Total pages in book: 84
Estimated words: 79087 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 395(@200wpm)___ 316(@250wpm)___ 264(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 79087 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 395(@200wpm)___ 316(@250wpm)___ 264(@300wpm)
“Freya?”
“No, I am going to win this one. I am not letting go.”
And like that, he started to move me across the sand, and he did so without even seeming to break into a sweat. This was not fair. I growled, and without warning him, I wrapped both my arms around his ankles. Victor was not expecting this kind of attack, and even to my surprise it seemed to work, and he stumbled. I worked on that stumble, helping him fall to the ground.
He did end up flat on his back, and I took full advantage by crawling up his body and sitting on him. I put a hand on his chest, and in that moment I was victorious.
“I win, and you’re dead.”
He grabbed my hips, and I squealed as within seconds, I was no longer on top but flat on my back, and he had a hand on my neck. Victor didn’t tighten his grip. He held onto me and let me know he was in charge.
I must be a little strange because I liked him holding me in place. Yeah, something was very wrong with me as I looked up. He looked so damn sexy.
“Now I’m dead,” I said. “That’s a shame because I could have totally kissed you.”
I don’t know where that had come from. Just that I had been thinking about our shared kiss for a long time. Even now, my lips tingled from it. I wanted him to kiss me again.
As I stared up at him, I could feel myself practically begging him to kiss me. I didn’t ask him to. I didn’t know if I should. Would it be wrong to kiss him again? After all, he was my husband. We should be able to kiss? Did that make me weak?
We didn’t have the best start, but that didn’t mean we couldn’t have a good marriage. I know Victor. He was helping keep me safe, and as much as I hated to admit this, I was attracted to him.
Sure, there were parts of him I didn’t like. Like the fact he destroyed my quilt. I was never going to forget that. Would I hold that against him forever?
“Kiss me,” I said.
I don’t know why I asked him, but I wanted him to kiss me.
Victor let go of my neck, and without another word, he leaned in close and kissed me. His lips on mine felt so perfect. I didn’t want that one kiss to end. It made my toes curl and felt so good.
Victor placed both of his hands either side of my head, and I wrapped mine around his neck, drawing him close. It took me several attempts to get him to hold me, and he finally did. He dropped his body weight on me and I liked it. I liked holding him and feeling his arms wrapped around me as we kissed.
The kiss started out slow, and he explored my lips. Running his tongue across my bottom lip, and I wanted to taste him, so I pressed my tongue in the same way he did for me. I didn’t want to stop.
I don’t know how he felt, but with our bodies so close together, I felt the hard length of him pressed against my stomach. Victor was aroused, and I knew I was wet.
Time passed and slowly Victor brought the kiss to a stop. Staring up at him, I pressed my palm against his cheek.
“Are you okay?” he asked.
“Yeah, but that was some kiss.”
This made him laugh.
“I don’t want you to divorce me.”
This was a surprise. “What?”
“Look, I’m not claiming to love you, but I do care about you, Freya. I don’t want to marry anyone else. I’m asking you to settle for me. To let me give you a good life. I won’t be a prick to you. I won’t destroy another quilt. I will accept your gifts. We’ll make this work.”
I knew he didn’t want to have anyone else. If I divorced him, Ivan would find him another wife. Did I want to go and find a husband?
The truth was, knowing that Ivan Volkov was my brother was going to make things harder. It was bad enough having Harris as a dad, but now Ivan. Men would come to get close to him. They wouldn’t want me. I was giving up on the chance of love, but with Victor, I at least knew we were going to make this work.
“You’re not just saying that because I’m Ivan’s sister, are you?” I asked, jokingly.
Victor didn’t need to get any closer to Ivan than he already was. He was a Brigadier. Ivan trusted him.
“Yeah, totally,” he said. “It will make my life easier having the sister of my boss as my wife.”
I couldn’t help but laugh.
“It will be great. All the other Brigadiers will be jealous of the fact Ivan is going to want to come to my territory all the time to see his sister, and any kids we have are going to be nieces and nephews. They will be so envious of me.”