Beneath Her Bastard Boss

Chapter 169

“We should stop,” she said, but her tone was convincing.

“Please don’t,” Alexei murmured against her lips, his hand cupping the back of her neck as he pulled back slightly. “I don’t want to stop.

“Alexei,” she breathed.

She didn’t pull away again. She didn’t ask if this was a good idea or a mistake. He kissed her and she didn’t hesitate in kissing him back. Instead something inside her melted, like it finally clicked in place.

She groaned when he was the one to break their kiss.

Alexei lifted his hand, tracing the line of her jaw, the pads of his fingers along her jawline his touch warm against her skin. Keira met his gaze.

He was a man of contradictions, one who provoked and frustrated her, but also one who had stood between her and danger. If they ever got out of here, did she dare tell him he had stolen a piece of her heart? Was she ready for that? For him? This is all they might have.

Alexei’s thumb traced her bottom lip with tenderness. “I need you to be sure about this, Keira. Because once we cross this line…

“I know.” Her voice caught. “But I do… I want you. I need you.” She hadn’t meant for it to come out so needy

The admission hung between them, it hadn’t just been needy but raw and honest.

She could see his eyes darken, pupils dilating in the dim light filtering from the bathroom. She watched him struggle with restraint, his jaw clenched tight.

“Maybe here isn’t the right choice,” he said finally. “Not in this place.”

against his on the narrow cot. “This might

both tomorrow was uncertain. Rescue was a hope, not a guarantee. They could die at

him fight with himself, but finally Alexei’s resolve cracked. His mouth crashed against hers, desperate and hungry. She responded immediately, her hands fisting in his shirt as she pulled him closer. The kiss was nothing like the tentative exploration from moments before. This

dress just above her bottom. The sound of it sliding down seemed very loud in the silence. Cool air hit her bare skin,

throat, pressing open–mouthed kisses along

cried out and arched beneath him, her hands working at the buttons of his shirt. Each one that came undone revealed more of the chest she’d glimpsed earlier,

doing this,” she asked

my head isn’t as bad now,” he assured her, as he shifted above her. “Now I have you where I want you, I’m not

from her lungs. No man had ever looked at her like that, like she was something precious and perfect. Not like she had slept with heaps of men… Just two, but they had found her too hard to handle.

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Chapter 169

collarbone, the swell of her breasts. When his lips cloud drowne nipple, she gasped, her back arching off the thin mattress. His hot mouth sucking her like that was

her fingers tangling in his dark

her core. She’d never been particularly sensitive there, but under his skill, every touch felt electric. She felt her core fill with heat and flood

shoulders, memorizing the feel of warm skin over hard muscle. When her fingers found the waistband of his pants, he caught

his voice rough with want. “Let me

she could protest, he was sliding down her body, pressing kisses to her ribs, her stomach. His hands worked the dress down her hips, taking it with him as he moved lower. Soon she was naked beneath him, vulnerable and exposed in a way that should

felt powerful. The way he looked at her, touched her, worshipped her with his mouth

skin of her inner thigh, she trembled. He was taking his time, building anticipation with soft kisses and gentle touches that had her writhing beneath him. He would come so close

whispered, not caring how desperate she

her, eyes dark with desire.

me

What.

you want.”