Page 55 of Rock Hard
Chapter Twenty-Two
Silence stretched longand tense between them. Finally, Rex exhaled heavily.
“I wish you had come to me, Alice, but I understand why you didn’t.” He rose and walked over to the window, unable to remain still. Holding his lion at bay was difficult, especially with Alice’s scent filling the room.
“I never fucked any of those females, not after you came along.”
Her small gasp of disbelief confirmed that was news to her.
“And, do you know why, Alice?” He waited for one heartbeat, then two, before he answered his own question. “Because they weren’t you. Do you know whose face I see every time I close my eyes?”
“No.”
“Yours, Alice. Ever since you came into my life, the only way I can get off is by closing my eyes and imagining it’s you. Begging me. Touching me.Wantingme.”
That seemed to piss her off even more. “Is that supposed to make me feel special?” she spat. “That you were thinking of me every time you let one of those skanks near you?”
“Yes.”
Her gorgeous eyes blazed. “How wouldyoufeel if I told you it was your face I saw whenever I was with someone else?”
Between one breath and the next, Rex was across the room, caging her against the door with his much larger body. “Murderous, that’s how. The thought of you with anyone else sends me over the edge, Alice. Knowing you’re with that fucking panther guts me.”
Her eyes widened. Her lips quirked. Then she did the most unexpected thing of all. Shelaughed.
“What is so fucking funny?” he growled, giving in to the need to nuzzle her temple. His lion needed the contact.
“That you’re jealous of Johnny.”
“Why wouldn’t I be? He’s got you, and I ... don’t.”
Alice petted his chest. “It isn’t like that, Rex. Johnny and I grew up together in a group home. He’s a brother to me, not my lover.”
Rex stopped nuzzling to look into her eyes. He saw only truth there.
“Yourbrother?”
“Uh-huh. In every way but blood.”
That was ... completely unexpected. And damn good news.
“Then there’s no reason for you not to come back.” He nipped her ear, reveling in the scent of her blossoming desire. She liked that. Liked him. Wanted him.
Yet, she flattened both palms on his chest and pushed him back far enough to scoot out from under his arm.
“Is that what you really want?”
He growled and stalked her way. “What do you think,mate?”
Alice stepped sideways, positioning herself so the bed was between them. That wasn’t going to stop him. Nothing would, not now that he knew she wanted this, too.
“Let me rephrase that. Are you willing to give up your sex god status and your adoring harems? Because I mean it, Rex. I won’t share. If you’re mine, you’re mine and only mine. That’s the only way this will work.”
“I’m yours,” he agreed readily. “And you’re mine.”
In a smooth, graceful move, Rex leapt up onto the bed then caged her in the corner.
“To dowhateverI want ...wheneverI want. And right now, I want to lick your sweet pussy until you scream, then fuck you until the only name you can speak is mine. But first ...” Rex leaned down and kissed the sensitive area between her neck and shoulder. “I’m going to mark you. Right here.” He licked the tender skin, groaning at how good she tasted. He was going to feast for days. Weeks, maybe.
