Sheikh's Command by Sophia Lynn Read Free Book Online

body pressed against his. It was pure heaven, and the more his hands roved that perfect body, the more convinced he became that she was made for him.
    It wasn't until he felt her begin to move the sheet away that he came to his senses. With a muffled swear, Makeen sat up and pushed her away. When she made a startled longing sound, he almost gave in, but instead he growled, bringing himself under control again.
    “Stay there,” he said, and for a wonder, she obeyed. He reached over to turn on the light above the headboard. When he turned back, he took a single moment to relish the picture of her utterly naked, her dark hair streaming down her shoulders, her lips slightly parted with lust.
    “Now what the hell do you think you're doing?” he demanded.
    “Are you telling me you don't know?” she asked. “Because that would surprise me a great deal!”
    He groaned slightly, shaking his head. “Answer the question. Why are you here?”
    “I told you,” she answered, and to his shock, there were tears in her copper eyes. He wanted to gather her up in his arms, but he wasn't sure that he trusted himself just then. His body still shook at the prospect of having her near.
    “What did you tell me?” he asked. “I'll be perfectly honest, when beautiful naked women accost me in my bed, it does not necessarily do wonders for my memory.”
    “I told you that I would do whatever it took to make sure that my brother could walk free. I … I don't care if you are not terribly impressed by me just yet. You're not giving me a chance. You … you need to give me a chance, please. I will do anything …”
    He could feel his arousal spike at her words. Somehow, he had ended up in bed with one of the most desirable women he had ever met, and now she wanted to touch him and do exactly as he pleased. Makeen decided that it must be a punishment for some kind of great terrible wrong that he had forgotten about that he could not do anything about it and still call himself a good man. He took a deep breath, and then another, and when he thought that he could speak without his voice breaking like a boy's, he turned to her.
    “Olivia … your brother is safe. I swore to you that if you came with me, if you abided by my decisions for a month, he would be. Here you are holding up your end of the bargain. What makes you think that I wouldn't uphold mine?”
    She bit her full lip, watching him nervously. “You … you haven't done what I thought you were going to do,” she said meekly. “I thought … I thought …”
    He winced at the tremor in her voice. “I can imagine what you thought, but Olivia … I am not a monster. I desire you, that much is very clear. I want you. I walked into a frigid cold shower tonight thinking about you, but I will not force you.”
    “It would't be force—”
    He shook his head firmly. “When you are doing it simply to make sure that your brother walks free? It most certainly is. No. I will be perfectly honest, I wasn't sure what I was thinking when I made this bargain, but fairly early on, I realized I did not want you to do anything that you didn't want to do. Our rules were explicit. You are here, you are doing what I say, and that is enough. I promise you, Olivia, your brother is safe.”
    She looked at him as if she didn't necessarily believe him, despite how sincere he was. His heart squeezed for a moment thinking about what kind of life she must have led that had caused her to doubt him. Slowly, though, Olivia relaxed. At least, her hands loosened, and she looked a little less desperately unhappy.
    “It wouldn't be something I didn't want to do …”
    For a moment, Makeen's heart leaped at that. He could already imagine that spill of dark hair over his sheets, the way her copper eyes would light up, how she might look while she was shouting her ecstasy to the sky. Then, with an effort, he reined himself in.
    “We're not talking about that right now,” he said as sternly as he could. “I