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His eyes were dark and hooded, slightly narrowed. Although, this expression wasn’t aimed at me.
It couldn’t have been. Because the tender way his hand reached for my chin was a huge contrast to the
storm roiling in his blue eyes.
“Nothing’s wrong, baby,” he whispered with a slight shake of his head. “I’m fine. Even better now that
you’re here.”
Alaric’s other hand reached for my waist, going downward until it was on the curve of my ass, and then he yanked me against him, pushing his hips into me at the same time so I could feel exactly how… ‘fine‘
he was.
He was trying to change the subject, and at the moment, I was going to welcome anything. Anything that would get me to stop worrying about my sister.
Hell, it felt like I was going through withdrawals!
He leaned in to merge his lips with mine and I willingly accepted it, trailing my hands from his chest to his neck. Alaric’s kisses were soft at first, and then, without any warning, they suddenly turned ferocious.
Almost like he was channeling some kind of emotion.
Anger, to be exact.
“F**k,” he rasped against my mouth, carrying me up until my thighs were wrapped around his waist. A
shiver shot down my spine when my back met the cold tiled wall. Heat pooled between my thighs, and
now that there was nothing between us, it wouldn’t take much of an effort for Alaric to slip inside of me.
He broke the kiss, resting his head against mine. “I need to leave for Vegas later tonight. After we get
back.”
My pulse stuttered. “What? Why?”
The moment I asked that, I knew it was a stupid question. Alaric had other business ventures in Vegas-
the club being one of them. But all of this was just a little too sudden.
“I have some…” His gaze dropped to my mouth. “…business to take care of. We’ve been working on
something at the club for a while and I’m just going to oversee things.”
“What are you working on?” I asked without missing a beat.
Alaric’s lips twitched. “Ever so inquisitive.” And then he kissed me, cupping my cheek with one hand while the other held me up. A moan slipped out of my mouth when he rocked his hips against mine, his cock grazing against my clit.
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His mouth left mine, moving on to my cheek, my jaw… and then he whispered into my ear: “Would you like to fly with me?”
A thrill shot straight to my core and I bit down on my bottom lip. Alaric’s brows were furrowed, eyes still hard, but he was speaking to me with so much gentleness and control.
“It would be better to show you rather than tell you,” he continued.
“You want me to come with you to Vegas?” I breathed. I had thought he was trying to be evasive when he said he was going on this business trip. But if he wanted me to come along with him… then maybe the problem wasn’t in Vegas.
It was here. And he was trying to get away from it.
I suppose I should’ve been glad that he was involving me, but all it made me wonder was what the hell was going on in that brain of his. Two days ago, when I noticed that he’d gotten a new phone, I let my curiosity take the lead and asked him what happened to the old one.
“I just… smashed it,” he’d replied.
I didn’t ask him to elaborate, and he seemed a little relieved about that. But this was different. He didn’t seem too upset then, but right now…
“Alaric… what’s going on?”
When his gaze drifted from mine, I cupped his jaw and turned his face to mine. “Talk to me, please. Tell me what’s going on, or at least tell me why you want me in Vegas with you when you’ve never really
asked me before.”
Alaric’s jaw twitched, his eyes darkening even further. “Meadow…”
“Alaric. Please.”
“You worry too much about me,” he murmured.
“Well… that’s what wives do, isn’t it? Worry about their husbands?” I bit my tongue when I was done
speaking. Something at the back of my mind was waiting for Alaric to say something like ‘Well, what we
have isn’t real, is it?’
Something at the back of my mind always expected the worst. Because at the end of the day–it was not
real. I mean… F**k.
But he didn’t say that. All he did was bury his head into my neck, his grip tightening around me as he heaved a sigh. “You don’t have to do that for me, baby.”
“I want to,” I whispered..
Alaric peppered kisses along the side of my neck, and I gently ran my hand through his damp hair,
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enjoying the way he shivered underneath my touch. And then all of a sudden, he froze. And he spoke.
“Today’s the twentieth anniversary of my father’s death.”
CHAPTER 0117
Meadow’s POV:
I froze, my breath stuttering. For a second, everything just… blurred out. Alaric didn’t say another word. He just held me tightly. The water droplets on his skin felt hot all of a sudden.
“Oh,” I whispered, my throat tight as I tried to swallow.
Alaric didn’t look at me. His face remained buried in my neck, his breath uneven, as if just saying those words had cost him something.
I wrapped my arms tighter around him. “You should’ve told me.”
“I didn’t want to, Meadow. And I still don’t want to talk about it. All I need right now is you.”
That was when he pulled back to look at me. His eyes swirled with an emotion I couldn’t recognize.
“My mother…” His throat bobbed as he swallowed. “She wants to hold some kind of memorial for him.” He
scoffed.
My brows furrowed. “And?”
“I said no,” he answered firmly. I felt my eyes go wide, but before I could ask why, he continued. “My
father was an asshole, Meadow. Much like yours. Or maybe… maybe even F**king worse.”
My breath hitched.
“I-”
“And I would never understand why the F**k Mutti would want to hold a memorial for him when she was
the one he mistreated the most.” He shook his head. “Why does she want to remember him?”
“Oh, Alaric…” My voice was a broken whisper. There was nothing I could do or say that would make
things feel better. Both our fathers were terrible people, and that was as far as we could relate. How could
I give him comforting words when I would never accept those words myself?
“I don’t want to F**king remember. It’s why I need to get away from all this right now. I do have work to
do, but I want you with me, Meadow.” He pushed my hair back. “I need you with me.” His lips twitched.”
And to be honest, I can tell you need a break too. Don’t think I haven’t noticed your sister’s been trying to reach you.”
A gasp escaped my mouth. Of course, he’d noticed. I had no doubt about that. “Just come with me. It’ll be
for just two days. Maybe three, if you happen to like what I’ve been working on building–which I know you will.”
My core pulsed. The way he was looking at me right now had me feeling super hot.
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“What about dinner?”
“We can have it on the jet,” he whispered against my lips.
A shiver ran down my spine. The way Alaric spoke so casually about luxurious things was so… I had no words to describe how it made me feel.
My mind was already made up. I was gonna go with him. We both needed to get our minds off the craziness around us. But maybe I just wanted to twist him a little bit first.
“F**k..” he rasped, rocking his hips against me again, this time with the head of his cock at my entrance. My vision blurred.
“You know… we never did go on our honeymoon…”
Alaric scoffed like he was annoyed. “I would never take you to Vegas on our honeymoon, Meadow.” A gasp tore from my throat as he slammed into me. “Don’t underestimate me like that.”
“I wasn’t,” I breathed. “I just… mmmhm…” My head fell forward onto his neck.
A honeymoon was never in the cards for us, since this was just an arrangement. And to be honest, I never really thought about it. But as Alaric paused, I knew he was considering it.
“Do you want one?” he asked. “Because I’ll cancel every single F**king thing on my plate and we would go
wherever you want.”
“Oh god,” I whispered as more wetness flooded my core. I pulsed around his cock. “You have such a way with words, Mr. Ashford.”
Alaric let out a low, breathless laugh against my ear. “That’s all it takes? Sweet words and you’re a F**king water park?”
“Shut up,” I gasped. Although I paid for that a second later when his hand came down hard on my ass and he slammed into me at the same time.
I yelped, pulling back to look at him, and then he kissed me hard, thrusting into me with fervor, his piercings lightly scraping against my walls in such a delicious manner.
“Christ,” he growled as his lips moved to my neck, biting gently on my shoulder before soothing it with his tongue. “I’d give you the F**king moon if you asked for it, baby. Because you’re mine.” His hand wrapped around my jaw, forcing me to keep my eyes on him. “And right now, you’re mine to ruin.”
My breath hitched. “Oh, daddy…”
“That’s right,” he rasped, his eyes turning dark. “Say that again. Say you’ll come with me.”
I scrambled to find the words in my head as the pleasure built higher and higher. “I’ll come with you, daddy.”
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My eyes rolled back in my head as Alaric slammed into me, hitting my g–spot every single time, driving me closer and closer to the edge.
“Just look at you,” he whispered fiercely. “Look how F**king beautiful you are. How angelic, how worthy. You deserve every good F**king thing in this world, baby. And right now, you’re going to come around my cock. Understand?”
He was barely even done talking when my orgasm slammed into me. My head fell onto his shoulder again, and Alaric held me tightly as my core pulsed around him, my body quaking nonstop.
He increased his pace, and it wasn’t up to a minute when he came inside of me, his cock pulsing so deliciously good inside of me.
I was on birth control now–Alaric made sure of that.
“F**k,” he cursed as we came down from our high, our chests heaving, our breaths heavy. My face felt heated, and I hissed as Alaric pulled out of me, lowering me onto the floor and turning the shower on
instantly.
“Wear the dress I got you,” he said firmly, pressing a kiss to my forehead.
I nodded, biting down on my bottom lip. “Okay.”
It was official.
We were going to Vegas to forget our sorrows.
Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
Summary & Review: Fallen
