Total pages in book: 141
Estimated words: 128313 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 642(@200wpm)___ 513(@250wpm)___ 428(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 128313 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 642(@200wpm)___ 513(@250wpm)___ 428(@300wpm)
“So that’s it, then?” she said, a bite to her voice, but there was a hint of sadness in her tone too. “You fuck me, we dance around each other for days, not bringing it up, and then you leave?” As serious as this moment was, the take-no-shit cowgirl within Hallie rising to the surface made heat burst in my chest.
“What the fuck can I offer you?” I said, then met her eyes. Her turquoise gaze was blazing. “My life is shit right now, Hallie. No, it’s fucking dangerous.” I shook my head. “If I even look at you the wrong way, the likes of Camillie Dubois and Alexis Hobbs will smear your name among our peers. Are you prepared for that?”
“I haven’t mixed with them once here in Doha,” she said back. “And I don’t give a shit what they think of me.”
“You say that now, but when they’re relentlessly accusing you of getting to the top by fucking me, you’ll change your tune.”
“Fucking you hasn’t made me a winner. I did that on my own,” she argued.
“Exactly. And you deserve to have that be known.” I laughed without humor. “I’m not a victim. I don’t feel sorry for myself. How could I? I’m rich beyond measure and run businesses that I love. But I have shit happening in my life that you don’t want to be around. You don’t want to hitch your wagon to this horse. That night in the trailer . . . It’s all we can ever have.”
“What shit? Why are you always talking in riddles? I know you’ve had losses and hard times, and I’m sorry for that. But why push everyone away?” Hallie moved her hand off my arm, and I felt the loss of her warmth immediately. She folded her arms over her chest. “We all go through shit, but that’s when we lean on one another.” I didn’t open my mouth. No one outside of my family knew the truth. Hallie shook her head, exasperated. “Fine, Jasper. Have it your way.”
“I’m truly sorry,” I said, meaning every word. “Keep doing what you’re doing, and you’ll dominate in this tour.”
I went to walk away when she reached out and took my arm again. When I glanced back, all the fight had fled from her perfect body.
“Thank you,” she whispered. Her Texan accent was thick in this moment. She was unreserved, and I knew she meant what she was saying. “For everything.” She looked up at me through thick lashes, pupils wide. “Despite what’s happened between us, if I hadn’t seen you all those years ago . . .” She shook her head. “I wouldn’t be here now, living this dream.” Her hand slackened on my arm, and she began to run her fingers up and down my skin, gently . . .
“Hallie . . .” I growled, my cock practically pushing through the zip in my jeans under her touch.
Hallie stepped closer, and closer, turning me until she was only an inch away. She was almost a foot shorter than me, but in this moment, she held me under her control. When her big turquoise eyes met mine again, I fucking stopped breathing. Hallie put her hand on my chest and said, “Thank you for coming to see us ride here in Doha.” I clenched my jaw, hands fisted at my side to stop from crushing her to me and slamming my mouth to hers. “Thank you for coming to me in the warm-up ring and calming me down.” I glanced down and saw her nipples hard and scraping against my shirt. I swallowed a groan, then Hallie cupped my cheek with soft hands and said, “I’ll miss you.” Hallie lifted to her tiptoes, then pressed a kiss on my cheek.
As her lips grazed my cheek, suspended for several seconds, I grasped hold of her biceps and growled, “Hallie . . .” It was a warning, a clear sign that I was about to fucking snap.
“Jasper,” Hallie whispered back, meeting my eyes. There wasn’t goodbye in her eyes, there was an invitation, clear as day. I couldn’t . . . I shouldn’t . . . The tension built and built between us, static thickening the air, until Hallie rolled her shoulder, the thin strap of her camisole falling . . . and dragging the material with it, revealing her full breast and hard nipple . . .
Control snapping, restraint fallen, I crashed my mouth into Hallie’s, pushing her back into her room. Slamming the door closed behind us, Hallie’s back hit the wall as I turned her and plunged my tongue into her mouth. Hallie moaned and I lifted her leg around my waist to grind my hard cock against her warm pussy.
I broke from her mouth, kissing down her cheek, her neck, saying, “I’m fucking addicted to you.” Hallie shivered as I pulled her head back by her hair, her hips rocking forward as I did. “I can’t fucking stay away, no matter how hard I fucking try,” I said. And I bent down, ripping the top of her nightwear in two, and not giving a fuck as it fell to the floor. I instantly sucked on a nipple, Hallie’s back bending farther as she pushed her tit into my mouth.