Billionaire's Bounty Cost Of Love And Revenge novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Ivy’s POV

Asher not so subtly dragged me out of the hall; he didn’t bother to answer any of the questions Luca was throwing at him, I swallowed nervously, berah able to breathe with his long strides, my mind going wild with different scenarios.

He turned sharply into a hallway and frantically punched the keys into an elevator, pulling ine in as soon as the doors opened.

The doors pinged, and the elevator shut. He pulled me close and captured my lips in a frenzied kiss. He slipped his hand around my neck, and the other hand went around my waist, I melted like jelly into his arms, ghing in to his kiss, i had dropped every last bit of restraint had on the dance floor. Here we were alone, away from all the prying eyes.

I wrapped my hands around his neck, deepening the kiss. He let out a pleasured groan at the back of his throat, reverberating in his chest, sending tingles down to the tips of my toes, I leaned in closer until was pressed up against him, my nipples hardened nerve buds. As they brushed against his chest, a jolt of pleasure shot down to my core,

Things went from zero to a hundred pretty quickly. He took my lower lip into his mouth and suckled on it. His hands wandered to my ass cheeks, caressing them lightly, eliciting a suppressed mean from me. My wetness seeped into my pants, mortifying me with my body’s instant response to him.

He held me tightly in place, the evidence of his arousal poking my tummy, I lihed a leg, and he grabbed my thigh, his hands traveling up the length of my dress. Before I knew it, the elevator opened.

I pulled away quickly, smoothing my dress. I was the first to exit, not wanting him to see how heated my cheeks were or the arousal in my eyes. He rushed after me and grabbed my hand. We walked down another corner, and then he opened a door by swiping a key card. My eyes scanned the room. It was a large room with high ceilings and a hute glass window.

I walked up to the window, turning my back to him. The window had a beautiful view overlooking the city’s skyline, the flashing lights in the distance making it even more alluring

“So that was hot, his voice still husky.

I licked my lips, trying not to focus on his words or how they made me feel. I tried to distract myself from the aching in my core or the delicious pain in my nipples. I shut my eyes and threw my head back, trying to drown out the image of Asher’s fingers rubbing them.

I didn’t hear him walk up to me until I could feel his hot breath on the nape of my neck. He wrapped his hands around my waist and pressed his bulge against my ass cheeks. “Do you know what I’m talking about right now?” he asked in a soft voice.

I dared not answer; I didn’t trust my voice, Instead, I bit down on my lower p

He reached forward and lightly caressed my lips. “Look at me,” he whispered, lifting my chin so we could stare at our reflections in the large glass window. “I want your naked body up against this glass while I fuck you. I want you to watch yourself, to see what I do to you.”

My breath caught in my throat, and I swallowed. I felt hot, a fresh wave of desire washing over me.

He caressed my bareback and made to push down the sl

“Asher-”

of my dress….

He glanced at my reflection in the mirror, and just like that, the moment between us was broken. He pulled away and began to pace aro

I didn’t know how I managed to stop him, despite all was feeling in that moment, I wanted his hands on my body. I wanted to feel every bit of him..

There was still one rational bone in my body that knew there were a lot of unanswered questions and unresolved issues. I wanted Asher, but as much as ! wanted him, I didn’t want to be one of the women in his long line of women. I straightened up and adjusted the sleeve of my dress

I saw the look of disappointment flicker in his eyes as he massaged his temples.

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Chapter 40

I glanced around the hotel room, “You stayed here all by yourself.” I trailed off, letting the words hang in the air between us

He stared at me in disbelief and crossed the distance between us. “What do you really want to say, hy?” he pressed

Laverted my gaze.

“Look at me and ask your question, tane demanding

I managed to stare into those honey brown depths, but how could I admit out loud that I was jealous–that I was jealous of all the unknown women in his life? I was jealous of women I hadn’t met, but I knew they existed. The night he came home drink with lipstick stains all over the collar of his shirt…

I stepped away and smoothed my arms. I couldn’t bear to stare at him, so I turned my back to him. “We can’t, we can’t do this

He sighed. “You already made that abundantly clear,” he muttered under his breath.

I tucked my hair behind my ear. “I don’t want to be just one of your women. I…..”

He grabbed my upper arm and pulled me toward him. “You’re not just one of my women, hy…” With the look on his face, I knew he had seen the doubt flicker in my eyes. He let go of me and resumed pacing. “You don’t believe me,” he let out a drychuckle.

“Asher-

“You don’t believe me! Yet I’m supposed to somehow trust that you and your ex had nothing between you when he had his tongue halfway down your throat!” He yelled, anger flashing in his eyes. “I’m supposed to believe you have nothing to do with my brother at all. That it’s just pure friendship, but know my brother…

“Asher!” I screamed, blinking back tears. This was the first time he had shown any emotion about seeing Max and me together. It was somewhat unexpected. I thought I saw tears in his eyes, but he looked away before I could be sure. “You never let me explain my side of the story. I told you there was nothing between us. He came on to me, I didn’t want to be there. He forced-“I caught a glimpse of his face, and it was the same look of disbelief had on my face only moments ago. “There’s nothing between Marcus and me. I’m sorry I invited him to your event. I didn’t want to it came up in conversation, and it just slipped. I assumed you had forgotten…”

He came up to me, his face inches away from mine. “Yeah, of course. It came up in conversations. You two are cozy, going on daces together…

Iglared at him. “This is why I never liked you!” Lexclaimed in frustration.

He ran his fingers through his hair and sighed exasperatedly. “It could be anybody else, anybody else but my brother, Ivy. It’s weird, really weird…”

A knot formed in my throat. I couldn’t tell what was more hurtful in that moment his false accusations or the fact that he was making it clear he didn’t care who I was with, “What are you saying?” My voice barely above a whisper.

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