Promise of Paradise
brows drew down and she grew stiff in his arms. “I don’t believe this crap.”
     

Chapter Thirteen
     
     
    What kind of stupid woman did he think she was? Why did he insist on playing this game and saying that he wanted her for more than just sex for a night or two? She’d already said she was willing. Why didn’t he take her up on her offer?
    She stifled a sob when she realized that this was his way of turning her down. He didn’t really want her, which was why he insisted that he did. It made a weird sort of sense, if she thought about it.
    “I don’t know why you can’t just say you want nothing more than one night. I already told you that I understand that a man like you wouldn’t want to be stuck with someone like me. After all, how many movie stars do you see dating fat or homely women? It’s not as though some of them haven’t been attracted to big beautiful women. I’m sure they have, only the damned media won’t leave them alone about the frumpy, dumpy woman they’ve been dating. Like it’s anyone’s damned business who they fall in love with.”
    She had been ready to put her clothes back on and leave, but then a mean streak she didn’t realize she had, raised its head and she smiled. “Okay. You say you and Gabe want more than one night. You say that you want me forever. Put your money where your mouth is, sugar, and prove it.”
    “Then you’ll stay?”
    He looked so damned hopeful, Nadya almost believed it was what he really wanted. Besides, she gave a mental shrug. If it really was what they wanted, all the better for her. She could think of a lot worse things than falling in love with two gorgeous shifters who thought she was the best thing that had ever happen to them.
    “Sure. Why not?” she replied, calling his bluff. “I can think of a lot of worse things that I could do than living with two hot guys who insist I’m the most beautiful woman they’ve ever seen.”
    “You won’t regret it,” he said as he started stripping his clothes off, revealing one of the hardest, beautiful male bodies that she’d ever seen. “I promise you won’t regret a minute of it.”
    Her mouth dried as he unzipped his jeans and his large cock sprang free. He slid his pants down over his hard-muscled thighs, bent and pulled his boots off before stepping out of his pants. When he finally stood before her in all of his naked glory, Nadya came to realize that he’d been serious.
    He wanted her forever. Gabe wanted her forever. Together, they both wanted her to stay and make a life with them. Just like her friends Milla and Alexa, she had two men who wanted her to live with them and effectively be wife to both of them.
    Her face heated as she thought about what all of that meant. It meant making love with them both—at the very least, one at a time. What if they wanted to make love with her at the same time, could she do it? Would she do it?
    “Tell me you haven’t changed your mind, darlin’.” Luc breathed the words against her ear.
    “No.” Nadya shook her head. “I haven’t changed my mind.” She wanted this. She wanted him, even if it was for only one night. All of their tomorrows would take care of themselves. “I want you. Now.”
    Reaching up, she pulled his head down to hers. Their lips met in a heated kiss. Luc skimmed his hands over her body, heating her flesh, despite the cool air in the room. Her nipples stiffened to hard, almost painful points. Nadya sucked in a deep breath when his mouth covered one hard bud, drawing it into the moist warmth. His tongue lapped over her sensitive flesh as she moaned and writhed beneath him.
    One strong hand slid down her torso to the junction of her thighs. His fingers slipped through her slick folds. Her body hummed, blossoming with every stroke of his fingers against her flesh.
    The attraction and sexual tension between them was different—something new. It was stronger than anything she’d ever felt before. What if there was something to

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