Billionaire's Cinderella: A Standalone Novel (A Bad Boy Alpha Billionaire Romance Love Story) (Billionaires Book 3)

by Claire Adams

  I wasn’t self-conscious. There were no worries about what he thought of my naked body. The only thing I could think of was how many more thrusts it would take from his body before I exploded in the ultimate orgasm.

  With only a dozen or so deep, hard thrusts, I screamed out into my scarf as Nate thrust his body into me and released. It was hot, we were naked, and we were in the middle of a war zone fucking each other. I couldn’t have imagined that moment if I had tried. There was no fantasy of such a moment from my past. Only the pure reality that we had just let our bodies feel the sweet release of pleasure in a moment of passion.

  There was no time for lying around naked though, and we both got up and started to put our clothes back on. Each of us with huge smiles and watching each other diligently as we got dressed. We had a comfort level with each other that people only achieved over time. Although we didn’t know each other all that long, I did feel like Nate understood me more than other people did.

  “So, I flew to Damascus to fuck my boyfriend; I guess I should head home now,” I teased as I reached for the door handle.

  Nate grabbed my hand and pulled me close to him as we leaned against the door. His big arms wrapped softly around me and my head rested on his chest. It was intimate and relaxing—well, as relaxed as you could be in the middle of a war zone.

  “You shouldn’t have come here. It’s so dangerous. I wish you would have just waited for me at home.”

  “I’m sorry. I had to get out of there. I had to take control of my life for a change and I thought I could help a little.”

  “I called you my girlfriend to the guys,” Nate said softly as he changed the subject.

  I looked up at him and saw his boyish grin. I knew enough about Nate to know that he didn’t go around calling anyone his girlfriend very often. I felt privileged that he had said such a thing to his friends.

  Nate was the kind of man that kept his love life to himself. I was pretty sure even his close friends didn’t hear much about the women in his life. And then probably only when he brought with him to an event or something like that.

  Nate had his quiet house in the woods and I had heard some stories of him picking up women and bringing them home. But I hadn’t heard a single story about someone that he loved or that he had dated for a long time. From what I knew about Nate, he was a serial bachelor.

  “Sorry for worrying you and coming over here. I don’t know what came over me. I just couldn’t sit there and feel like a victim. I needed some sort of control.”

  “You should have seen the guys faces when I said I had a girlfriend. I swear they almost passed out,” Nate said without addressing the fact that I had flown over there.

  “I’m sure they think I’m a lunatic for being here. Sorry about that.”

  “We are all a little crazy; that’s part of the fun of loving someone. You must think I’m crazy for doing what I do for my job. And I just think you needed some excitement in your life and made a little bit of a bad decision,” Nate laughed as he looked around the room we were in.

  It certainly wasn’t the Ritz. The old, run-down room had six cots in there; none of the mattresses were the same as the others. The floors were covered with random items such as pens, paper, and books. It wasn’t romantic at all, yet I felt like I was in the middle of one of the most romantic moments of my life.

  We still had hours to kill before it was time to load up more of the people from the building. I would have been perfectly happy to spend those hours sitting and talking to Nate, but my body had different plans.

  I wanted more of him. The urge to feel his naked body against mine was still all consuming and as I pressed my hand to his pants I felt his throbbing cock still delighted to be there with me.

  “Make love to me,” I whispered as I looked up at Nate.

  “We just did,” he laughed.

  “No. Make love to me. Love.”

  Nate took a moment to look out the windows again and listened at the door to see if anything was going on out in the main area. When he was satisfied, his lips touched mine gently and he held my cheeks in his hands. He was such a manly man. I loved just looking into his eyes and seeing the intensity of his longing for me.

  “You are my crazy woman,” he smiled.

  “And you’re my crazy man,” I smiled back at him.

  Again, he slowly took off my clothing, but this time he laid me gently onto the mattress and kissed from my neck all the way to my toes and back. Each touch of his lips on my skin sent shivers through my body. With my eyes closed, I imagined us lying on his bed in the cabin, with no noises around us and no people for miles and miles.

  His lips felt like they belonged on my body all the time. Every single day of my life would be just about long enough to keep me happy. I knew in that moment that I didn’t want any other man; I only wanted Nate.

  My past was officially behind me as I realized that I didn’t care at all what had happened to me before. None of those thoughts were filling my mind any longer; instead, all I could think about was what life would be like with Nate in the future. Where would we travel? What things would we see together?

  I felt a level of control over my future that was intoxicating. I didn’t have anyone else in control of my life at that moment. It was only I who could determine the path to make myself happy. There was no need for any more ruminating on what happened at Stephano’s house. I didn’t even worry about him chasing after me because I knew if Nate was with me, I could deal with absolutely anything that could come my way.

  There was no talk of me being quiet, no worry about my moans of delight this time as Nate let his mouth explore my center. The delicate nature of his touch combined with where we were at and I felt the excitement billowing up into an explosion, but before I could release; Nate stopped what he was doing and slid his body into mine.

  With slow strokes, he gently kissed me. I closed my eyes and felt delightful as his body thrusted. His mouth was over mine and muffled my moans as his body brought me closer and closer to delightful orgasm. The way our bodies moved together was much more like a couple on their honeymoon than a couple in the middle of a war zone.

  An overwhelming feeling of peace came over my body as I made love to Nate. Whatever else came to us in the next few hours, I now felt the strength to deal with it. My anxiety and worry over my past were long gone as I made love in the ultimate present tense.

  Nate moved his body gently with mine, and as his lips touched my neck, he whispered sweetness into my ears. I absolutely loved the feeling of his strong body over mine as his lips touched the skin of my neck. It was the perfect combination of power and lust and made my body spring to attention with longing for more of Nate.

  “You’re so beautiful and strong.”

  “Thank you,” I whispered back before his mouth pressed against mine and we were consumed by kissing again.

  “I feel stronger when I’m around you.”

  “Then you should be around me more often,” Nate said.

  Our bodies moved together in a slow, delicious pattern that had me building up to a pleasurable explosion. As my body finally released, Nate gave himself permission to release his orgasm as well. In one, last, glorious thrust, our hips pressed together and we both let out a moan of passion.

  I wrapped my arms tightly around him and held his body over mine as we collapsed into ecstasy. It didn’t matter where we were. It didn’t matter that we might not make it out of that building alive. In that moment, we were together as one, and that was all that mattered to either of us.

  “Mister Nate, there is movement in building across the street,” a young man’s voice said at the door.

  “Thank you,” Nate said as he jumped up and went to the window to look out. “I’ll be right out.”

  He was naked as he looked carefully out the windows to see what was going on. I gathered my clothes and hurriedly put them back on while I waited for Nate to tell me what he saw. It was funny to see how he didn’t care if he had c
lothes on or not as he looked out the window for rebels who could want to kill us.

  “Several men leaving the building across the street, but it doesn’t look like a large operation.”

  “What are we going to do?”

  “Still need to wait and see how things are closer to 0400. If they are quiet, we will proceed with the extraction.”

  “Won’t they see you loading the first group? How will we get the second group out?”

  “It’s too risky to have both SUVs driving through town at once, much too conspicuous. We will have to get the first group out and then see what happens.”

  I didn’t like the sound of that at all. But I knew that Nate was an expert in this area and I was willing to do whatever he saw fit. There was no way I would know what to do in order to get the people out of the building and back to the base.

  Nate got dressed and quickly went out to talk to the guys. I couldn’t hear everything that he was saying but it sounded like he told them to continue what they were doing and keep their eyes posted until 0330 when they would wake everyone and get them loaded into the vehicle.

  I waited in the room because I didn’t know what to do. My confidence was a little shaken as we sat there knowing that rebels were just across the street from us.

  “They have been watching the building, right?” I asked. “They are going to come in here soon?”

  “We have no idea. They could be looking for military and not care about us at all. There’s no way to know.”

  “I’d like to train to work with you someday,” I blurted out.

  Nate’s initial reaction was to smile and I could tell he didn’t think I was being serious. But when he looked me in the eyes, he could tell that I was. My eyes locked onto his; I was one hundred percent serious. I loved the feeling I had at that moment.

  Knowing that something I was part of was going to help to save people from dying, that was more powerful than any type of counseling a person could go through. Plus, the adrenaline rush was like a high that I had never felt before. It was better than any drugs that Stephano had forced into my system. Adrenaline was a natural high and much more all-consuming.

  “We can talk about it when we get home. It’s very dangerous; I don’t know if I’d want my woman in such danger all the time.”

  I knew that Nate was trying to be sweet and show he cared for me, but I didn’t like how he thought he could choose if I put myself into danger or not. No man could always protect their woman and preventing them from going after something they wanted wasn’t a good way of protecting someone anyways.

  Sometime in the future, we would have to talk about my plans, but at the moment, our only goal was to get out of Damascus alive. We had a few more hours before the sun would be up, and then it would be impossible to get out without being detected.

  Chapter 20

  NATE

  “So let me play the devil’s advocate,” Ana started to say. “What if we can’t get out by car, what’s our backup plan?”

  I had to give it to Ana: she was thinking like a true security detail. I didn’t think the lifestyle was anything appropriate for her, but I knew the appeal of the constant action. As much as I wanted to yell and scream at her for showing up, it wouldn’t have helped a thing.

  She was trying to prove something, that was obvious. Ana was a strong woman though and I knew it from the moment I laid eyes on her. She didn’t let the adversity of her past keep her down for long and that was very appealing to me. I was really glad our paths had crossed and even kind of glad she was with me in Damascus, although I obviously didn’t like her being in the middle of a war zone.

  “We would need to get everyone to the safe house at least, or the airport. Traveling by foot around here is extremely dangerous though, especially with a group of people. It would draw a lot of attention and the rebels would be after us very quickly.”

  “Would we travel in the day light for safety or at night? I can see the benefits of either way.”

  “I think at night would be best. Down side road and hiding in abandoned buildings during the day. But let’s stop talking about all of this; it’s not going to be necessary. I have a feeling we will be able to get both vehicles loaded up and out of here at 0400. Then we will be on a plane home within a few hours after that. Sometimes these dangerous jobs actually end up being straight forward and easy.”

  Ana did not look very convinced at all. She grimaced at my words and we walked out to the main area to join the few adults were organizing and cleaning things. Even though they knew we would finally be leaving their building soon, the women insisted on cleaning up and making sure everything looked nice when they left. I couldn’t help but think that they hoped the war would end soon and they would be able to return to their jobs. Unfortunately, I knew that once the building was emptied, it would only be a matter of time before all its contents were pillaged through and the building left uninhabitable.

  “You ladies should get some sleep,” I said as we entered the room.

  The women all stopped dead in their tracks and looked at me, but they didn’t understand a thing I was saying. Luckily, one of the men came over and translated for me. He spoke to them much more firmly than I had and the women quickly left the room and headed to the hidden sleeping room.

  “Well, you sure know how to clear a room,” Ana joked.

  “The women will be ready in the morning,” Roane said.

  “Thank you; please have your men get a couple hours of sleep. Ana and I will keep watched until 0345 and wake you to help gather everyone. We might only be able to take one SUV full, but it is possible we could take everyone, so everyone will need to be ready.”

  “Thank you sir,” Roane said. “And thank you ma’am,” he said to Ana.

  “You’re welcome,” Ana said with a huge smile on her face.

  She seemed really happy to be there with me and I was surprised at how well she was handling everything. I knew she had it in her and was strong; I just wasn’t so sure that she knew she had it in her. There had been no visible signs of hand shaking at all since I saw her. If she could handle Damascus, then I was sure she would be able to handle anything that was going on back at home.

  “Let’s make a round trip from one side to the other and check the windows, I’ll go with you the first time and show you, then we can split up. Does that sound good?”

  “Of course,” Ana answered.

  She was eager to learn and it reminded me of the new recruits and how much they wanted to learn and do everything when they first arrived on a job site. Their eagerness to learn was always appreciated, but it couldn’t be in spite of education and knowledge. There were a lot of things that new recruits learned in the military, and Ana certainly wasn’t going to join the military to learn those things.

  “You look tired,” Ana said as we walked back into the room we had just made love in.

  “Oh, no, you’re not getting me back into bed young lady,” I joked.

  “Ha, I didn’t mean it like that. I just meant you could take a short nap if you needed an hour. Once you show me what to check for, I can check and just wake you up if I have questions.”

  I couldn’t help but laugh at her. Ana was seriously telling me, the trained one, that I could take a nap if I wanted to. It was comical how comfortable she was in the middle of the war zone.

  “I think you should take a nap,” I answered.

  “I’m not tired.”

  “Neither am I,” I replied as I looked out the window to see if there was any sort of movement going on out there.

  “Well, let’s get to work then; show me how to do this.”

  “Just lift the corner and duck down to look out. Don’t open the shades in the middle and always make sure the door is closed behind you and there is as little light as possible,” I showed her. “Now you do it.”

  Ana followed my directions exactly and was very careful as she looked out the window. I saw her look left and then right, then she place the curtain
back down gently so there was no movement. She was a natural.

  “Very good. Now let’s go to the other side of the building.”

  It only took about ten minutes for us to make out rounds and look out each side of the building. There wasn’t much going on and I couldn’t see any signs of movement at all. There weren’t any curtains moving in buildings, there weren’t any cars driving on the streets, and there were no pedestrians walking around either. It was well after midnight so none of that was all that surprising, but I still had a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach.

  “I’ll go around this way, and you go the opposite way. We can meet up in the middle,” I told Ana.

  She went right to work and didn’t wait for any further instructions. She was a hard worker, obviously, but I couldn’t wait to get her out of that place. My mind drifted back to the time at my cabin and how angry and confused she had been that first night. I couldn’t help but smile at how she had thrown me out of her bedroom because she thought I was trying to hurt her. Yet only a few months later here she was following me to Syria and trying to help me on one of the most dangerous jobs of my career.

  Ana was certainly the kind of woman that would keep me on my toes. I think that was one of the things I admired most about her. She liked taking risks and even after everything she had been through, she obviously still had risk taking in her bones. That was the same with me. I couldn’t go a month without doing something exciting or dangerous.

  Maybe that was why we got along so well. Sure, at first I just wanted her because of her beauty and she needed someone to rescue her. But beauty fades and you can only rescue someone once. Now my passion for Ana was growing into something much bigger, much more rounded, and nothing like anything I had dealt with before.