Total pages in book: 114
Estimated words: 139789 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 699(@200wpm)___ 559(@250wpm)___ 466(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 139789 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 699(@200wpm)___ 559(@250wpm)___ 466(@300wpm)
I was more than a little shocked that he was behind me again - I didn't hear him move from where he was sitting.
"You came to me for help, not the other way around, kitten. You don't have anyone else who can help you or you wouldn't be here... Like it or not, you do need my help."
I shrugged out of his hold, then spun around and placed my hands on my hips. "I'm not shaggin' you. If that is a deal breaker for you then so be it, I won't sleep with you in order for you to escort me the weddin' as me boyfriend. I don't care how good lookin' you are. I'm not that kind of girl!"
A smile stretched across Alec's face as he looked down at me. "You think I'm good looking?"
Of course his bloody mind would focus on that part of my sentence.
I narrowed my eyes to slits and glared at Alec which made him lightly chuckle and hold his hands up in front of his chest like he was surrendering.
"I want to fuck you, no doubt about it, kitten, but it doesn't have to be a condition since you're so against it. In fact, since you're dead set against it, I'm going to make you a bet instead."
I raised my eyebrows and stared at him curiously.
"What kind of bet?" I questioned.
"A sexual kind of bet."
He lost me.
"What?"
Alec smirked. "I bet that before anyone says 'I do', I'll have you on your back with your legs spread wide as I pound away between your thighs."
I felt my jaw drop open.
"And you will be the one begging me to suck and fuck you."
My eyes widened to the point of pain.
"Are you serious?" I asked my voice a whisper.
Alec nodded his head.
I laughed, and I laughed hard.
"You've got yourself a bet, laddie."
Alec didn't realise it, but he was setting himself up for disaster with this bet because I was the almighty queen of self-control. I fucking had this!
Alec tilted his head and smiled at me as his dimples earned an inward sigh from me.
"My updated conditions are that we sleep in the same bed and that I can kiss you, touch you, and cuddle with you whenever I want."
The sneaky fucker!
I deadpanned for a moment, but then smiled wide. "You think by doin' all that I will willingly want to shag you?"
Alec shrugged his shoulders, but had a ghost of a smile appeared on his face that confirmed my suspicions.
"Fine, we can sleep in the same bed, but you have to wear pyjama bottoms."
Alec held up his hand. "I sleep naked, always have and always will."
I clenched my hands to fists. "You will wear pyjamas. I'm not backin' down on this, playboy."
Alec blinked at my insult. "Playboy, really kitten?"
I hissed, "Stop calling me kitten!"
Alec shook his head and said, "Nah, I like it. You're small and vulnerable like a cute little kitten."
Puke.
"If kitten is staying then so is playboy," I warned.
Alec laughed and shrugged his shoulders. "I've been called worse, kitten."
I narrowed my eyes. "I really don't like you."
"Give it time, and you will like me plenty."
Cocky bastard!
I shook my head and refocused on my condition. "You must wear pyjamas when you are in the same bed as me, do you understand me?"
Alec smirked down at me. "I like you giving me orders."
"Does that mean you will follow them?" I asked hopefully.
He laughed. "Let's not get too hasty, kitten."
Fucker.
"I'm not backin' down on this, wearin' pyjamas is a condition of mine."
Alec raised his eyebrows and folded his arms across his bare chest.
"Is that so?"
I swallowed but firmly said, "Yes, it is so."
Alec smiled and let his eyes roam over my face until they landed on my eyes. "Fine, pyjama pants in bed."
Small victory won!
I smiled happily. "And as for the kissin' and touchin'; we will have to build up to that happenin' freely. I don't know you, and I refuse to get intimate on any level, even if it is fake, with a stranger."
Alec scratched his chin then took my arm and lead me back to the kitchen table where we retook our seats.
"Okay, that sounds fair."
I was bouncing a little on my seat as I asked, "So you will be me pretend boyfriend, and escort me to Micah's and Jason's weddin'?
Alec laughed at my happiness. "Yeah, kitten. You've got yourself a fake man."
I clapped my hands together. "I can't wait to see Jason's face, this is gonna be so feckin' good!"
Alec's lip was curved as he watched and listened to me. I gradually stopped moving, and speaking, and busied myself with drinking some of my now lukewarm tea. It tasted so good that I groaned out loud.
"Oh my God. You make a perfect cuppa tea."
Alec shook his head. "All that sugar will rot your teeth."
Dentists could perform miracles nowadays so I didn't care.
I shrugged. "I need this, this is how I stay sane."
Alec laughed then looked at his nails and picked out some dirt from under them. I inwardly snorted at how feminine he suddenly looked then heard a bit of a thud coming from outside the kitchen door. I furrowed my eyebrows as I stood up and walked towards the door and pulled it open.
I jumped back and screeched when Nico's large body fell forward and crashed onto the ground. Alec burst out laughing from his seat while I stared wide-eyed at Nico on the floor with my hand held over my chest.
"I told you she had super hearin'!" Aideen's voice shouted from another room in the house, I guessed she was in the sitting room.
Nico grunted and groaned as he pushed himself to his feet, I gripped his arm to steady him in case he dropped again.
"Are you okay?" I asked, worried.
"He is fine, don't be fussing over him. It serves him right for eavesdropping."
Nico growled and snapped his head in Alec's direction. "I was not eavesdropping. I was coming in to get some water-"
"Explain why you were pressed up against the door and fell when it was open then?" Alec cut Nico off with a wicked grin.