and holds me firmly, with just enough bite to make it clear which one of us dominates the physical battleground. I try yanking my hand away in vain. His midnight eyes send daggers, but I hold my ground, just as furious as he appears to be.
“Careful, sweetheart,” he growls, leaning into me. Our faces so close that the tip of his long, elegant nose skims mine.
Fuck, he’s beautiful!That olive skin, his cut cheekbones, and sensual mouth… Hisfuckingcoal dark eyes. And his scent…Oh, fuck.Why did I come so close to this dangerous man? Think before acting, Emma!Now I’m drowning in the smell of his expensive cologne, blended with an underlying mist of masculine musk I can tell is all him.Fuckingbig D energy and male pheromones.
And I guess the reason I’m sofuckingmad is he would absolutely find my swollen folds soaking wet. Since entering this room, the damp spot on my underwear has done nothing but kept growing.If he were to touch me… down there…My entire body shivers at the thought. And I know Alex Romano notices because his pupils dilate, his full lips press into a hard line, his nostrils flare.
Then, he grunts, “fuck this shit,” and falls on my mouth likeheis the starved one. Alessandro Romano kisses the same way he seems to do anything. With power, determination, and skill. He tastesfuckingamazing, like nothing I’ve experienced before.
Alex said I looked starved, but the way his fresh, clean, unique savor seeps into every single cell of my being, I know only he will ever be enough to quench the ravaging thirst he ignites in me. I hear myself moan loudly into his mouth and barely recognize the sound, or my actions. Who the hell is this wanton wrapping herself around a quasi-stranger like vine? My fingers threaded through his thick, soft hair, I’m pulling Alex impossibly closer, sucking on his face like my life depends on it. Pressing my body against his hard muscles like I’d dissolve into thin air if we left an inch of space between us.
Alex detaches his mouth from mine, taking a step back, hands on my shoulders, arms stretched.
“Babe.” His low, rumbly baritone breaks through my mental fog and I blink to bring his ridiculously handsome face into focus.
“Fuck, you’re beautiful.” The words escape my lips before my brain gets a chance to catch up and I clasp a hand over my mouth, eyes widened.
Alex’s sculpted lips stretch in a rakish grin.
“You think I’m beautiful?”
I shake my head with vigor.
“But you just said-”
Still grinning, he leaves his unfinished sentence hanging in the air between us.
My face moves from side to side again.
“Temporary insanity.”
Alessandro Romano bursts into a fucking beautiful, loud, boisterous laugh, and I know nothing will ever be the same. His large palm cups the back of my neck, midnight eyes studying me with mirth.
I’m in absolute sensation overload. Surrounded by his scent, the heat emanating from his body, the feel of his bulky muscles, of his powerful hand holding my nape. The lingering sensations from our fiery kiss… I could stand here all night, lost in his magnificent gaze. But Alex has other plans…
4
Alex
“Stay with me the night?” I ask Emma.
I know what I told Bennett. But this woman,mywoman? I want her to come to me willingly. I’m ready to woo and seduce her. She has nothing to do with that moron’s debt, despite the excuse I used to keep her here.