Dirty Sexy Alphas (Twenty Book Box Set) - Hannah Ford Page 0,373

could feel every vein and ridge throbbing along the length of him.

I concentrated on stroking that one spot each time he slid out. His legs shook and his breath came out in erratic bursts. When his body tensed, I dug my nails into his ass.

“Skylar,” he warned hoarsely.

I knew what he was saying and my answer was to take him in as deep as I possibly could and hold him there as he swelled and then pulsed in my mouth. His long, low groan echoed in the room and after a few seconds, he gave several more short thrusts. I wrapped my lips around him and drew out as much as I could before he dropped one arm and I felt his fingers stroking through my hair.

“That was…” he panted. “You didn’t have to do that.”

I slid his cock from my mouth and pressed a kiss to his hip. I looked up and met his gaze. The harsh lines around his face were softer now and the look in his eyes wasn’t anything I’d seen before. It sent a different kind of want through me.

“I wanted to do that. For you,” I told him, meaning it.

His eyes closed and he rested his head on his forearm.

“What am I going to do about you?” he said so low that I almost didn’t hear him.

But I did, and it made me wonder the same thing. What was he going to do next?

Chapter 4

“You look stunning,” Madden said, watching me from over the rim of his glass.

He hadn’t stopped looking at me since we sat down. A permanent blush had taken up residence on my face.

“The dress is beautiful,” I told him. It had been one of the ones that he bought me at the resort and I didn’t have a chance to wear it. It was pale yellow with lace covering the chest and two layers of the softest cotton made up the knee length skirt. I’d tied a light silk scarf around my neck to hide the bruises and had pulled my hair back in a loose, messy ponytail that hung over one shoulder.

I felt like a princess in a twisted fairy tale. One who had no idea what was going on between her and her “Prince Charming.”

“I think we put on a good show, don’t you?” he said.

The flash of cameras as we stepped out of the limo had taken me by surprise. Madden swooped in and wrapped his arm around my waist and had kept his body between me and them as we went inside.

Without the threat of Jacob looming over me, though, it wasn’t so bad being in the spotlight. In fact, spending time with Madden was turning out to be amazing. And tonight, he’d told me that we were going back to his house. I wasn’t sure if this was part of our “engagement” story that was still all over the papers or not, but it felt so incredibly real.

This was only temporary, I kept telling myself. But lately, I was beginning to wonder if something that felt this incredible was meant to be only temporary.

We were soon seated at an elegant table away from everything else.

I glanced at Madden from under my eyelashes. I knew this couldn’t be anything permanent. He was Madden Cross. I was...nobody.

“Where did you go?” he asked, taking my hand and running his thumb over the outside of it.

A gave him a smile. “Just trying to process everything. The last four days have been sort of surreal. I’m not really sure if I’m sitting here with you or if it’s all in my imagination.”

“Judging by the noises you were making last night and again this morning, I’d say this is very real.” Something burned behind his eyes, something that made my pulse leap with a tiny bit of hope. Was it possible that he felt more than just an obligation based on a fake engagement?

“So what’s good to eat?” I asked, forcing air back into my lungs.

Madden’s gaze dropped to where my dress dipped down, revealing the tops of my breasts. When he looked back up, the hunger in his eyes sucked all the air from the room.

“You,” he said.

Desire coiled in my stomach. Eating dinner was pretty overrated. I pulled my hand free and picked the napkin off my lap.

“But the lobster crepes with lightly fried new potatoes is pretty good.” A smile lifted the corner of his lip up and I blinked. Was he teasing me? Okay then.

“Sounds perfect.” The