DARE-TO-LOVE-TRUTH-AND-DARE-DUET-COLLECTION-by-Lylah-James-pdfarchive

“Jealous?” I shot back immediately.
A smirk crawled onto his face, and he chuckled, his wide
chest rumbling with it. “He wants you, Lila.”
My stomach clenched, goosebumps breaking out over
my skin. My breath left me in a whoosh. His words were
spoken dangerously low, although the harshness in his
voice could not be mistaken.
“How would you know?” I retorted, angry and confused.
He played with my feelings, turning my emotions into a
little game of his. Maddox had me in knots, twisting me
around like a little plaything.
He grunted, shaking his head, and then he let out a
laugh. As if he was sharing an inside joke with himself. “I’m
a man, like him. I know what he was thinking about when
he looked at you like that.”
“Maybe he wasn’t thinking about sex. Maybe he’s a
gentleman. Unlike you.” I was playing with fire, I knew
that. I was testing him, testing us.
“I dare you,” he whispered so softly, I almost missed it.
Maddox looked down at his glass, his fingers clenched
around it. Even in the dim lights, I could see the way his
knuckles were starting to turn white.
He was giving me a dare now?
He didn’t finish his sentence, and I wondered if he was
contemplating his dare. Maddox’s jaw flexed from obvious
frustration. For a brief moment, I thought maybe he wasn’t
angry at me. Maybe, he was angry at himself. He was
fighting himself. Could it be that the problem wasn’t me?
He drank the rest of his drip in one gulp and then
slammed his glass on the counter, before swiveling around
in his stool to face me. Maddox stood up and walked a step
closer to me, until my knees were touching his strong
thighs. He leaned forward, caging me in between the
counter and his body. Our gaze locked, and he licked his
lips. He had me captivated for a moment until he
mercilessly broke the spell.