Bidding on the Billionaire by JM Stewart Read Free Book Online

slid over hers, and she tilted her head, opening for him. Her knees wobbled and her free hand sought the solid warmth of his body. She pressed her breasts into his hard chest, desperate for the friction of her nipples rubbing his skin.
    A car honked somewhere in the street nearby, jerking Hannah back to reality. They were in public. She pulled her mouth from his but could only stare at him, breathless.
    He wrapped his arm tighter around her and pulled her hard against him. His erection pushed into her stomach, solid as steel. Both of them were shaking.
    After a moment, he opened his eyes, those mossy depths once again burning into her. The hunger there left her breathless. “My hotel’s only a few blocks from here.”
    His statement was subtle, but it hit her low, setting a blaze burning in her stomach. Something moved between them, indescribable, yet there all the same. The memory of all those nights. The erotic chats they’d shared. The promise of the night before them. Oh, for sure he wanted her the way she wanted him, and the thought of his hands on her skin had her trembling all over again, partly in fear. Once he caught sight of the scars on her torso, though, would he still want her?
    When she didn’t answer, he leaned his forehead against hers. “Tell me you want me as much as I want you.”
    The need and the subtle vulnerability in his voice washed away everything else and made her brave. She hadn’t come today to let fear stop her from enjoying him. He was sexy and sweet and Maddie was right. If she didn’t do this, take this step into the first reckless relationship she’d ever had, she’d regret it. She’d end up where she’d already been—at home, alone.
    She pressed closer, rocking her hips into his. “Lead the way.”

Chapter Three
    H annah’s nerve endings were shredded as they walked. Even her knees wobbled. The four blocks to Cade’s hotel passed in an aching silence. The air between them filled with the luscious promise of things to come. The rest of the city around her faded as her senses honed in on the man beside her. His large presence. The scent of him that seemed to float on the breeze blowing past her. Even his long, purposeful stride did naughty things to her insides.
    It didn’t help that he kept glancing at her. When his gaze collided with hers—because she couldn’t stop looking at him, either—the hunger burning there made her stomach do somersaults.
    The simple touch of his hand in hers seemed intimate and set fire to her insides. He had the hands of a man who’d never done a day of manual labor in his life, who sat behind a desk all day. They were smooth and uncalloused. His thumb kept stroking her fingers in an idle fashion. The simple touch made her yearn to have those large, smooth hands on her . All over her.
    She hadn’t had sex in over a year, hadn’t had wild sex in…well, okay, ever. She was about to spend time with a man whose hand in hers made her panties damp. Whispers of their previous chats flitted through her mind. They always generated so much heat between them. Would it be the same in person? Her entire body buzzed with the yearning to find out.
    Several minutes later, they stood together in the quiet hallway outside his suite. Of course he stayed at the best of the best. The five-star accommodation screamed luxury in every small detail, from the doorman dressed in formal attire, who greeted them on the way in, to the sweeping staircase in the lobby. The place resembled a mansion, done in classic décor from marble flooring to draperies on the windows. His room alone no doubt cost more than her shop grossed in a month.
    As he inserted the keycard in the door, her stomach tied itself in knots. Was she ready to do this? Online, they were equals, but here, in this expensive hotel, she was out of place, and Cade was far, far out of her league. She felt like a poor peasant girl to his Prince Charming.
    The lock mechanism clicked and Cade pushed the handle,