Total pages in book: 41
Estimated words: 38800 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 194(@200wpm)___ 155(@250wpm)___ 129(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 38800 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 194(@200wpm)___ 155(@250wpm)___ 129(@300wpm)
“Oh, you’ll get it more than once, honey.” He smirked as he lifted me into his arms and carried me down the hall to my bedroom. “Ain’t just talkin’ ‘bout today either. I will do whatever it takes to convince you to give me a shot.” He entered my room and kicked the door shut. “Whatever I have to do to earn that chance, I’ll do. No matter what.” Then he scowled. “Especially if it has something to do with kicking my brother’s ass.”
That got a surprised giggle out of me. Knox stopped and gave me a stern look. “You think I’m playing, but I’m fuckin’ serious. I intend to make my brother pay for what happened here today, to say nothing of everything else. Threatening to take your kids is a step too far. Especially when he’s the one in the wrong.”
“I don’t want to think about him right now, Knox. I want you to kiss me again. This time, I don’t want you to stop until we’re both so exhausted we can’t do it anymore.”
“Who am I to argue with that?”
He laid me down on the bed, covering me with his large frame as he found my lips with his again. I reveled at being pinned beneath him, loving his weight pressing me into the mattress. Every movement of his body against mine seemed to be designed to drive me insane. It felt like every nerve ending I had was on fire, but in the most delicious way.
Knox trailed his kisses down my neck, flicking his tongue against the sensitive spot where my collarbone met my shoulder. I moaned into his mouth.
“God, Knox. I never expected this. I never expected anything to feel this good.” My words were a mere whisper, but he grunted, understanding me. Probably in more ways than I was prepared for. I hadn’t known Knox long, but his father had fed me a steady stream of accolades and stories. Looking back, perhaps he’d been trying to get me to be more comfortable around Knox. So I’d let Knox have a chance with me? That seemed a little far-fetched, but I had to wonder. Especially with Knox saying his father had pushed him into getting to know me.
“Can’t say I expected it either, honey.” He kissed me again before trailing his lips down my jaw line to my neck. I arched my back as he reached the top of my shirt with his lips. His hands slipped under my shirt, rubbing my skin from the waist of my pants up the sides of my chest.
He pushed my shirt over my breasts and tugged it off, leaving me there in my bra. Knox kissed the swell of one breast while unfastening the bra clasp with his other hand.
His lips were devilishly soft, sending tingles down my spine. I couldn’t stop the moan that escaped my lips as he suckled the peak of one breast, then the other. The sensation was almost too much to bear. My hands wound their way into his hair, holding him to me. I wished I’d worn something sexier, but this was so far from the way I thought this day would go it wasn’t even funny.
“You’re so beautiful, Evie. Every inch of you.”
He reached back between his shoulder blades and pulled his shirt over his head. The magnificence of tattooed skin and hard muscle he revealed was like something out of my most fevered fantasies. I ran my hands across his chest, the slight dusting of hair abrading my palms.
“You’re beautiful too.” I don’t know why I said that. A man like Knox probably wouldn’t appreciate it, but he was. He was cut like a Greek statue. A god with the power to consume a mortal woman like me. Still, I craved more of his touch.
The corners of his lips lifted, and he shook his head. “Guys ain’t beautiful.”
“You are.” I let my hands feather over his broad shoulders and muscled triceps. “Never seen a man so perfectly made.” My voice was a husky whisper. I sounded as in awe of him as I felt.
Knox slid his hand to my waistband, sliding my pants and panties over my hips and down my legs before tossing them onto the floor. I trembled as he lay back on top of me.
“This goes as far as you want it, honey. If you want me to make you come over and over until you pass out, I’ll do that. But I don’t have to fuck you. Not if you don’t want me to.”
“Don’t even think about backing out now,” I snapped. “You started it, you have to finish.”
That got a bark of laughter from Knox. “God, this is going to be one hell of an adventure.” He kissed me again before sliding down my body, kissing his way to the top of my mound.