Free JAGGED EDGE: A BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE (ALPHA MALE) by Nessa Connor Page A

forever. It struck me truer than anything ever before…but I swore I was a young idiot. You had it all. Turns out I’d been wise beyond my years, because the same feelings are still there, even after years of trying to run from them.”
    Sammi’s smile stretched from ear to ear. “You still haven’t stopped being nice to me.” She pushed her hands into her pockets, swaying her hips a little as she gazed off into the treetops behind him, pondering.
    “I suppose that might be my problem after all. I’ve got to stand up for myself more.” Sammi’s rocking hips came his way.
    His body reacted, the blood rushing to his cock, but he breathed slowly. He began the deep breathing he performed in high stress situations, what his business coaches had taught him.
    But it picked up pace as she stopped within inches.
    “And I’ve defended myself more with you,” she admitted softly, head dipped low. Her chin perked up. “That’s not right. You’re the person I should trust the most. The truth is I’m scared because I really do care about you.”
    Jag’s breath hitched. The tent behind her looked good right now. So did that bag with his present for her.
    Wait, he commanded. Wait. Jag tried to focus.
    “And when you did that thing to me at the restaurant, that’s the first time anything like that ever happened to me, so I reacted wrong. The truth is, it felt good. Really fucking good.”
    “That’s all I’m trying to do,” he said.
    “I know it, but I was scared because it felt so good. No man has ever concerned himself with my happiness.. All they cared about was theirs. And you know, the stereotype would be that you wouldn’t care like that, that you’d be selfish because of your money. I was trying to protect myself. I was kind of a bitch.”
    “No.” He swiped the air, telling her to cut that out. “Don’t say that. You weren’t close. I had a lot of making up to do for when I left.”
    “You’ve done a good job, Jag. You’ve made me feel very special. And alive. For a few years there, I felt trapped in a terrible life. Then a year later, I felt trapped in a lonely life, like I’d die without anyone ever really loving me.”
    “I’ll be here to love you. I’m not going anywhere. I promise you that, Sammi,” he said, his voice strong.
    “You made me feel very special in that back room,” she said, and her hips rocked one more time closer.
    Until they touched.
    Jag stood as Sammi raised onto her toes to kiss him, and Jag met her with the same unbridled passion.
    Sammi
    Hands roaming over each other’s bodies, they fell onto the cushioned mattress. Jag devoured her mouth and pinned her beneath his weight as she shivered. His hungry lips moved lower to her sensitive neck, causing her to curl and wrap her legs around him.
    His tongue flicked over her earlobes next and it was pure bliss. She hissed and grazed her fingernails across his back. When she got to his muscular, meaty shoulder she dug in.
    “I don’t want to take it slow. You can’t ask me to,” he groaned before he palmed a handful of her breast.
    “I want to eat you up from your head to your toes.”
    His tongue grazed her collar bone, tracing a line of fire down to her breasts. Her arms shot up to ready herself to be stripped. But Jag pulled back. With a heady stare, they locked eyes and stripped off their shirts. He showed off his impressive six-pack, the toned and bronzed body that she wanted to explore every inch of.
    “I’ll teach you every way you can have an orgasm,” he growled as he took a strong grasp of her ass and lifted her up.
    Jag reeled her in. Breath hitching, she tried to slow everything down but none of it helped. He snapped off her bra and growled, the vibrations rumbling right down to her core.
    He squeezed her breasts again, followed by his tongue licking the perky, hard as diamond areolas. “Fuck, you don’t know how many nights I’ve been thinking about these.”
    Her cheeks flushed as the heat stoked