All Chapters of PRETENDING TO BE MRS. RIGHT: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

‘I’ll meet you at the Siberian tiger exhibit,’ he’d written. Sunday afternoon was her only real day off, and Billie used it to meet the only man brave enough to ask her out. Crazy enough to even contemplate the idea of getting to know her. She looked around, trying to stay focused and calm in the middle of such mayhem. There were a bunch of families, adults, and children, a lot of tourists speaking every language known to man and animals, also from every corner of the planet.“Why did I say yes to him? Why did I agree to meet him here? What happened to ‘let’s have a cup of coffee together’?” Billie murmured, astonished at herself for even showing up. “I must be out of my mind…” All week, she’d scoffed at the very notion that she, an intelligent, educated, sophisticated professional woman, would be seen at such a place. Yet, here she was… She was having her first date with a man who’d excited her on both a deeply personal and an intellectual level

“Are you going to be home for dinner tonight?” Maxima called to Liam as he headed off for work. He paused and turned to face her.“What’s for dinner?”“I’m trying out a new recipe. ‘Cheesy Asparagus Stuffed Chicken’. I’ll use fresh mozzarella and sun-dried tomatoes. For dessert, I’ll go for a Vanilla Cake with strawberries. So, are you in?”“My pants are getting super tight, Max,” Liam replied, sighing. “I skip my workouts so I can eat your food.”“You make it sound like that’s a bad thing.”“I feel like I’m living on the set of Julia Child’s cooking program. People aren’t meant to eat so much butter and cream and wine.”“Oh, nonsense, Liam! If you use all these things in the right proportions, then you’re good to go. Besides, Julia Child and her husband both lived into their nineties, if you must know. So, I’ll take butter and cream over a bag of potato chips any day. Healthier and tastier.”“I don’t eat potato chips, Max.” She put her hands on her hips.“If you’re

She wanted this. There was no question about it. Maxima’s hands were tracing the contours of his back, his shoulders, his arms. Liam was doing his own exploring, too, touching her hair, the curve of her face, her neck, and tracing patterns up and down her side, coming closer to her breasts but not quite reaching them, building heat within her. Liam kept kissing Maxima, as though now he had possession of her mouth, he would never let it go. He licked, explored, teased, and pleasured her mouth in a way that let her know he would take as much delight in every part of her, and he was in no hurry. She started to tug at his shirt, needing desperately to take it off. He broke the kiss and helped her tug the thing off. Her urgency fired his, so he decided to do the same. Maxima helped him, four hands all pulling at once. A deep growl of satisfaction came from his throat when her blouse went sailing through the air.“You’re so damn sexy, angel…” he said, fol

Once again, Liam came awake first, right before dawn. Still, he didn’t leave the bed. He lay there, feeling the soft caress of Maxima’s breath against his chest. More than once during that night, they’d fallen asleep tangled in each other’s arms, and that was something of a novelty for him. Not many people knew, but Liam didn’t sleep very well around others, and he hadn’t ever been able to sleep with somebody in the bed next to him. Not once in his entire life. No matter how tired he was. And sex with Maxima was very… demanding, to say the least. By the time they were done the fourth time, every muscle in his body felt like putty and his mind was one sweet, blissful blur. When a man spends close to one hour riding a woman until they both collapse, it would be enough to give even an insomniac like him a little bit of peace. It went deeper than exhaustion, though. Liam could deal with exhaustion. It didn’t matter how tired he was, and it didn’t matter t

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