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Quick and sudden, his hand shot out and she gasped as he shoved his fingers into the loose knot of hair swept back and secured against the nape of her neck A few pins holding the intricate style in place jostled loose, hitting the rip on those strands to pull her head back His lips ca invasion that was far froentle, or romantic

Arabella’s hands caers into theto hold on to for this wild, seductive ride unlike anything she’d ever experienced before She did nothing to stop hinited dark and forbidden desires inside her The kind of brazen and wicked yearnings that should have shamed her because Maddux was ultimately her enemy, as well

But there was no denying the growing ache between her legs as hisherself over to thisto be far easier, and possibly ined

Chapter 7

Maddux meant to punish Arabella with his hard, contentious kiss, or at the very least instill a healthy dose of fear in her, even though he knew both i pretty fucked up after all that had gone down in his office and the lengths to which he’d been forced to go for the repayment he demanded of her father

But ultimately it didn’t really matter what he intended, because his plan quickly backfired mere seconds after his ly yielded to his de hi inside of him for the past hour He unleashed all those turbulent eue and the deliberate, relentless way he plundered her mouth The same way he wanted to plow hard and deep into her body

A part of hiht hi so barbaric with her—anything toher more difficult But this sweet sub after the shitty way he’d treated her He deserved her fury, not her capitulation

Instead, she swayed into hiainst his chest and her lush, soft lips pliant beneath his as he swept his tongue deep inside her mouth She treer thathim up inside His cock thickened and throbbed relentlessly, and it took every ounce of control he possessed not to back her up against the nearest wall, hike up her dress, rip off her panties, and fuck her so hard he’d forget everything that had transpired tonight but the sheer,as now his

Soed to remind himself that she wasn’t one of his normal conquests who knew and enjoyed just how doin, for Christ’s sake Yet the thought of being the firstin and out of her desire-slickened pussy, and being the one to make her scream in pure pleasure as she came all over his shaft, was like an irresistible te to override common sense

Forcing himself to stop, he tore his mouth fro blue eyes that were so fucking trusting he felt as though so warned and sho merciless and cold-hearted he could be, and despite that unrelenting kiss that was only a preview to hisup at him with damp, kiss-swollen lips and like she wanted more of what he’d just doled out

Grabbing her arently but firmly pushed her away, and it was that deliberate separation, coave her, that effectively snapped her out of the dreamy trance she seemed to have fallen into and jerked her back to the reality of the situation

Good Because he wasn’t any kind of Prince Char here to save the day, despite the fairy-tale ball she’d attended No, he was the villain and the beast in this scenario and that would never change

“Go to bed,” he ordered in a harsh tone, and spun around on his heel and left the roo the door shut behind him so hard the walls vibrated—and hopefully helped to instill some much-needed apprehension in Arabella

He headed straight to his office at the opposite end of his penthouse, immediately poured himself a hefty amount of the bourbon he’d shared with his brother and sister earlier in a toast to Theodore’s demise—which Maddux had royally screwed up—and downed every last drop in one long s He welcomed the burn of alcohol as it seared its way down his throat and spread throughout his belly like fire as he added at least another four shots to the glass in his atteet shit-faced

How could a plan that should have been so si? Instead of destroying Theodore Cole, he’d given the man a reprieveand as Maddux tossed back another drink, he swore that’s all it would be, and a brief one at that because he’d made no pro Arabella was definitely a foreancejust not one his brother and sister had anticipated