Charade (Swept Away, #1.5)

“David.” I bit my lower lip and avoided staring at him as he glared at me angrily. “I’m sorry.”


“You’re always sorry,” he muttered and sat back down on the bed with me. “At least give me a blow job?” he asked hopefully as he stared at my breasts.

“No.” I shook my head and grabbed my top and put it back on. “Sorry.”

“What a joke.” He laughed bitterly. “And to think Mattias is convinced that you’re some sort of gold digger trying to trap me with sex.”

“What?” I frowned at him. “He thinks what?”

“He thinks you’re a gold digger, though if you were you’d have fucked me by now. All gold diggers want is to get pregnant so that they can trap a guy and get a ring or at least child support.”

“I’m not a gold digger!” I said, feeling insulted. “Why would he think that?”

“He thinks it’s weird that you were at a shareholders’ meeting and you’re not a shareholder.”

“What?” I was stunned.

“He checked you out when he realized we were getting serious. He didn’t like the fact that you kept asking me to introduce you to him. Also, he wanted to know why you were so interested in doing research on the company. He said you were either looking to trap him or me.”

“I told you why I was doing research.” I glared at him. “And how could you think that about me? Why would he think that about me? He doesn’t even know me.”

“Lots of women try to get their claws into him once they find out who he is.” David shrugged. “Same here, I suppose, though I like women, so I don’t care.”

“I can’t believe your brother thinks I’m a gold digger.”

“Well, you’re obviously not. You’re a cock tease.” He changed the subject. “I can’t do this shit anymore, Bianca. I’m a man. I have needs. I’m not in high school. I think I’ve been pretty patient with you and this whole waiting thing, but I’m over it. I need to fuck already! It’s been two months. If you don’t think you can give me what I want, then I don’t know.”

“What are you saying?” My heart stopped as I stared at him. Was this the end of the relationship? Was I going to fail in my mission before I even got started?

“I don’t know.” He closed his eyes. “I’m so horny I can’t even think straight. You know I like you, but this is starting to seem like more of a friendship than a relationship.”

“Do you kiss your friends and go down on them?” I asked lightly and he opened his eyes and grinned.

“Do you really want to know the answer to that?”

“No, I guess not.” I sighed and sat on the edge of the bed. “Do you want me to leave?”

“Are we going to have sex tonight?” he asked me hopefully.

“No,” I told him. “You know that.”

“Blow job?”

“No.”

“Can I go down on you again?” He cocked his head. “And maybe we can sixty-nine.”

“No.”

“Can we both masturbate at the same time?”

“Each other or ourselves?” I frowned and saw his eyes light up. Wrong question, Bianca.

“Either one.”

“No and no.”

“So why did you even bring it up?” He sounded angry.

“Sorry, I’m not sure why.”

“Can I watch you play with yourself?”

“No.” My voice rose and he rolled his eyes.

“I don’t think there’s any reason for you to stay.” He ran his hands through his hair. “You know I like you, Bianca, but this is just too much right now. You just came on my face and now you want to play some sort of coy game again. It’s not right. You should be able to give what you receive.”

“I didn’t mean to lead you on. I’m just the sort of girl that goes really slow.”

“You go slower than women in a convent.” He shook his head. “I fucked a nun quicker than I’ve fucked you.”

“You had sex with a nun?” My eyes widened in shock and he grinned.

“That’s between me and God.”

“David Bradley!” I gasped. “That’s blasphemous.”

“I’d say sacrilegious, but what’re you going to do? No one was more shocked than me when she said yes. Actually, that’s a lie. The priest was pretty shocked when I went to confession.” He laughed.

“You’re such a bad boy.” I shook my head and smiled at him. “I can’t believe it.”

“It’s true, I am a bad boy. That’s how you know I really like you. The fact that I’ve abstained from sex with you for so long.”

“I really like you as well, David,” I sighed. I couldn’t help thinking that his choice of words was odd. Why had he included the words “with you”?

“Well, I can’t really tell.” He lay back in the bed. “I’m going to pleasure myself now. You can stay and watch and even help if you want or you can leave.”

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