“I’m really sorry for this, Magnus. Your mom insisted I turn in. She said I looked tired… I’ve tried to tell her it’s nothing, but…”“No, my mother was right. You do seem a little pale. And I’m the one who should apologize. For not noticing it sooner,” he said worriedly, moving close until he was barely a foot from her. “You don’t get seasick, do you?”“No… Uhm… No, it’s… It’s nothing.” There was no point telling him about the guilt she felt because she was lying to his sweet mom, or how just two days ago, her life had been threatened by a loan shark, or how if she screwed up this weekend and missed out on the payday she’d been promised, she’d be screwed and not in a good way. Sunny held her tongue between her teeth and cracked her knuckles, the sound echoing around the cabin.“If you’re sure…” he said, his eyes narrowing first on her hands and then, on her face. “Look, I’ll be up top a while longer. But if you need anything, anything at all…” Her eyes sl
The expensive, luxurious mattress might have been comfortable, but Sunny was groggy when she opened her eyes the following morning. They only widened when she realized where she lay and next to whom. The gorgeous, charming, sexy Magnus Karlsen. Her fiancé. Sometime during the night, she had shifted over to Magnus, and his arms were wrapped warmly around her, holding her like a precious trophy against his bare chest. His even breathing told her he was asleep, and Sunny really wanted him to stay that way. Beneath the sheet, her shirt had ridden up well past her hips, and her leg was tangled around his, his hips cradling her back. A more carefree side of Sunny said to go back to sleep and enjoy being held, so close to his heat and protected by his broad chest. But her realistic side popped up, reminding her this wasn’t real. The longer she stayed in his arms, the more her mind played the horrible trick on her that it could be if she reall
Sunny agreed with a grin, but in reality, she didn’t know much about men because she’d never really had a long-term relationship. Magnus was the only man she’d dated in the past couple of years, and this wasn’t even really dating. She was acting. The other men in her life, besides Alec, were never reliable and usually left her more broken than before. Her father had ruined her mother, and Tony did his best to bring her down even more. Even Chaz Duffy, her boss was an asshole and treated her talent like it wasn’t worth paying for.“Oh, wow… Would you look at that? This is such a lovely tattoo,” Tora exclaimed when she fell behind Sunny so they could climb up the stairs.“Thank you, Tora. I think so too.”“It’s such a ferocious panther… A crawling one… Is there a meaning behind this choice?” Tora asked again, genuinely curious. “How long it took? Did it hurt?” In front of such a quizzical tornado, Sunny laughed. Her ‘mother-in-law’ was so dear, so sweet.“Ye
Magnus grinned and waited for Sunny to glare at him, but she only picked up her coffee mug and sipped.“So, babe, are you ready to go fishing?” he asked her.“Fishing? You want ME to go fishing with you?” she replied with another question, her eyes widening in panic.“Yes. Why this reaction? We are on a boat… This activity is a must,” Magnus stated.“I understand, sweetheart,” Sunny muttered. “But you know you can’t trust me with a fishing pole. Remember what happened the last time you tried to teach me and I almost hooked you?” He grinned at the fake memory, bending down until he was level with her.“My fiery, sexy, redheaded angel, you hooked me the second I laid eyes on you on that stage, dancing, and singing ‘Mein Herr’ while weari
The official celebration for Magnus’s parents started soon, and Sunny hadn’t seen her fake fiancé since he disappeared earlier. The ‘wedding’ and ‘children’ speech scared him so much he was nowhere to be found. Sunny was in their cabin, getting ready for the night and mulling over the day. The lines between her act and reality blurred so much that she had no idea where one started and the other stopped anymore. One day! She spent just one day with this annoying man, and he had turned her world upside-down and inside out. And she allowed him to do so. Why was so hard to say no to this man? What was about Magnus that was so tempting?“Dammit, Sunny! He’s just flirting with you, that’s all. There’s nothing real about it,” she muttered angrily, trying to zip up the red dress she’d bought for the evening. “He’s just doing what men like him are usually doing… You must lay down some rules for tonight. Make it clear to him that this
But the song eventually ended, and their steps slowed to a stop. Sunny tried to step away from him, but Magnus bent lower, extremely focused on her lips. On instinct, she raised up on her toes to meet his tempting mouth. The kiss was slow and sensual, curling her hands into his jacket in a desperate hunger to be closer, to feel him on her skin, inside her body. His tongue brushed against her lips, and she parted them, letting him delve into her mouth. She was lost in his touch, forgetting where they were as his scent and ragged breathing surrounded her and filled her completely. When they came up for air, Sunny glanced around, expecting everyone to be watching, but the music played and his family danced and celebrated as if she and Magnus hadn&rs
Magnus paused his kissing and leaned back, his eyes overflowing with arousal and something that made her gasp. His hands gripped her hips harder, and his lips turned up in a crooked smirk.“You’re a virgin?” he said. “Really? I thought… How is that even possible?”“It doesn’t bother you?” Sunny asked, worried.“That I get to be your first man? That I get to show you how amazing this experience could be? That I get to drive you mad with desire over and over again?” Magnus growled, shifting his hips so he pushed against her. “God, no! Not in the least.” Sunny sighed quite loud.“Are you sure?” They stared deeply into each other’s eyes, and Sunny found herself lost in his swirling blue depths as if she were watching the stars in the night sky soaring overhead. Magnus smiled and caressed her cheek with his lips.“Yes, angel, I am, and you are perfect.” Magnus was different, she could tell already. He was several leagues beyond her experience, way o
He’s just experienced the most intense orgasm of his life. Magnus had actually seen stars behind his eyelids, and he wasn’t even close to being done with her, still hard as a rock and still so aroused he could hardly breathe. Sunny lay beside him on her stomach, watching the sparkling water out the windows. Moonlight filled the cabin as the yacht rocked gently on the waves. Music trickled down to them from the upper deck, letting Magnus know the party was still in full swing. Not that he cared to rejoin them. No way in hell was he leaving Sunny’s side. His beautiful, sexy, ‘virgin no more’ Sunshine Sky. Still wrapped up in what just happened between them, Magnus closed his eyes and remembered Sunny’s face while orgasming. The most precious image ever. In his experience, women got tense when they came, muscles rigid, faces strained, looking almost as if they were in pain. But not Sunny. Her face was soft, dreamy, tender. Her m