Games of Desire by Patti O'Shea Page B

unless she was in trouble, and since Chloe had left the rescue business, maybe it would be better if she wasn’t readily available.
    “Mates can’t lie to each other,” he said, interrupting her spinning thoughts. “I’m telling you the truth—you’ll be able to return here whenever you want.”
    “I wasn’t doubting you,” she said. “I was trying to get over my amazement that you wanted me to live with you. What about your mother, the countess?”
    “The dowager countess,” Marax corrected. “The two of you will probably get along fairly well.” He laughed and took her hands in his. “Don’t look so skeptical. Besides, you come with a couple of points in your favor. First, your sister recalled the spell, so you know how to make the antidote to get rid of Agares’s greenness. And secondly, my mother will be able abdicate the job of keeping me in line. Believe me, she’ll be more than happy to hand that off to you.”
    Chloe glanced down at their hands, then back at his face. She wanted to stay with him—there was no escaping the fact that she had it bad for Marax. Only one thing held her back. “Maybe I could live with you on a trial basis and see what I think of the demon world. I’ve never been there and I don’t know if I’ll like it.”
    He nodded. “Fair enough, but I intend to remind you of the advantages I can give you.”
    Marax’s sober expression shifted almost imperceptibly and a glint came into his eyes. She recognized that look. “What advantages are those?”
    “I’m excellent at making you come.”
    “I never told you that.”
    “You didn’t have to. The way you grabbed me and held me to you said it for you. And I happen to know that you love the way I fuck you.”
    Chloe pursed her lips. “It’s hard to remember, it’s been so long since the last time you—Marax!” she shrieked as he got on his knees and pulled her to the edge of the couch. She opened her legs, inviting him to move between them. He nipped her inner thigh and kissed his way up. When he ran his tongue through the lips of her sex, she almost melted.
    “You’re wet already,” he said, sounding damn pleased. She got another lick that left her breathless. “No panties again. You have a hard time keeping those things on.”
    “Only since I met you, so it must be your fault.”
    He grinned and Chloe sighed. Those dimples were the sexiest things ever. Marax reached for the snap of his jeans, lowered the zipper, and kicked them off. Okay, the second sexiest thing. His hard cock was too gorgeous not to hold first place.
    “This first time is going to be fast. I’ll do you longer once I have you in bed.”
    “I’m good with that.”
    Without comment, he unbuttoned the shirt she had on, starting at the bottom and working his way up before he helped her get free of the material. “Mine,” Marax said when she was naked, and leaned over her to kiss her.
    You’re mine, too,
she reminded him.
    I know that.
    Marax pulled her a bit more forward, adjusting her position and then she felt the head of his cock enter her. Words were beyond her then; there was only sensation as he thrust into her. Chloe gripped his shoulders. He had her close already and they’d hardly started.
    “It’s a quickie. That’s how they work,” he said.
    He ground against her nub and her eyes fluttered shut. She could feel it, almost on her. Almost on her. And then he pushed her over the edge. Chloe came hard and it lasted forever. His hands tightened on her hips and then he orgasmed, pushing her into a second wave of pleasure.
    She was still trying to recover when he said quietly next to her ear, “We did it in front of the windows with the lights on in the condo and the curtains open. I wonder how many people saw us?”
    Chloe gasped, but she couldn’t deny the heat had reignited. An instant later, her brain kicked into gear. “None. Those windows are designed so no one can see in.”
    Marax chuckled, swung her up into his arms, and