I inhaled his scent and it calmed my racing heart. It was the smell of pine and spice and the faintest hint of manly sweat. I closed my eyes as he brushed the hair off my forehead, letting this stranger touch me in the most intimate way.
Finally, I opened my eyes and dragged them up his brawny body. His tee-shirt clung his chest where it was damp with sweat. His nipples were hard, poking through the thin fabric. I longed to touch them, and the thought made me blush. Thick cords of muscles bulged in his arms, and he dropped his hand away from me.
When I looked up at his face, my heart skipped a beat.
Deep, dark brown eyes stared back at me. Looking into his eyes was like getting lost in the forest on a warm summer’s day. It felt like I had seen those eyes before.
A thin shadow of stubble was dusted across his chiseled jaw, and he swallowed. His Adam’s apple bobbed. A zip of heat travelled down my spine and my heart started beating again in a different way.
“Th-Thank you,” I managed to stutter.
He nodded. “You should go home.” His voice was so deep that it reverberated in my chest. It knocked something loose in my heart and made me want to lean into him. I twisted my hands in front of me and took a deep breath.
“Yeah. I will.”
“Good.”
He turned away from me and I watched him take a couple steps towards the music.
Then, it hit me like a bolt of lightning.
I knew that walk. His gait looked exactly like the gait of a young, straight-laced teenager that used to live with us, whose parents used to work for my family. The eyes. I knew those eyes. Those were the first eyes that I fell in love with, when I was thirteen years old.
He was walking away from me. He had saved me from the mosh pit, he’d saved me from being trampled, and he was walking away from me without even saying a word.
Maybe it wasn’t him? Maybe—
“Zane!” I called out before I could stop myself. He froze mid-step, and my heart thumped.
It was him.
He stared at the ground beside his foot for a second, and then slowly turned around. His eyes dragged up my feet, my legs, my stomach, my chest. Everywhere he looked, flames ignited in my veins. His eyes met mine, his deep brown irises almost black in the low light.
“Sadie.”
My name on his lips was the sweetest sound I’d ever heard. I squeezed my thighs together as the timber of his voice made my body thrum with desire. I wanted to run to him, to feel those big, powerful hands on my body. I wanted him to rip my clothes off and push me up against this dirty wall. I wanted his hands, his mouth, his everything.
I didn’t feel like myself. This wasn’t me. I’d never even been with a man! I didn’t like touching myself. I was basically a nun.
But now…
My mind whirred as I tried to make sense of what had just happened, of who he was, why he was here.
His tongue slid out and swiped across his lower lip, and I nearly died. He was more man than I’d ever seen. He was insanely attractive, the kind of man that made you weak in the knees, even at a distance.
His body was big, and hard, and I knew I wanted him. I wanted him more than I’d ever wanted anyone before. I was engaged, but for the first time, I wished I wasn’t. I wanted everything with him.
Zane took a step towards me and my breath hitched. With every step he moved closer, my heart beat harder. When his chest was inches from mine, he brushed my cheek with the back of his hand.
A growl rumbled in his chest, and my panties were ruined.
“Sadie Blanchet.” His voice was husky, like hot whiskey and honey. “You’re all grown up.”
* * *
Get His Vow here! If that link doesn’t work, just copy this URL into your browser:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QB53D4C
Remember to unlock access to the Freebie Central:
Let me in
xox Lilian
Also by Lilian Monroe
For all books, visit:
www.lilianmonroe.com
Military Romance
His Vow
Enemies to Lovers Romance
Guilty
Corrupt
Ruined
Secret Baby Romance:
Knocked Up by the CEO
Knocked Up by the Single Dad
Knocked Up… Again!
Knocked Up By the Billionaire’s Son
Fake Engagement/ Fake Marriage Romance:
Engaged to Mr. Right
Engaged to Mr. Wrong
Engaged to Mr. Perfect
Mountain Man Romance:
Lie to Me
Swear to Me
Run to Me
The Complete Clarke Brothers Series
Extra-Steamy Rock Star Romance:
Garrett
Maddox
Carter
The Complete Rock Hard Series
Sexy Doctors:
Doctor O
Doctor D
Doctor L
The Complete Doctor’s Orders Series
Time Travel Romance:
The Cause
A little something different:
Second Chance: A Rockstar Romance in North Korea
* * *
Ruined: An Enemies to Lovers Romance Page 19
