Insatiable by Adriana Hunter Read Free Book Online

pick up some sexy lingerie as well. I like red. Keep that in mind, will you?”
    “Would there be anything else?” she replied with steely sarcasm, her teeth aching from gritting them so hard.
    “Nothing else…for now,” he returned mildly. “We’ll need to be ready by seven. Let’s try not to be late.”
    He hung up and Ava threw her cell on the seat next to her. She knew she had asked for it. He wasn’t a man for playing games. No matter what she thought or felt, he was the one in control. And it looked like he was going to make sure that this time, she didn’t forget it.
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    Ava had been sure that the dinner would be harrowing, but to her surprise, it turned out to be more exciting and enjoyable than she’d ever expected. Jonas had been right about it being a very high-powered event. They were seated at a long table in an exclusive restaurant, and there were at least twenty people in the group. The men were mostly older, but looked just as rich and powerful as Jonas. The women were exquisitely dressed, their bodies dripping with jewels.
    Ava was in no way a wallflower this evening. She’d been quite furious with Jonas for his insistence that she spend his money, but then decided that if he so insisted, she may as well enjoy it. It certainly was rather interesting to walk into the most expensive stores and purchase everything she wanted without having to so much as glance at the price tags. However, when it came to the evening’s attire she had opted for understated yet tasteful elegance. Her dress was a black, slimming style, the waist cinched in right beneath the bodice, the neckline draping low to reveal just a tempting glimpse of bust.
    Once she’d dressed, Jonas had the same look in his eyes she was coming to recognize easily. He’d stepped forward, hands cupping her shoulders as he swept his gaze over her from head to foot. “Ravishing,” he’d murmured, dipping his head to nuzzle her neck lightly, even as he drew in a deep, appreciative breath. “It would be so unfashionable, and downright rude, to be late. If it wasn’t for that…”
    He didn’t finish his sentence, but she knew exactly what he was thinking. And the wanton woman in her had ached with an answering need. And it was one that never eased throughout the evening. Even with the distinguished company, the fine food and dazzling wine, she never lost consciousness of the virile, gorgeous man at her side. It didn’t seem possible, but he looked even more handsome this evening. His perfectly fitted suit molded his dashing frame like a glove, and her eyes felt constantly drawn to his face. When he laughed, or she listened to him converse comfortably with the people of power seated with him at table, she got a deeper understanding of the man he was, and how much she was drawn to him.
    At first it had seemed only a physical attraction. He turned her on and that was obvious from the very first time they met. But with her heart fluttering every time he looked at her or held her gaze briefly, she knew it was something deeper…something more than just sexual desire she felt. He aroused her body and thrilled her mind.
    When he spoke, on whatever topic, she loved to listen, admired the way his sharp mind worked and how he analyzed things. It wasn’t hard to see why he was so successful, and why he commanded so much respect from those around him.
    Since leaving University and joining her brother in trying to pick up the pieces of their family estate, she’d come to understand a little of the cold, steel-hard reality of the business world. And she remembered one of the first things Jonas had told her that first night they’d met, after she’d found out who he really was. About how he made no apologies for what he’d had to do in the name of business—such as the takeover of her father’s company. Was she wrong to have hated him for what had simply been a clever business strategy?
    But then, wasn’t she betraying her family by allowing