Promise of Paradise by Tianna Xander Read Free Book Online Page B

peeking out at him.
    Slowly, he took in every delicious inch of her curvy body from the top of her beautiful head to her feet, pausing, of course, at certain points of interest in between.
    He licked his lips, his tongue tasting her as he breathed in her sweet scent. This was what he’d dreamed about over the past week. This was what he wanted more than life itself. A mate, their mate lying in wait for his possession.
    “You’re awfully quiet.”
    Luc could hear the reservation in her voice. He could smell her fear, her hesitation. She was afraid that he would reject her. Silly woman. Didn’t she know that she was everything he had ever dreamed of having?
    “I’m just staring in awe at female perfection.”
    “Yeah, right.” She started to cover herself, no doubt thinking that he made fun of her.
    “Don’t!” Luc held out his hand. “Don’t cover yourself now that you’ve let me see all of your beauty.” He took a deep breath as he finally drew close enough to touch her. “Gods, you’re beautiful.” He took in her full breasts, her rounded middle and her wide hips. She had thighs made for riding a man and he had every intention of settling between those thighs and taking them both to another kind of paradise.
    “Do you really think so?” She looked worried, as though she expected him to think she looked anything but gorgeous to him.
    “Yes. I think so and Gabe will, too.”
    “Gabe!” She started to sit up. “He’s not here, too, is he?”
    “No.” Luc chuckled. “It’s just you and me, darlin’.” He leaned down, pressed a small kiss against her forehead and cupped one perfect breast in his hand. He brushed the hardening nipple with his thumb as he kissed her eyes and her cheeks before finally settling his lips over her mouth.
    If he’d thought he’d lived in Paradise before, he’d been wrong. Paradise was the woman in his arms, mewling her pleasure as his hands skimmed over her silky flesh.
    “Make love to me, Luc. I won’t expect anything past tonight, I promise. I just want…I need you.”
    “What if I want something past tonight?” he asked as he rested his forehead against hers. His breath came in harsh gasps. Never had a woman affected him the way this woman had just by existing.
    He wanted to strip himself bare and take her here and now, but he had to wait. He had to know that she would at least consider accepting them as her mates. Otherwise, they would only subject her to the pain and suffering of the el calor —if what had happened in the elevator hadn’t already done so.
    “I could only dream that you would want something more than a one night stand.” She laughed. “But I’ve always been realistic and I know that you have the rest of your life ahead of you. What would you want with a woman who is fast passing her prime?”
    “I want to love you, to make love with you. To share you with my triad mate, Gabe, and make children with you.”
    “What are you talking about?” She tried to sit up, but he had her pinned, just where he wanted her. He leaned over her, his chest pressed against her breasts, his breath fanning her ear.
    “I’m talking about forever.” He shrugged. “Well…as close to forever as anyone gets, I suppose. I’m talking about a mating bond between the three of us. It’s the way we do things here.”
    He stared deep into her startled violet eyes. “That is what I want. It’s what Gabe wants, as well. We want the right to love you, to protect you and to give you children. Will you give us that right?”
    Nadya stared at him, her beautiful eyes wide. She blinked once, twice, and then licked her lips. Reaching up, she twisted a lock of her dark hair and he wanted to smile at her little nervous gesture, but didn’t.
    Here she was, lying naked on his brand new bar and she wasn’t worried about her nudity, but rather, she worried about the fact that he wanted her for more than one night.
    He’d just begun to hope that she would say yes, when her