Page 83 of Ryder: Shadows and Desires
“I used to be a showpiece for McDaniels and know this place pretty well.”
A dangerously curious part of my mind wonders just what the heck this man has done, but I wash that away as soon as it arrives. I have a feeling some things are best left in the dark.
Modern art hangs on the walls, and we approach a dark brown door, rapping his bruised knuckles on it. He opens it, revealing a large, extravagant bathroom with a deep-set window that’s covered by thick curtains.
Ryder takes a step inside, motioning with his fingers for me to follow. “Come here.”
I move without thought and follow him inside, the floor a dark tile, the decorations sleek and elegant.
He shuts the door and locks it with aclick. “I’m not trusting of the bedrooms. I know he cleans these, and not many come in here, if at all,” he explains. “But I gotta do this.”
Turning on my heel to face him, I’m greeted by the feeling of his hands reaching behind me, our faces only an inch apart. He cups my ass to lift me and places me on the deep windowsill, his lips crashing hard into mine, pulling my legs around him. My eyes roll behind closed lids at the way he manhandles me. I couldn’t have stopped him even if I wanted to.
His embrace engulfs me, sharing the heat of his breath as his hungry tongue strokes mine. I clench his shirt, and Ryder forces my ass forward in a sharp scoot to erase the space between us.
Infatuation blinds my heart as his strength confines me. Just like the rest of the women here, I’m fiercely making out with a fighter—one ofthefighters. Everything warm and comforting fills my chest, and despite any reservations, I release all hesitation, wanting nothing more than to be alone with him.
R Y D E R
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I kissJulie with an animalistic edge, wanting to make this woman moan for me. I don’t have a plan for being in here, only knowing that I need to have her look at me again like I make her world melt.
There’s something about those hazel eyes that drive me wild.
It was fucking annoying how everything went south in the last twenty-four hours, and I just want to move past it. I fucking won today, and now it’s time to claim her.
I nip her bottom lip before swiping my tongue in her mouth. Julie is as insatiable as me, my nose rubbing against her soft cheek. My erection throbs and presses against my jeans, begging to rip off every piece of fabric that covers her curvy body.
My hand grazes the clasping of her bra through her shirt, then over the bare skin near the dimples of her back. Adjusting the two of us, I spread her legs as far as those tight jeans will allow.
She moans deeply into the kiss. Aneedthat I can’t fight quakes through me. I just want to bury so deeply inside of her that no one else matters.
Fuck the others; she doesn’t have to worry about any of them. She can just let me enjoy her in all these ways, and I’ll take care of the rest.
It wasn’t the plan to make out with her when I brought her in here or press my throbbing dick against Julie for this long, but desire overshadows my better judgment.
I part from her lips, kissing possessively along her neck, inhaling the feminine mixture that makes her smellsoft.
Gripping me harder and undulating her hips, she breathes out, “Joey...”
Fuck, I love my name coming out of her mouth. “You got me so fucking hard, baby.” My primal nature only thinks about how damnsexyshe is, her breathy need fueling my aggressive drive. I move to her ear, pressing my head against hers, my voice low and husky. “Let’s go back to the hotel.”
I hold her still, and she pants into my ear. I want to make her shudder, to see her get off from me fucking her.
Then she whispers, “How aboutnow?”
She pulls back and shows she wants down. I raise a brow, not sure where this—she gets on her knees.
“Oh shit,” I grumble, breathing deeper.
I know the look in my eye is probably heavier and darker than I intend, butfuckis this a turn-on. And if anyone interrupts this, I’m fucking decking them.
This woman won’t stop surprising me, and that makes me want her even more. Ineveryway. It makes me want to take care of her, to shield her from the assholes that are stressing her out. She’s had every chance to be drama, but she’s not. And now she’s getting on her knees for me…
She goes for my belt, and I help her undo it in silence, save for the clinking of metal. I don’t remember the rest, only the way her eyes flash with surprise when she sees what she’s going to have to learn to accommodate, because shewilltake all of me. I’m so fucking hard it nearly hurts, her warm mouth my immediate relief.
I look down at Julie, her cheeks hollowing as my cock disappears between those plump lips. I groan so deep it sounds like a growl.
