Page 49 of Deceit

Feeling brave, I slid my hands from his chest when he moved my waistand swayed us to the beat. Looping my arms around his neck, my fingers brushed against the short hair at his nape.

His jaw clenched as a battle raged in his eyes. It was as if he couldn’tbear to touch me, yet he didn’t push me away and remind methatI was nothing to him. Notevenhis grip loosened, and as the tempo of the song increased, so did the movement of our hips as they rolled together.

Electricity crackled, and the club around us disappeared. I closedmy eyes and allowed myself to imaginethatthere was something more between us.That,justfor this song, we weren’t two people who’d been forced into a marriage neither of us wanted, nor were we two people who had met years ago on a nightthathad resulted in deceit.

We were just us.

He shifted his feet, forcing his muscular thigh between my legs, and my eyesshot open when something solid pressed against my core. I ground my hips against him, confirming what I’d first thought.

His cock was as hard as steel.

My teeth sank into my bottom lip to stop a wanton moan from leaving me,dragging Miles’ heated gaze to my mouth. He stared for a second.

And then another second.

And then another.

Butterflies danced low in my belly, growing manic when he released my hipto reach up and pull my lip from between my teeth.

Holy shit.

He was going to kiss me.

More to the point, Iwantedhim to kiss me, more than I’d wanted anythingin my life.

One of his hands moved from my lip to cup my cheek tenderly, his touchlighter than a feather against my heated skin. I held my breath, not daring to move as my heart rate accelerated, thumping against my rib cage.

He lowered his mouth, and my eyes began to close.

The beat of the music changed, and the voice of the DJ announcing a newact was coming to take over boomed around us.

Miles released both my cheek and my hip and took a step back, hislust-filled gaze returning to the hardened stare he reserved for me. Disappointment stabbed me in the chest as the invisible wall re-built around him, and I looked away, unable to witness the disgust reflected on his face.

“Song’s over. Time to go.”He didn’t give me a chance to reply before hegrabbed my wrist and marched me off the podium.

NotthatI could have formed a reply, the tears threatening to spill kept mesilent.

Chapter 15

Miles

The door to my room creaked open, the moonlight beaming in from where Ihadn’t closed the blinds, showing who was sneaking into my room in the middle of the night.

Sofia.

Her long brown hair tumbled around her shoulders, and she was wearingthatdamn outfit she wore on our wedding night, her tits almost spilling out of her bra, and her suspenders clasped to sheer stockings, showcasing her toned legs.

I sat up, my gaze roaming over her body as blood rushed to my cock. Fuck.

Why did she have to be so damn addictive?

“What are you doing, Jailbait?”

She didn’t reply, but a wicked grin spread across her mouth. I reached overto switch my bedside lamp on and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, wondering if I was seeing things, but when I blinked several times, she was still there.

“Seriously, Sofia. What the fuck is going on?”I ripped the covers off me,about to stand, when I froze.

Bloodied hands wrapped around Sofia’s waist from behind as Theo’sface appeared over her shoulder. Words stuck in my throat whenhis mouth lowered to press light kisses on her shoulder, moving up the side of her neck to nibble on her ear.