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“You are such an asshole.”
He smiles in the dark, revealing his bright white teeth. “I know, but I think you might like that about me, my little wife-to-be.”
“I don’t.”
“Liar.”
I wince and roll back away from him. Holding my breath, I wait for him to continue, but I’m glad when he doesn’t and leaves me alone.
However, that word—liar—stays in my head, tossing to and fro like a ship in an angry storm.
I place my hand at my heart when that unhinged feeling I experienced the other day sneaks into my soul, whispering to me that he’s right.
He’s right. I might have lied.
I might still be lying to myself, too, about what’s wrong with me when it comes to this man.
It’s not stress or confusion as I previously thought. It’s something else. The obvious wetness that has gathered between my thighs tells the truth even if I want to lie.
The truth that I’m attracted to him.
But I don’t want to be.
Chapter 9
Hunter
This must be her worst nightmare.
Me sitting here, watching her sleep.
It’s just past eight in the morning. I've been sitting here in the window bay for about an hour, drinking coffee and smoking a Cohiba to mellow my mind.
This is my usual morning routine. I usually reserve this pocket of time to collect my thoughts and plan my work for the day, week, or month.
Before Father decided to change the company structure I'd use this time to come up with next-level plans I knew would impress him, the board and our investors.
I wanted everyone—including Father—to see that I was a good fit to take over the company whenever the time came. That’s why the shit Dominic put me through cut me deep. It was hell getting everyone to trust me again.
Now I'm here, a breath away from becoming Le Blanche Global's next CEO, and I'm thinking about the woman in my bed.
Last night when I found her asleep here, in this same spot, I knew she'd been trying to stay awake so she wouldn’t be asleep when I got back.
Her plan, however, failed.
Luna is wary of me. She’s right to be for many reasons. Presently, if she knew all the scandalous things I've been thinking about doing to her as I've watched her sleep, it would most definitely freak her out.
My eyes drift over the princess’ body while I think of how different she is from her father and the sister—Layla—the playgirl.
Luna has a gentle soul that doesn’t blend with the darkness in mine.
She also seems to live in a world of her own. As if her father wrapped her in cotton wool and hid her in a glass tower, away from the world so men like me couldn’t get to her. I must be his worst nightmare.
And me…
This seems to be the moment where the other shoe has finally dropped for me.
The realization that we'll be married in a few weeks really hit home earlier as I lay next to her.
