Total pages in book: 28
Estimated words: 25780 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 129(@200wpm)___ 103(@250wpm)___ 86(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 25780 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 129(@200wpm)___ 103(@250wpm)___ 86(@300wpm)
It wasn’t going to happen. Molly belonged to him, and yes, even that terrified him a little. He’d never wanted to possess any other woman, but Molly was different.
“This is not painful. This is not even a problem, Molly.” He stroked her thigh and watched as she swiped off a crumb of her cinnamon swirl, and all he wanted to do was kiss her lips.
“I’m not going to tell anyone what you’ve told me. This is between you and me, but I want you, Molly. I know this is going to take time, and I’m willing to work on it, the question is, what about you?”
Molly handed him back the package and he opened it, taking out his cinnamon swirl, and having a large bite. It really was a good pastry. “I don’t know what you want me to say,” she said.
“I want you to be honest with me.”
Molly sighed. “You know this is like something out of a book, right?” She laughed. “Is that what you’re doing?”
Nate smiled. “The men in your books get what they want, and they’re blunt about it. They don’t back away and they’re not cowards.”
He reached up and cupped her face. She didn’t pull away and Molly stared at him. “I cannot believe you’re using my own books against me.” She wrinkled her nose. “Do you even enjoy them?”
“Yeah, I do,” he said. “I’ve come to find, Molly Embers, that if you’re attached to it, or have anything to do with it, then I can’t not want it.”
She smiled. “Is that so?”
“Yeah, it is.”
She took a deep breath.
“So, what are you … offering?” She frowned. “I know I’m supposed to be an author, but words can be so hard at times.”
He smiled. This morning had been much more successful than he thought was possible.
First, she hadn’t run away screaming, nor had she called the cops, and he was still here, talking with her. Progress.
“Simple, you and me, we figure this out together. But to be clear, I want you, Molly. I want to fuck you and play with you, and now I want to show you what a real hero can do to his woman. Not something you’ve potentially watched on a porn channel, or made up.” He grabbed her hand and placed it against his chest. “You’ll get me, and I am all man.”
Chapter Five
Molly knew she should have told him to give her time to think about it. The logical side of her brain was screaming at her to do that. But there was no logic, no real thought in her mind. She didn’t know what the hell she was doing. All she knew was what she felt.
Like now, what she felt as Nate took the coffee from her hand and placed it on the coffee table. He moved in so close, her heart was racing, and she couldn’t deny there was also a pulse between her thighs. She wanted him so badly.
Instinct kicked in, and she quickly covered her mouth. Not to be difficult but so that he couldn’t smell her in case she had morning breath.
“I haven’t brushed my teeth,” she said.
“I don’t care.”
“My mouth might taste awful.”
Nate chuckled. “You know, when you’re writing about your book heroes about to make their woman’s heart sing, none of them are interrupted.”
“But this is real life, and you might not like the smell or taste of my breath, and then you will not be able—” In the back of her mind, she was pretty sure there was an angel and devil at work, and one of them was begging to be slapped or told to shut up. The moment she got started, it was like she couldn’t stop, and the never-ending pile of words just kept falling out.
There was no filter. No way of explaining anything.
And then it all stopped because Nate took control, and his mouth was now on hers. At first, she did feel a little panic. He was kissing her and she might have bad breath, but then she became aware of everything.
Her legs were slightly open, and he’d moved to settle between them. For the first time in her life, she was pretty sure she felt the hard ridge of his cock pressing against her.
She couldn’t form a sentence. That seemed to be completely out of her normal range of speaking ability. There was no sound, no words, nothing.
And then, she couldn’t help but moan as he moved, thrusting against her, and she was in no doubt about what was pressed against her core. Even though he wore jeans, there was no denying the stiffness of his cock. At the same time, he traced across her lips, and then Molly opened up, and he deepened the kiss.
She couldn’t think. All she could do was feel. Her body went into hyperdrive, or at least she felt like it did.