The CEO's Amazing Ex-Wife Is Back! by H. Dally

Chapter 179

Luisa's heart raced. Love. He said he was in love with her. Her heart soared, but it didn't take long before fear clipped its wings.

Tears burned her eyes as she shook her head. "You can't just say things like that, Alden."

"Why can't I say it when it's the truth?" Alden asked. "I know it sounds crazy, and we haven't known each other for long, but I've fallen in love with you, Luisa."

"Just like you loved Vanessa?" The words escaped her mouth before she could hold them back.

Alden stared at her, then sighed. "Everything was different with Vanessa. I thought I loved her, I don't know. When she cheated on me and left with another man, I thought it would hurt, but it didn't. That's when I realized I probably didn't love her like I thought." That didn't do much to ease Luisa's anxiety as she asked, "You thought you were in love with her but later realized you weren't. How do I know it's not the same thing? That you're not just confused?"

Alden smiled patiently. As frustrated as he was, he could see it was her fear talking.

"Because what I felt for Vanessa doesn't compare to what I feel when I'm with you-or even when I'm away from you. I've never felt like this before, Luisa. Not with Vanessa or any other woman. You drive me crazy, and I swear, if you tell me you don't feel the same, I'm going to go insane."

He kissed her nose. "Tell me you feel the same, Luisa."

Luisa's chest tightened with breathlessness as her fears and her desire for him battled inside her. How long was she going to let fear control her?

Swallowing hard, she nodded earnestly. "Yes, Alden. I feel the same way."

his head swooping down

an explosion of sensation. Fiery, relentless, their tongues lashing against each other while their hands

over a white shirt-too many clothes. Luisa wanted to feel him against her. She wedged her hands between them, immediately

did the same with his shirt, leaving him in just his undershirt. As she grabbed the hem of

respect you too much to let our first time be

me right now, Alden."

know where her boldness was coming from. All she knew was that she wanted him, wanted him so much

his undershirt off, he spun her around suddenly, causing a

her. Kissing

the zipper of her dress, sliding the straps off her shoulders until it

toward the couch. He gently lowered

the cool

up at her. "We don't want

without warning, his tongue seared a sensuous path up her core. It took everything in her to hold

responded,

her like she was

voured

using a combination of