The Man I Shouldn't Want: A Game of Seduction & Lies
âI shouldâve known you werenât as reckless as me,â he says quietly. âYouâre Elliotâs little girl after all.â
âIâm not a little girl,â I snap. âIâm twenty-five.â
âAnd Iâm almost twice your age, Natalie,â he says, almost like heâs giving up.
âBut that didnât stop you from coming to me.â
In a second, he has me pinned against the wall. His hands trails up the sides of my body. âDo you want me to stop?â he whispers, his breath hot against my neck.
âI waited for you that night,â I whisper, my hand sliding up his chest. âI imagined us doing all the things you implied youâd do.â
He groans softly, a low, guttural sound that vibrates through his chest. âDid you touch yourself?â he asks in a whisper, his eyes closed. My other hand moves lower, trailing down his body until I brush against the hard evidence of his desire. I feel his breath hitch, and I smirk, knowing what Iâm doing to him.
âYeah, but it was your hands I was feeling.â
On the brink of her second wedding anniversary, Natalie Jones uncovers a devastating betrayalâher husband, Michael Cooper, embraced passionately with his mistress. Confronting him in a dimly lit restaurant, Nat exposes his scheme to marry her for her fatherâs fortune and storms out, her heart shattered but her resolve unbroken.
Ric Steward, on the other hand â billionaire and philanthropist â never expected his evening to ignite with scandal. When he sees Natalieâradiant, powerful, and on the edge of a breakdownâheâs immediately captivated. Their fiery, forbidden attraction is challenged when Ric learns sheâs the daughter of a longtime friend. But that doesnât stop Nat. It only makes her want Ric moreâŚ