Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games novel Chapter 146

Chapter 146

Patrick turned his head, likely sensing I was watching him. Our eyes connected and suddenly the annoying voice prattling on and on slowly disappeared.

“There you go, you’re finally starting to relax,” Nelson commented.

I knew it was no thanks to him. It was all Patrick. When he reached his hand out towards me, I met him halfway before my head even registered I was doing it. That simple touch was all it took for my muscles to loosen and my body began to melt. We just lay like that, staring into each other’s eyes and holding hands across the empty space. Much too soon the moment was over, and so was the

massage.

I heard Nelson talking, but my brain was too foggy to comprehend. “Sorry, what did you say?”

He gave me a knowing smile. Knowing what, I hadn’t a clue. “I was just saying that Kaitlyn and I will be leaving you now, but you have another hour blocked in here for the private spa.”

“Private spa? I don’t remember that being part of the package.”

“Oh, sweetie, that comes with all the couples‘ packages. And right now, the schedule’s clear, so really take all the time you want.” He winked and waved a quick goodbye on exit.

“That wasn’t so bad. I even managed not to growl at him. Of course, you do realize he was more into me than you,” Patrick said, laughing.

I rolled my eyes and laughed too. “Yeah, I’m pretty sure they both were.”

“I thought I heard a muffled growl coming from your way. Didn’t appreciate that pretty little blonde having her hands over me, now did ya?”

sat up, quickly covering myself, and sulked over to the already bubbling hot tub. Dropping the towel at the last minute I sank into it and tried not to let him get to me. Still pouting, I finally

exploded in curiosity.

“You really thought she was pretty?”

Looking over to where I had left him, my brain went into a complete fog. Walking w very fine, very naked Patrick O’Connell. He seemed oblivious to my mushed up brain the could no longer string together two words, let alone a coherent thought. He stepped up and into the hot tub

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while I just sat there and stared. I had never seen such a perfect specimen. There wasn’t a single thing about his body that I would change if given the chance. He was quite literally perfection.

The fog didn’t begin to lift until I felt his body sliding alongside mine as he chose the seat closest to me for his own. It was only replaced by sheer desire. It suddenly felt like I was sitting inside a furnace. I was so overwhelmed by it that it scared me. As if that wasn’t bad enough, after he was settled in, he turned to me and raised his hand, gently caressing my cheek.

“You have nothing to worry about, love. No other woman’s beauty comes even close to yours.”

Patrick

As far as I was concerned, things were going great. Elise had been jealous of another female near me. She had accepted the offer of my hand to calm her. She had clearly been affected by my nakedness. Her pupils had dilated and her heart had sped up–hey, there were benefits to having heightened wolf hearing. And when my body touched hers and I caressed her cheek, she leaned in to

1. me.

So, when she did a complete one–eighty on me, I found myself staring at her from across the hot tub, and began to wonder if she was bipolar.

“Boundaries,” she said. “We need to establish some boundaries. You can’t do stuff like that. It just makes everything … harder,” she sighed.

“Harder for whom? Because it seems that not touching you is quite difficult for me.”

“Patrick?” She looked so sad it broke my heart. “I just can’t. I can’t afford to bond with you. I need you to understand. Nothing can ever happen between us. It just can’t”

She got out and I was so devastated by her rejection that I couldn’t even appreciate her perfectly naked body. She dressed and left me sitting there to digest her words.

Eventually I got out, dressed, and made my way to the lounge. I ordered a stiff drink at the bar and pulled out my phone.

“Hello?” Kyle promptly answered his phone.

“Hey man, just checking in.”

“Patrick. Thank God! Heard there was a massive storm to the north and realized tha you two were headed. Everything okay?” he asked hesitantly.

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