His Lover to Protect - Katee Robert Page 0,10

sit you in my lap facing the mirror so you can see exactly who is driving you out of your mind. Those magnificent breasts of yours are practically begging for my attention, so I’ll start there.” The words felt forced out of him. He wanted to mark her, brand her, until she was as consumed with him as he was with her. “Then I’m going to spread those sweet thighs of yours and stroke you until you’re begging for release.”

“What if I don’t beg?”

“Trust me, darlin’, when I’m done with you, you’re going to be on your knees and begging for my cock to fill your tight little pussy.” A sound suspiciously close to a whimper came out of her, but when he looked back, she had that unflappable expression on her face that he was already starting to resent. Luke stopped walking and pulled her into his arms. “Don’t believe me?”

She licked her lips and pressed against the front of his body. Christ, how was he supposed to make it back to the hotel with her body fitting so perfectly against his? Alexis slid her hand up his chest. “All I’m hearing is a lot of talk. Put your money where your mouth is.”

Even as a small part of him admired her refusing to be railroaded, he wanted to curse her for not feeling as frantic as him. Luke grabbed her ass, using his hold to lift her until she pressed against his hard length. “Careful there, darlin’, or I’m going to put my mouth on you right here.” Her breath caught, and he allowed himself to grind on her one last time before he set her back on her feet. “We’re almost there.”

He focused on getting up to his room before he gave in to her challenge and put his money exactly where his mouth was. Who knew that all it took to drive him out of his damn mind was to have a woman who refused to pull her punches? She hadn’t held back since she met him, and he sure as hell wasn’t going to hold back now.

The elevator ride passed in a blur, and he towed her down the hall to his room. The door barely shut behind him when he pinned her against it. “You’re mine now.”

Even as she wrapped her legs around his waist, she shook her head. “For tonight.”

He wanted to rail against the limitation, but Luke was more concerned with getting her out of her clothes. With one punishing kiss, he moved to the bed and dropped her on it. Before she had a chance to right herself, he yanked off her boots and tossed them behind him. “Unbutton your pants.”

“Bossy, bossy.” But her voice was breathy, and her hands shook as she followed his order. He helped her get them over her hips and then peeled them off her legs, leaving her in only her white knit top and a thong with a shamrock that read Lucky You.

“Lucky me, indeed.”

“Don’t let it go to your head.” She sat up, and he stripped off her shirt and bra. The panties could stay…for now. Alexis propped herself on her elbows and raised one slim leg to poke him in the chest with her foot when he started to crawl onto the bed. “Your turn.”

All he could see was her smooth skin and dark pink nipples. When she poked him again, he finally focused on her face. “What?”

“Your clothes. Get rid of them.”

For the first time since he’d kissed her, Luke paused. He hadn’t been with anyone in a long time. Hell, he could pinpoint the exact time because the woman had taken one look at his mangled knee and taken off. And that was after she cringed at the sight of his scars elsewhere. He couldn’t stand the thought of Alexis flinching from him. “Not yet.”

First, he was going to drive her so far out of her mind with pleasure that she wouldn’t have the ability to remember her own name, let alone worry about his damaged body.

Chapter Four

Alexis didn’t get a chance to argue, because Luke grabbed her ankle and towed her closer. “Do you remember what I told you?”

How could she forget? It felt like every word he’d said on their way from Sin É to his hotel was branded on her skin. It had been everything she could do to keep her wits about her and her replies snarky instead of breathless. If he’d made a move, she wasn’t