HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION (An Erotic Billionaire Romance) novel Chapter 59

Meadow’s POV:

The moment Alaric’s lips captured mine, fireworks exploded in my heart. I melted, knees buckling underneath me, but the firm grip he had on my waist held me up.

He pulled back for a second, his chest heaving as his gaze shifted from my lips to my eyes. I didn’t say a word. I couldn’t but Alaric seemed to be way past the point of patience.

“Fuck me,” he rasped right before his lips crashed down on mine again in an even fiercer kiss this time.

I sighed into his mouth.

The kiss was nothing like I thought it would be. It far exceeded my expectations. Alaric’s mouth was warm, his tongue firm and demanding, taking what it wanted without asking permission. I held onto the lapels of his jacket to ground myself even as he pressed me further into the side of the car.

My arms slid to his neck and I wrapped them around it, sliding my hand through his hair. Alaric shuddered beneath my touch, groaning into my mouth as he quickly lifted me up.

I moaned in response, wrapping my thighs around him as he slipped his tongue into my mouth.

“Thought you were saving the best for last,” I rasped, teasing him by repeating what he’d said to me before.

Alaric tensed, but only for a second. He moved to my cheek. My jaw. “Yes,” he growled softly against my skin. “But I’m done fucking waiting.”

His mouth dragged down my throat, hot and open, sending a spark straight to my core. My back arched, my fingers tightening in his hair. “Oh God.”

Alaric’s hands cupped my ass, squeezing it hard as he licked a path up the sensitive skin of my throat once. And then his lips found their way to mine again.

“Wow,” I breathed between kisses. “If I’d known you were such a good kisser, I’d have begged you to kiss me a long time ago.”

He froze. And for a second, I thought I’d said something to offend him as he pulled away from me. But then, his lips twitched slightly.

Alaric let me down, both of us breathing hard as we stared at each other. Resting his head against mine, he murmured, “Damn it.”

Now, I was no expert on people, but I wasn’t a stranger to feeling weird energy. And the way Alaric had just cursed made me feel uneasy. His words were laced with an emotion I recognized as regret. Not just regret, but guilt,

But what was he feeling guilty about? Surely, it couldn’t be because of that lie he’d told me, could it?

I chose not to question it. Chose not to ruin the moment. Alaric just kissed me like he was tired of holding back, and I wanted to revel in that moment.

He brushed his lips softly against my cheek, and then he pulled away from me.

“You need to come back inside,” he murmured. “Before people start asking where my wife ran off to.”

My heart thudded at that word. Wife.

If only it wasn’t just a pretense.

I chewed on my bottom lip, deciding to tease him again. “I’ll go if you kiss me again.”

Something flashed in Alaric’s eyes, and my breath hitched as I thought he would take me up on my offer. But instead, he forced another smile, looking away from me.

“Later.”

My stomach twisted. Just… later.

Alaric didn’t say anything else. He just offered me his arm. I grabbed onto it and he led me back into the house.

“Is there any reason we have to be here much longer?” I asked through my teeth, already overwhelmed by the crowd and the events that had happened tonight already.

Overhearing Alaric’s call. Alaric’s mother pulling me aside and accusing me of pretending to touch her. son. Meeting my aunt who I hadn’t seen in five years.

Alaric kissing me and then regretting it almost instantly….

Yeah, maybe that was the worst of it all.

“Not long, I hope,” he murmured. “But I need to talk to my mother before we leave or she’ll just hunt me down.”

I didn’t laugh. Alaric glanced at me. “You haven’t told me what you think of her, by the way.”

My heart stuttered. “I-”

“I know she may be a little intense sometimes, but I’ll make her behave. She just hates that she couldn’t throw a huge fucking wedding party.” His hand drifted down to my waist and he pulled me in, kissing the side of my head.

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