her mouth was slightly swollen and her cheeks were flushed with
passion. She was stunning and he could only imagine how much
more beautiful she was with that flush all over her naked body.
As it was, her soft clothed body was torturing him. He wanted to
tear her clothes off and touch every soft warm inch of her with
his tongue just to see if she tasted that good all over.
―Max—― she could barely say his name. He had
momentarily stunned her.
―Hush up.‖ He smiled while lifting himself up on his
forearms to stare down at her, ―There‘s nothing wrong with this.‖
―Oh there is.‖ She argued. This was so wrong in so many
ways! She thought she was in love with him before. This just
pushed her past the point of no return.
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He bent his head and took her mouth again for a long
heated moment before lifting it. Again she showed no resistance.
In fact, she responded to him like she was made for him. His
eyes roved over her face, ―Nothing that feels that good, is wrong.‖
He repeated and to get his meaning through pushed his hips into
hers again causing her eyes to widen. ―See?‖
There was a loud knock on the door interrupting them
followed by a voice in Greek. Max turned his head and answered
whoever it was without getting off her.
―Who was that?‖ she whispered, unable to find her voice.
He smiled searching her flushed face with his pale eyes,
―dinner time.‖
He said it as if it had nothing to do with food, ―Oh,‖ she
said starting to become aware of the position they were in and
started getting more embarrassed, ―Max—could you—―
He chuckled and rolled off her with a sigh. She took the
opportunity to escape and jumped out of the bed. He just lay
there flat on his back staring at the ceiling with a smile on his
face and looking absolutely heavenly bare to the waist. His eyes
suddenly flicked to her causing her to blush for being caught
staring. ―Sorry.‖ She managed.
―What for?‖ he said sitting up and grabbing his suitcase
like what had just occurred was a normal every day event, ―I
don‘t mind if you look at me Lily. Look all you want.‖
Without a word she turned and went into the bathroom
completely ashamed at her behaviour.
Well that went well, he thought staring at the closed
door. He opened his luggage and removed a cool white silk shirt
and tan chinos. He purposely tried not to make a big deal about
what had just happened between them because he knew she was
knocked off balance and he didn‘t want to lend more to her
discomfort. Truth was, he was in deep deep trouble. The
alphabet wouldn‘t help him this time. Nothing would. She
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surpassed his expectations in what he‘d expected when he first
touched and kissed her.
So much for trying to keep his mind on business. There
was no way in hell he was going to be able to concentrate on
anything but her.
In the bathroom, Lily was staring at her reflection in the
mirror appalled at her behaviour and even more appalled at
Max‘s. He kissed her. All sorts of things were flooding into her
brain with that. Did he mean it when he said that he wasn‘t that
desperate for sex? If he did, that meant he kissed her because he
wanted to. It was too difficult for her to fathom. How could
someone like Max King be interested in her when he could have
his pick of any woman he wanted? Cybil Dawn was incredibly
beautiful despite her venom. Any man would be willing to
overlook her vices just to date her.
She blew a strand of hair out of her eyes and looked at the
mess it was in. ―Guard your heart Lily.‖ She whispered to herself.
She brushed out her hair and smoothed the lines of her dress
before she went back out just to stop suddenly. Max was waiting
for her and he looked so devastatingly handsome in his casual
clothes with his hair mussed up while leaning against one of the
bed posts with his arms across his chest. He gave her a boyish
grin with a glint of new knowledge in his eyes when she emerged
and the blush she just got rid of, came back with a vengeance.
―you look good enough to eat.‖ He said straightening up
and running his gaze over her.
―You are taking this engagement acting too far.‖ She said
wishing that their engagement was real. If that moment they
shared moments ago was any indicator of what it would be like
between them, she could live with that for the rest of her life. She
knew she could.
―Am I?‖ he mused holding out his hand.
She just stared at him unable to figure this new mood of
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his out. He was usually good to her, but now there was some
deeper warmth there that made her uncomfortable. It wasn‘t