Total pages in book: 155
Estimated words: 154379 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 772(@200wpm)___ 618(@250wpm)___ 515(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 154379 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 772(@200wpm)___ 618(@250wpm)___ 515(@300wpm)
One of them suddenly cracked up. “Holy shit, bro. You scared the piss outta me. Thought we stumbled upon a serial killer or some shit.”
Irritation spilled from Theo. “Little late to be out, yeah?”
Another laughed. “Come on, man. You didn’t strike me as such a buzzkill.”
“Yeah, we know who the buzzkills are,” Theo mumbled under his breath before he raised his voice a bit. “You don’t know what’s lurking in the woods at night. Think it’s time you get back to your room.”
The last gave him an exaggerated salute as he staggered to the side. “Whatever you say, boss.”
They were laughing and shoving at each other as they fumbled onto the path and started in the direction of the main lodge.
While I stood there shaking.
Chills streaking through me that didn’t have anything to do with the cold.
Desire still coursed and pulsed, while my brain was screaming at me that I’d allowed myself to be so reckless. That I’d almost…
Regret oozed from Theo as he slowly turned around, and he roughed a frustrated hand over his face as if he were also trying to knock himself out of the frenzied daze that had taken us over.
“Sorry about that.” His words were gruff.
My gaze found my boots that I was shifting back and forth on. I peeked up at him, my words wispy as I forced them out. “It was probably for the best.”
Greed still rippled and flexed through his body, and his voice scraped in the night as he leaned in close. Swamping me in his presence all over again. “Yeah. Think it would be best if you went inside.”
He was right.
I should absolutely go inside.
But that didn’t stop the way need rushed and churned and begged to be sated. The way I wanted to grip onto him and demand that he put me out of the misery he’d spun me into.
Instead, I nodded and turned for the door, retrieving my keycard from my purse again and pressing it to the reader.
It buzzed and gave, and I pushed open the door.
Hesitation brimming through me, I paused to peer back at him. “Thank you for the ride,” I whispered.
Arrogance twisted across his brutal, beautiful face, though there was something pained scored beneath. “Anytime, Pipes.”
I pushed the rest of the way through the door, and I quietly latched it before I made a beeline for the stairs, hustling up them like my life depended on it.
Finn would be sleeping with Nelly in her room downstairs, and I crossed the small loft and hurried into my room and shut the door behind me.
I felt as if I were being burned alive.
The winter no match for the fire that Theo had lit.
I tossed my purse to my bed and fumbled out of my jacket. I ditched my boots then peeled my sweater dress over my head.
I flopped backward onto the mattress, exhaling a cry of aggravation as my feet planted on the bed and my hips arched up from the hopeless urgency that Theo had elicited.
My trembling hand glided down my stomach and between my legs to where my panties were completely soaked.
I bit back a moan as I brushed my fingertips over my center, desperate to release the calamity he’d created.
My phone buzzed in my purse, and my eyes squeezed closed in a beat of uncertainty before I smacked my hand out to grab the strap and pulled it toward me. I pulled my phone out and swiped into the screen, my heart hammering out of time since I already knew who the text would be from.
One-Star
You safe?
No. I wasn’t safe.
I was completely splintering apart.
Flustered, I lifted my phone and held it above me as I typed out a response.
Me
If you’re asking if I’m in my room, then yes.
One-Star
And what are you doing in your room?
A short rasp jerked out of me as I pressed my thighs together. There was no chance of containing my response.
Me
What do you think I’m doing?
His was instant.
One-Star
Aching as badly as I am.
One-Star
Touching yourself like there’s a chance it could fill the void when I’m the only one who can do it.
Mind addled with lust, I didn’t hesitate.
Me
That’s exactly what I’m doing.
One-Star
You need me, Little Liar? You need me to make you come?
There was no chance of giving him a lie that time.
Me
Yes. I need it.
I didn’t even know what I was asking for. I just knew I was half delirious, writhing on my bed as I tossed my phone aside and pressed my hand back between my thighs.
Fear and anticipation churned through me when I heard the faint buzz of the lock downstairs and the door whine open.
No doubt, he used the key that would gain him access to any room at The Sanctuary.
My heart stirred into madness as the stairs creaked beneath his weight.
Before the air fully shifted when the doorknob turned, and he pushed it open.