Page 153 of Twisted Truth

“Look at me,” he demands. “I want to watch your eyes as you come on my cock. As I come inside you.”

Our eyes meet again, and he continues to slam into me. He hits that perfect spot one, two, three more times, and I explode.

“Asher!” I cry out as I come.

His pupils dilate as he watches me come, and his eyes are nearly all black as they burn with satisfaction. He pounds into me once more before coming with me.

“Ella!” he shouts. “Fuck, fuck!”

We ride out the last waves of pleasure, chests heaving, and he lowers himself down onto his elbows. My legs slide down from behind his neck, and I wrap them around his back. He lies on top of me, but hovers enough to not crush me, and leans his forehead down onto mine again.

“That was . . .” I pant.

“Yes,” he agrees.

Our eyes meet again, and something clicks into place between us. I’m terrified of what it means, but at the same time,now that I feel whatever this is, I don’t how I’ve lived my whole life without it. I don’t dare speak a word of it—afraid to break the spell.

“I know, baby. I know,” Asher repeats his earlier words.

Whatever this is, I’m not alone in it.

Asher kisses me gently, reverently, as the axis of my world tilts irrevocably.

41

ASHER

Ibrush my hand over Ella’s shoulder, my touch feather light. I don’t want to wake her. I kept her up half the night. Just like I have for the last six nights. Since we gave in to our needs and had sex, we haven’t been able to get enough of one another. Our days have been filled with touring London and attending events, and our nights have been spent lost to one another. Each night it’s the same. I ache like a dying man until I have her naked in my bed and I’m inside her. It feels like the only place I want to be anymore.

But since that’s impossible, I have to drag myself away from her this morning. I have an important meeting I’ve been waiting all week for.

Matthew greets me in the hallway as I quietly close the hotel door behind me.

“I was just coming to let you know the car is waiting downstairs. And I’ll fill you in on things as we go down.”

“This is a meeting I’m taking alone,” I remind him.

“Yes, but I have a few things I need to run by you before you go.”

“Shoot.”

“The board sends their congratulations on closing the deal with Lennox Rose Group. They are trying to push most of the congratulations onto Sterling, but we can’t have everything.”

“Sterling did do the lion’s share of the work on the deal.”

“Yes, but you closed it by bringing Ella on.”

“That was actually Sterling’s idea.”

“Well, either way, they’re happy it was closed. Although Janet was less than impressed that Ella has signed on to be a brand ambassador for Lennox Rose.”

“Janet can kiss my ass.”

“Ooh, I’d pay to watch that! But moving on, Emily and Ella’s social media posts all week have created a lot of traffic. Ella surreptitiously included a few products from other Langford Holdings companies, and they’ve also all seen increased sales.”

“She did?”

“Yes. Remember, that’s why Emily added her to the team; she knows how brilliant Ella is. And thank god she did. Where the fuck would we be in this if Ella was not in the picture?” He shudders dramatically. “I don’t even want to think about it.