long, wondering what Maxx planned to say or do.
Emerson and Barnabas emerged from the library, laughing. “Hadley, dear.” Barnabas smiled, as he crossed to her. “I’m going to take Emerson up to my cabin in the woods for a few days, to relax. I’ll be out of town on business, and it will do him some good to get away for a while,” he told her.
“That sounds like a brilliant plan,” Hadley agreed, and went upstairs to pack a bag for him.
Ten minutes later, she returned with a bag and waved him off. Hearing the soft sound of singing from the reception room, she went inside and laughed to herself. James and a few friends were drunk, singing as a trio.
It took her a few minutes to get them toward the front door.
“So…” James began, as they reached the door. “Can I have your number?” he asked softly, touching her arm.
“James.” She faked a shocked expression. “You’re not my type,” she admitted as she ushered him out the door.
Once they were outside, she shut the door on their objections and singing. She smiled, amused by the night’s events, as she turned and caught Maxx staring at her again. “What?” she asked, making her way toward the library.
She glanced at the mess and decided she couldn’t be bothered with cleaning it straight away. She’d leave it for tomorrow, knowing Emerson wouldn’t be around to complain that it hadn’t been done.
“Do you enjoy humiliating me?” Maxx asked, suddenly.
Hadley turned to him, caught off guard by the question. “What?” She stared at him in shock.
“Flirting with them all, throwing yourself at every guy in the room?” he continued angrily.
“Me? Flirting with them ?” she asked, incredulously. Hadley let out an aggravated groan and walked along the corridor to the kitchen.
Maxx grabbed her wrist and turned her to him, pulling her close. She stared at him, her heart thudding against her chest, half terrified and half desperately wondering what he was going to do next.
Until he kissed her.
The sexual chemistry between them was like a current of electricity, drawing Hadley closer. As soon as he realised she was about to say something, he cut her off.
“Your body can tell me more than your voice can, Hadley…let me feel you,” he whispered in her ear, gently backing her up against the wall.
He kissed her before Hadley could react, his mouth overpowering hers easily. She moaned as his hands drifted over her body, teasing every inch.
The dress she wore had a discreet split, mid-thigh, and Maxx must have noticed, because he took full advantage, slipping his hand beneath the red fabric.
His mouth was hot and insistent as they kissed with a kind of desperate passion that she’d never felt before. She knew, from overhearing Maxx giving Micah dating guidance, that he preferred rushed encounters; moments of need and pure lust. Women who weren’t a distraction from work or his responsibilities.
Was she just another one of those women? How could she be, when her skin burned where he touched it?
Her hand swept into his hair, as he cupped his hand around the back of her left thigh. The moan that escaped into her mouth, as Maxx guided her legs apart, was even better. But just as she was going to reach for what she wanted, Maxx drew her leg up his, until she had it wrapped around his thigh.
She loved that he seemed so desperate for her, acting as though he’d waited as long as Hadley had, for this moment to finally happen.
It only made it all the sweeter, as he reached between them and slipped his fingers beneath the lace panties she wore.
Hadley couldn’t stop the soft moan of pleasure that came from the back of her throat, as Maxx released her from his punishing kisses and let his lips dance down her neck.
She couldn’t believe how amazing it was to feel his kisses, his hands exploring her body. When he ventured under her dress, the way he looked at her, with those hot and hungry intense eyes, had her breathless. She couldn’t
Emerson and Barnabas emerged from the library, laughing. “Hadley, dear.” Barnabas smiled, as he crossed to her. “I’m going to take Emerson up to my cabin in the woods for a few days, to relax. I’ll be out of town on business, and it will do him some good to get away for a while,” he told her.
“That sounds like a brilliant plan,” Hadley agreed, and went upstairs to pack a bag for him.
Ten minutes later, she returned with a bag and waved him off. Hearing the soft sound of singing from the reception room, she went inside and laughed to herself. James and a few friends were drunk, singing as a trio.
It took her a few minutes to get them toward the front door.
“So…” James began, as they reached the door. “Can I have your number?” he asked softly, touching her arm.
“James.” She faked a shocked expression. “You’re not my type,” she admitted as she ushered him out the door.
Once they were outside, she shut the door on their objections and singing. She smiled, amused by the night’s events, as she turned and caught Maxx staring at her again. “What?” she asked, making her way toward the library.
She glanced at the mess and decided she couldn’t be bothered with cleaning it straight away. She’d leave it for tomorrow, knowing Emerson wouldn’t be around to complain that it hadn’t been done.
“Do you enjoy humiliating me?” Maxx asked, suddenly.
Hadley turned to him, caught off guard by the question. “What?” She stared at him in shock.
“Flirting with them all, throwing yourself at every guy in the room?” he continued angrily.
“Me? Flirting with them ?” she asked, incredulously. Hadley let out an aggravated groan and walked along the corridor to the kitchen.
Maxx grabbed her wrist and turned her to him, pulling her close. She stared at him, her heart thudding against her chest, half terrified and half desperately wondering what he was going to do next.
Until he kissed her.
The sexual chemistry between them was like a current of electricity, drawing Hadley closer. As soon as he realised she was about to say something, he cut her off.
“Your body can tell me more than your voice can, Hadley…let me feel you,” he whispered in her ear, gently backing her up against the wall.
He kissed her before Hadley could react, his mouth overpowering hers easily. She moaned as his hands drifted over her body, teasing every inch.
The dress she wore had a discreet split, mid-thigh, and Maxx must have noticed, because he took full advantage, slipping his hand beneath the red fabric.
His mouth was hot and insistent as they kissed with a kind of desperate passion that she’d never felt before. She knew, from overhearing Maxx giving Micah dating guidance, that he preferred rushed encounters; moments of need and pure lust. Women who weren’t a distraction from work or his responsibilities.
Was she just another one of those women? How could she be, when her skin burned where he touched it?
Her hand swept into his hair, as he cupped his hand around the back of her left thigh. The moan that escaped into her mouth, as Maxx guided her legs apart, was even better. But just as she was going to reach for what she wanted, Maxx drew her leg up his, until she had it wrapped around his thigh.
She loved that he seemed so desperate for her, acting as though he’d waited as long as Hadley had, for this moment to finally happen.
It only made it all the sweeter, as he reached between them and slipped his fingers beneath the lace panties she wore.
Hadley couldn’t stop the soft moan of pleasure that came from the back of her throat, as Maxx released her from his punishing kisses and let his lips dance down her neck.
She couldn’t believe how amazing it was to feel his kisses, his hands exploring her body. When he ventured under her dress, the way he looked at her, with those hot and hungry intense eyes, had her breathless. She couldn’t
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