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Alpha billionaire businessman, Max Savage has had a thing for Lucy Dare for as long as he can remember but he values his long standing friendship with her brothers too much to cross the line. When Lucy shows up at an engagement party on the arms of another man, Max doesn’t like the changes he sees in her and vows to make her his own.
It’s now or never. Max can think of one way to convince Lucy she’s with the wrong guy. He’ll dare to seduce her … no matter what the consequences.
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“Why didn’t you
fly out with Decklan and Amanda? Or wait for Gabe and Isabelle?” He
hesitated before adding, “Or ask me what flight I was taking?”
“I need to know I can survive these things alone.”
He appreciated the fact that she confided in him and as always, he admired her strength. But her words confounded him. “Hmm.”
“What’s that for?”
“You didn’t say you need to do these things on your own, but that you need to survive
them. It
just strikes me,” he said carefully, knowing that picking into her mind
could cause her to withdraw. “That it’s a drastic way of looking at
things. Just like I think moving and staying in California is a drastic
way of protecting yourself from being hurt.”
She narrowed her gaze. “When did you become a psychologist?”
He shrugged.
“Trust me, in the last four years, I’ve had a lot of time to analyze my
actions and to think. So yeah, I like to think I know what I’m talking
about.”
He paused for a
moment, then continued. “Just ask yourself one thing. If something
suddenly happened to one of your brothers, like it did to your parents,
would living
so far away really protect you from pain? Or would you regret not
soaking up all the time with them you could have beforehand?”
She opened her
mouth to answer, probably to lace into him, and then turbulence hit. The
plane bounced repeatedly. He grabbed the hand rest and held on. If they
hadn’t
been seat belted, they’d have been seriously jostled around inside the
plan.
“Hang on folks,” Joely called over her shoulder. “I just need to bring us to a higher altitude for a less bumpy ride,”
Max clamped his
hand over Lucy’s. A glance told him she’d gone pale. “Did I ever tell
you I’m afraid of roller coasters?” he asked.
“Liar.” The corners of her mouth turned up slightly and he considered it a victory.
Then plane jolted so hard he felt it in the pit his stomach.
“Just a tropical storm that came in fast. I’ll get us out,” Joely said from the front of the plane, her voice a calm promise.
But the wild look in Lucy’s eyes didn’t abate.
“Stay with me, princess,” Max murmured.
She blinked and
nodded, but her breathing came in shorter and shorter pants, so Max did
the only thing he could to distract her. He leaned over and kissed her.
The edge of the
seat dug into his stomach and he didn’t give a damn. The only thing that
mattered was Lucy and her taste was like a drug. One kiss the other day
hadn’t
been enough. He’d been craving her ever since.
Now he had her.
He teased her,
gliding his tongue across the seam of her lips, then thrusting inside
the moment she parted for him. She tasted like coffee and mint and as
his tongue
swept through the dark recesses of her mouth, his body burned with want.
His goal was to keep her focus on him and not the bumpy ride but she
shot his concentration straight to hell and all he could think about was
more.
He cupped her
face in his hand and tilted her head, keeping her in place as he swirled
his tongue around and around, drinking her in. She whimpered under his
assault,
her body softening as she leaned closer, accepting what he offered,
kissing him back.
“We’re out of the storm, lovebirds,” Joely called out cheerfully.
Max cursed the
pilot under his breath and treated himself to another longer, more
thorough taste of Lucy before forcing himself to pull back.
Lucy stared at him dazed. “You kissed me again.”
“Kept you from
panicking,” he said, then, not wanting her to yell at him or set
boundaries he’d have every intention of crossing, he changed the
subject. “So did you
read over the information on Savage in Soho? Damn I love that name,
don’t you?”
“Nice ego.” Her navy eyes flickered in amusement and her tongue swiped over her damp lips. Lips damp from his kiss.
@CP Publishing November 2015
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