Free Lusting (Carnal Sins Of Noah Trilogy #1) by S. K. Ervin Page B

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    He laughed openly, shaking his head at her and she realized she thought that aloud. Blushing clear to her toes, she muttered a half-apology.
    "Sorry, I'm drunk, not blind."
    "No, it's fine." He grinned. "But I can't help but notice that you are not as interested in me, as you are with Noah."
    Her head snapped up, "How can you tell?"
    She sounded disgruntled, even to her own ears.
    He just smiled, "Give him time."
    "Time? Why?" she quizzed immediately.
    Mateo peered at her for a moment and then answered, "Because he's the best damn man I know and he deserves awoman like you, to smooth his demons away. He just doesn't know it yet."

Chapter Eight

    T he first two weeks since her business opened, went extremely fast for Alexis. She was kept mercilessly busy during the day and even busier during the night. Cadence was falling hard for Harper and that handsome stud spoiled and lavished Cadence with everything. Alexis knew she shouldn't envy Cadence and should be glad for her, but, she was jealous damn it! She hadn't gotten any closer to Noah. Instead the distance between them were growing.
    At least for her.
    Oh, he would show up for his daily massage, but that was all she got...a moment of touching his hot, sexy skin and that's it. And the last two days, he just requested a cranial massage. No skin! Though his hair was deliciously sexy on its own, Alexis's frustration was growing out of control. And everyone around her were starting to notice, even sweet Katie who tookon more than she should, just to lighten Alexis's load. She was grateful for Katie; her assistant was a heaven send.
    But what really ground on her nerves was when Cadence dragged her to Eden every night. They would walk over to the table where Harper, Mateo, Gabriel, Elijah and Noah were sitting. The handsome men would greet them and scoot over for them to sit. Cadence would sit in between Harper and Elijah. And she would sit between Mateo and Noah. When she sat down, Noah squirmed in his seat pressing tightly against Gabriel on his other side, so that he didn't touch her. Finally, when he obviously couldn't stand her presence any longer, he would excuse himself and she wouldn't see him for the rest of the night until he left.
    But that wasn't the worst part.
    The worst of it all, was that he never left alone.
    Well, lucky for him, she didn't care. Or at least that's what she portrayed to everyone else.
    But the truth was, it hurt like hell. She felt like she died inside each time he left with this leggy blonde or that curvy brunette.
    Maybe he just didn’t like her and didn’t want to hurt her feelings.
    Finally, tonight after his last massage, she’d told him that tonight would be her last night at Eden and that she was tired of the 'sin mini-city', and that it wasn't for her.
    He just nodded and had the audacity to smile.
    He smiled!
    She left him to get dressed and headed straight home, allowing Katie to lock up. She didn't want to continue looking at his happy face. The face that was only happy at not having to see her again after tonight.
    Alexis decided to leave Eden with a bang. Tonight wasdress to impress night and so she had no qualms about what she was going to wear. There was a special guest coming tonight and she wanted to catch his eye.
    See how Noah likes that!
    Dressed in her long, elegantly laced evening gown, Alexis had to admit that she looked dazzling. The semi see-through dress hugged every curve. The sweetheart neckline invited eyes to stare at her luscious breast and the deep V in the back, left her flawless back completely out, tempting hands to touch...well she only wanted one set of hands to touch, but she wouldn’t think of that. The split in the dress ran all the way up her left thigh giving eyes a reason to feast upon her shapely legs. She had always worn her silken hair up, but tonight, she decided to let it loose, cascading past her shoulders in riots of sinful curls. Her brown eyes sparkled back at