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I turn in his arms, my eyes searching his face for what he could mean because I’m certain he doesn’t mean what I think he does. He smooths a loose strand of hair off of my forehead as he cups my head.
My voice is soft as I ask, “What do you mean?”
“Just that. If you want us to only be fucking each other, I’ll do it. You want to have only you fucking other people.” His jaw ticks as his arms tighten around me for a fraction of a second. “I’ll fucking do it, Alex. I’ll do anything you want if it means I can bury my cock in you like I did this morning.”
He smooths his hands down my back and over the curve of my ass, lifting me into his arms.
“Say yes,” he murmurs against my lips, the tip of his hardening cock at my entrance.
I’m so tempted to say yes, to set my demands and take what I want, but what happens when he’s had enough and tosses me to the side? Or when he finds another woman he wants more?
Pulling my bottom lip between my teeth, all I can get out is, “I’ll think about it.”
He looks at me for a moment, quietly assessing me. With a nod, he captures my lips with his own. Reluctantly, he says, “Okay, I’ll take it. I’ll shower after you.”
He sets me on my feet, walking from the shower and picking up a towel on his way back to the bedroom. He pauses at the door, his chest bare and still wet from the shower, as he turns to say, “And Alex, don’t take that ring off again.”
When he’s gone from the room, I look down at my left hand to find my engagement ring glistening up at me.
When did he put that on?
But more importantly, he realizes this is fake, right?
My mind is reeling from his request as I wash my body. The plan I made before I fell asleep last night has well and truly gone out of the window because I’m in no position to try and make him regret this when he’s just told me he wants only me.
Today, I need some space from him because never in a million years did I think that Sebastian Worthington would come to me with an offer like that.
SIXTEEN
Sebastian
After my proposition in the shower this morning, I’ve barely seen Alex. We went down to breakfast with the Bennetts, where Alex outrageously flirted with the movie star–fucking Jensen. I barely kept my shit together.
Miriam and the girls went into town to do a bit of window shopping. When Miriam brought it up, Alex practically jumped out of her seat. She’s been gone all day, which is why when George suggested we go to his favorite local bar, I couldn’t say no.
I didn’t think we’d go out and get absolutely shit-faced, but George and his sons know how to drink. It was harder to keep my motives under wraps as the alcohol flowed. I never would have drank that much, but I felt like I had something to prove. Especially withfucking Jensen. To top it all off, I didn’t learn anything useful that will help with my plan. The whole lot of them seem to be obsessed with family and legacies.
We stumbled in at around four in the morning, so I shouldn’t really be surprised when I wake up to a cold, empty bed. With my arm stretched, I search Alex’s side of the bed for her anyway. When I come up short, I turn my head on the pillow, peeking open one eye.
Fuck.
My head is killing me.
The bathroom door clicks open, and when Alex comes into view, I sit up in bed faster than I should. My hand goes to my head as I take her in, starting at her feet encased in a pair of sneakers and traveling up to her hair that’s pulled back in a high ponytail.
“Going somewhere?” I ask, rubbing at my forehead.
“Just downstairs.” She sits on the end of the bed and fiddles with the white sheet. It’s a stark contrast to her bronzed skin tone.
As I look down at the ring sparkling on her finger, I wonder for a moment what she would look like in a white wedding dress.
I quickly shut that thought process down and send up a silent prayer of thanks as Alex speaks again.
She’s not looking at me, instead smoothing out and then folding a corner of the material in her hand. “Where did you go last night?”
“We just went to a bar,” I reply, not sure where she’s going with this.
“Did you… you know, hook up with anyone?” There’s a hint of insecurity in her tone, which I’m surprised to hear.
