bite back
the sarcasm and failed.
His eyebrow lifted. “Yes,
kitten, I am. I won’t deny you my attention but by God you can
sure as hell wait for an orgasm until after you’ve had some
time to think about this mess.” He started for the seat next to
hers and buckled in. “We’ve got several hours until we
get to our destination. Think about your denial and what it means.
Then we’ll talk.”
When he leaned back in the chair
and closed his eyes she almost started to give him a piece of her
mind until the tent in his slacks drew her gaze. He was as affected
by all this as she and it wasn’t only her who got denied. She
sucked in a deep breath and released it slowly. It always amazed her
how often he’d deny his own orgasm before hers. How many men
had she ever known who got her off and then suffered in silence when
their own needs weren’t met? Not a single one.
Like a tire with a sudden
pinprick hole, her anger began to deflate. Damn him. Couldn’t
she even stay mad for ten minutes? She didn’t even know where
they were going exactly and he was about to take a stupid nap.
Harper tried to relax but found
being naked, wet and restrained to a chair did not help her cool off.
The next few hours were going to be the longest of her life. “You
suck, Alex.”
“ Poor, baby.” He
didn’t open his eyes or turn his head but the unmistakable
upturn of his mouth made it all worse.
Time passed. No. Time dragged on
and on and on. She tried reclining her chair, sitting up straight,
crossing her legs and uncrossing them and nothing eased the want. The
light snores from the seat next to her definitely didn’t help.
The bastard had no trouble getting comfortable after their ordeal.
She tried looking out the window
but there wasn’t a whole hell of a lot to view in the darkness.
Hell, she didn’t even know what time it was. When she finally
started to fall asleep, her mind wandered to her predicament. Forcing
her on this trip with him also altered how and when she wanted to
tell him the whole truth. She sighed. Loving an alpha male was a
giant pain in the ass sometimes.
***
“ Wake up sleepy head.”
With great effort, Harper opened
her eyes and found Alex staring down at her.
“ It’s a good thing
you have me to take care of you. I think you’d sleep through
just about anything, including a landing, a car ride and at least two
conversations.”
She blinked up at him. “What?”
The fog slowly cleared from her brain. “Did you say you brought
me coffee?” How was she supposed to function under these
circumstances?
His chuckle soothed some of her
sleep-roughened edges. “No coffee yet, kitten. Let’s get
you inside first and then we’ll see about some much needed
caffeine and breakfast.”
She glanced past his shoulder and
saw they sat in a car in front of a very large house. “Where
are we?”
“ In the Florida Keys just
like you’d planned except this place is a lot more private than
where you’d booked. We have the island all to ourselves. Good
thing too.”
She followed his gaze down and
found she still wore nothing. She shook her head and imagined who
might have seen her naked thus far. “Am I going to get any
clothes on this trip?”
He grinned. “Maybe later.
C’mon. Let’s go check out the house.”
She didn’t believe him for
a second but she was anxious to see what he had in store for her. She
followed him from the backseat of the car up the winding path that
led to the front door of one of the most magnificent houses she’d
ever seen. Although the simple word “house” just didn’t
seem to cut it. It looked like one of those places she’d seen
on TV when they were showcasing outrageous homes that cost millions
of dollars. Knowing this was par for the course for Alex, their
surroundings still took her breath away.
It had taken a while but she’d
kind of gotten used to Alex’s lifestyle. In that he took her to
restaurants she’d never stepped foot in or his