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“Okay, fine” She pasted on a fake smile, but her annoyance re into her voice “Your rules, your way, Mr Wilder Got it” She even saluted hiht even want to injectdevices just to be on the safe side”

Her deliberate i so searingly hot and purposeful it stole her breath and sent warning signals throughout her body

“Last night I thought I was dealing with a sweet, compliant fe allhis head as he slowly rounded the counter toward her, each step ratcheting up her rapidly beating pulse, especially when she caught sight of the solid, i the front of his jeans

Clearly, the buttons she was pushing were purely sexual ones

When he stood next to Arabella, he grabbed her chin between his fingers and tipped her head back so she was forced to look into his blazing eyes “I seriously think your ht what happens when you push and provoke ainsubordination,” he said, sliding his thu it between her parted lips until it invaded her ue “I’ve already warned you once this , and what you don’t seem to understand is that my dick would be more than happy to provide that lesson, Bella”

She made a soft, inarticulate sound in the back of her throat, and the beat of her heart skyrocketed in her chest, but it was the ache between her legs that had her instinctively, seductively closing her lips around his thuer

“Fuck,” he groaned, his jaw clenching tight with carnal hunger as he withdrew his finger froht in her hair instead “Get on your knees, Bella Right here, right now, and part those pretty lips for me”

Chapter 9

Arabella sucked in a startled breath It wasn’t a dare, or even a suggestion His explicit words were a blatant, aggressive deh her like a touch of electricity that was connected straight to her sex Oh, God, she’d instigated this, had pushed him when she knew the repercussions because he’d ht in a web of her own doing and had a choice toby the i across his features

Even knowing she had the ability to say no and trusting that he’d back off and let her go, a very wanton and curious part of her wanted to please hiive him what he wanted She wasn’t sure what that said about her when she’d never been so brazen before, but just as she hout the apartment

Maddux cursed vividly and ih he pinned her with a stern look “Don’t fucking move”

Confusion rippled through her, but as soon as she spotted two people strolling into his penthouse from his elevator a few seconds later, she realized that with Maddux standing beside her, she at least covered his erection fro him time to cool down

Obviously, he hadn’t locked out his floor froain, she doubted that Maddux had intended to proposition her right there in the kitchen

They both looked sih to Maddux for her to assus he’d eous, perfectly symmetrical features and thick dark hair ran in the faolden-brown eyeswhich were ain of hostility, which led her to believe that Maddux

hadn’t informed his brother and sister who she was yet She was certain the fallout wasn’t going to be pretty