Hardening my gaze, I stare right into his eyes. “I just don’t want you. Simple as that.”
Pulling my arm, he drags me over against the wall, caging me in again. “Liar. Kiss me and prove it.”
His body presses against me, and I try to push him off, only halfheartedly if I’m being honest with myself. I don’t want him going anywhere. My heart thuds harder than it ever has before, and my insides clench with the need to feel him. The world spins around me, and it’s as if everything comes to life. My body tingles with desire, and underneath the surface, I can feel my wolf. She’s there, trying to get out. Trying to …
“No,” I whisper, gasping for air. “What’s happening?”
Chase cups my cheeks, the magic of his touch making everything explode within me. Squeezing my eyes shut, I shake my head, willing the words to come out of my mouth. But I can’t. When I open my eyes, the light is already dim outside, which seems off given that it’s only eight-thirty. Usually, it doesn’t get dark this early and I have to assume this has something to do with Chase’s house. But that darkness is almost foreboding given how Chase is hovering over me with dark eyes watching every twitch of muscle so that he can read me.
I press my back into the wall to put even the tiniest space between us. Anything to help me catch my breath and stop being so affected by this man.
He’s taller than me. More muscular. Scary to a lot of people but I didn’t care about my size. Chase doesn’t scare me physically. What terrifies me is the way my body reacts when he’s around.
“What did you say?” I whisper, my mind a jumbled mess. I must’ve heard him wrong.
He leans in close enough that I can feel his breath on my face when he says, “Kiss me and prove it. You claim to not want me. It should be easy for you to prove it.”
“I don’t have to prove anything to you.”
“Come on, princess. Tell me to stop.”
My eyes lock with his and I know that I won’t be able to tell him that. My body has wanted Chase for so long that the smallest touch awakens me. Yes, he’s an alpha, but he’s not royal. Not exactly a match made in Heaven. Or have I been seeing it all wrong?
“Tell me to stop, princess,” he whispers again.
I shake my head slightly and tell him, “I can’t.”
His mouth crashes into mine as if that admission was all he’d been waiting for. Chase’s mouth is hot and wet against mine as he licks along the seam of my lips, which automatically open. His tongue strokes mine, making demands that I’m more than willing to follow.
That’s the problem with Chase. He and I aren’t meant to be together given the fact that I’m royalty, but I can’t deny the pull that I have to him physically. My body desires him while my brain definitely does not.
Chase thrusts his hands into my hair and takes the kiss deeper. We’re standing in his living room, but he doesn’t seem to care when he pulls back to yank my shirt over my head. He trails his mouth down my neck as I fill with need. It’s not even desire anymore but need. I need this with him. Maybe once we’ve had sex, I can put an end to how preoccupied he makes me. The desire will be quenched. Yet, somehow, I don’t think this is how it will work.
He kisses down to the swells of my breasts and reaches around to my back to unhook my bra. Chase is everywhere, caressing me, making demands. I curl my fingers into his hair when he takes one of my nipples into his mouth, sucking first, then scraping his teeth over my sensitive nub. I drop my head back and moan.
This shouldn’t feel as good as it does.
Next, Chase slides my pants and underwear down my legs, and my breath catches as he steps back to look at me. I should feel exposed, yet with him, I don’t.
What sounds like a growl rumbles up from Chase’s chest, shooting waves of desire through me. Then he dives back in to claim my lips once again.
As Chase kisses down my body, I try not to think about what happens next. What this will change. I decide that nothing will. This is just a one-night thing to get him out of my system and then I won’t have to think about him anymore.
My entire body tingles when he hoists my leg up onto his shoulder and licks my most sensitive area. I don’t know why but I wasn’t expecting that right now. Most of the alphas I’ve come across only care about their own needs. That’s why I never wasted my time on them. But Chase, on the other hand, I always figured he would know what to do with a woman. Of course, he hasn’t disappointed. After all, he is an alpha, but for some reason, he keeps taking me by surprise.
He licks and sucks as he holds my thighs apart until my body writhes against the wall. My fingers slide through his hair, but then my grip tightens the more he tastes me. Chase pushes me until I come undone, and my universe explodes into an array of stars and immense gratification. He swipes his tongue across my clit once more as my body relaxes. Although, I’m not entirely sure my legs will hold me. They feel as if they’ll give out any second.
After dropping a kiss on the lowest part of my stomach, Chase pushes to his feet, and I slump a little as I try to catch my breath.
“You taste so fucking amazing,” he murmurs, his voice raw and full of desire. By the gleam in his seductive, blue eyes, I know we’re nowhere near done.
I want to move, but my legs feel like Jell-O. Smiling, Chase sweeps me up into his arms as if I weigh nothing. When we get to his bedroom, he gently lays be on his bed. The room smells just like him and it turns me on even more. It’s as if he’s all around me. And now, I want him inside of me.
“Why do you still have your clothes on?” I ask, knowing I sound a little impatient. I want him now before reality sets in. I need this.
Chase chuckles low in his throat, then yanks his shirt over his head. “I was taking care of you first.”
I twirl my finger in the air, hoping it’ll spur him on to get naked faster. He gives me a cocky grin as he pops the button on his jeans, then pushes them down, exposing himself to me. And for a minute, I can’t not look at him. My mouth waters in anticipation.
Chase stalks toward me looking very much the predator with me as his prey. It’s sexy as hell. The moment he’s close enough to me, I wrap my hand around his cock and slowly stroke his length. Chase runs his hands up my body as if he wants to explore every inch of me. He traces his fingers over all my curves while I relish the feel of his smooth skin. Hovering over me, he settles between my thighs even though I’m still stroking his incredible erection.
“It’s my time to—” I start to say, but then he shakes his head.
“Not today, princess,” he says right before his mouth crashes into mine again.
I open up to him, moaning into his mouth. The taste of him is something I’ll never forget. What’s crazy is that he’s not even inside of me yet, but the way he moves against me has me aching for another release. Chase takes my hand from his cock and pulls both above my head, securing them with one of his. His eyes flare when he gazes down at me, and at the same time, pushes inside of me. He fills me so completely that I’m not sure I could take anything bigger, and as I try to move, he holds me in place. Our bodies connect in a way I’ve never felt with anyone else before.
He releases my hands so that he can run his up the back of my leg and hitch it higher on his hip to allow himself to go deeper. Every move he makes steals my breath more. I run my hands up the taut muscles on his back, loving how broad he is. How he can block the whole rest of the world out.