Free Alexander & Rebecca (Royals of Valleria #1) by Marianne Knightly Page B

woman kissing Prince Alexander, future king. Now, she was a little less confused woman kissing Alex, the man who would be king one day. There was a sense of understanding between the two of them, though Rebecca still didn’t know how far they’d go.
     
    For now, she just enjoyed him and this moment. As she buried her hands in his hair, she tasted the meal and the wine on his lips and tongue, and wondered if he tasted it on hers. Somehow, they ended up on the couch in a waiting area, and she slid seamlessly under him while they continued kissing. With her eyes closed, she felt one of his hands tangle in her hair, while the other caressed her bare leg and slid underneath her skirt.
     
    Anticipation of where his hand may go drew both arousal and fear within her. No matter what they had shared tonight, she still wasn’t sure if she was ready for that next step.
     
    “Alex,” she whispered when he began to drop kisses along her neck.
     
    “I love it when you say my name. Say it again.”
     
    “Alex,” she said on a soft moan as her eyes fluttered open to find his watching her.
     
    “You’re so sexy. Do even you know how much?” He kissed her swiftly, as if he couldn’t resist doing so, and then drew back. Every inch of his formidable body could be felt, even through his suit.
     
    "You're not so bad yourself," she said and blushed again.
     
    “Really?” he said as he shifted to lay beside her on the couch, trapping her against it on one side and even closer to his body on the other. “Do you find me attractive, then?”
     
    “I think you know you’re attractive.”
     
    “Do I? And do you find me so?”
     
    “Yes.”
     
    “A compliment. Thank you, my lady.”
     
    “I didn’t mean it like that. You know how handsome you are. Women are always drooling over you.”
     
    “Upgraded from ‘attractive’ to ‘handsome’,” he said as kissed the long line of her neck. Against her ear, he whispered, “Are you one of those women drooling over me?”
     
    “I think you’re handsome,” she said vaguely. It wouldn’t do her any good to reveal just how much she’d thought of him over the years.
     
    He continued to drop soft kisses even as he spoke. “Progress. You just admitted without admitting it that you have been drooling over me.”
     
    “I didn’t say that,” she said as she tried futilely to push him away. He instead held her tighter and kissed a particular spot on her neck that had her vision going foggy.
     
    “You didn’t have to.”
     
    “Alex,” she said trying to push him away, but holding on at the same time. “Please.”
     
    “Please what?” His hand shifted lightly up her leg again.
     
    Just as she was about to speak, a knock sounded on the door. Rebecca gasped and froze as the haze of lust shattered around her. She tried to sit up, but Alex stayed her movements.
     
    “Yes?” he called out, his voice remarkably calm and authoritative.
     
    “The kitchen staff are here, Your Highness,” his security man said in a muted voice through the closed door. “May I give them permission to enter?”
     
    “We’re just finishing up our meeting. Give us a few more minutes.”
     
    “Yes, sir,” he said.
     
    Alex stood swiftly and carried Rebecca to her office. “What are you doing?” she whispered furiously.
     
    “Well, first, I’m going to fire the kitchen staff for interrupting us,” he said as he placed her on the floor again. “Second, I’m going to do this.” She gasped, then moaned softly as another kiss, furious and fast, was planted on her lips. When he pulled away, he said, “I’ll find some time for us, just the two of us, soon. I promise you.”
     
    “You said you keep your promises.”
     
    “Yes, and I do.” He broke her gaze only to glance at the neat piles of papers on her desk. “Were you planning on working all night before I came by?”
     
    Thinking of work had the rest of the day, video catastrophe and all, come rushing back in full