Page 103 of Tall, Royal Hater
A weird, tense but not tense quiet fell around us.
“They could never have satisfied you.”
“What?” I said dumbly.
He lifted his lashes, trapping me in his sharp, seeing stare. “King Kareem, Pierre, and Candy. You know as much as I do, they could never satisfy you, that’s why your flirting was always harmless. And in Candy’s case, a ruse to get to me.”
Prickles rushed across my skin as his sure admission sat like a hot weight on my chest. “You don’t know me.” A croak edged into my voice. “So how do you know what would satisfy me?”
“I know you enough, Mariyah.” His eyes tracked down, and though my body was hidden under the foamy water, awareness warmed me all over and my pussy clenched.
I swallowed slowly. “Is sex all you’re talking about? Because you’d still be wrong.”
He paused over his answer. “I’m not, and I’m not wrong either.”
“Well, please.” I threw my hand in a sarcastic flourish. “Tell me how you think you know me better than I know myself.”
His mouth edged up in amusement. “Because you’ve shown me more than you realise.”
Something did a summersault in my chest. I blinked and blinked in confusion.
He set my foot down on the tub floor, braced his hands on the sides, and pushed himself upright.
My mouth went drier than a Jahandari desert as water cascaded down his glorious, golden form, catching on every ridge of muscle, the dark hairs on his body, and his flaccid cock.
I gulped, unable to tear my eyes away from it.Not a peanut even limp.
I forced my gaze up.
The wide smirk on his mouth told me he’d definitely noticed me ogling his dick, and a blush ripped my skin from my cheekbones. I clenched my teeth, waiting for him to say something mocking, but he climbed out of the tub without another word.
I watched him rinse in the shower, wrap a towel around his waist, and then with a stern, “Don’t stay in the bath too long,” he left.
Chapter 25
Mariyah
The next morning, as I was groggily getting changed to head down to the palace gym, my phone rang, and Esmeralda’s name flashed across the screen.
I swiped to answer and smacked the speaker button.
“Hello. Are you awake?” Esmeralda said as lively as ever.
“No,” I deadpanned, pulling a grey hoodie over my head. “I answered in my sleep.”
“Ha-ha, that was so funny,” she said in a slow, overexaggerated way.
Smiling to myself, I sat down on the bed and picked up one white trainer off the floor. “What time did you get back last night?”
“Late,” she said. A shuffling noise echoed in the background. “It was just before midnight, and I was tired, and I didn’t want to disturb you either, so I thought I’d wait until the morning to catch you.”
Even if she had disturbed me, I probably wouldn’t have heard her knock on my door. I was in the bath with Shehryar at that time.
“That’s all good, Ez.” I picked up my other shoe. “Did you have fun with Kai?”
“I did. Though I felt bad for leaving you all day.”
“Dude, why?” I said as I pulled the laces tight. “I have a wedding to plan, remember? And you’re here to spend as much time with Kai as with me, if not more. Plus, I had planned to go shopping with Katiya, Prince Arsh, and your annoying bodyguard, so it’s not like I was locked up in the palace. And I had fun.”
