Craving My Ruthless Ceo novel Chapter 94

Chapter 94

Anna’s POV

“Someday. Do you?”

“I don’t know if that’s a possibility for me.”

I turned to face him. “Why would you think you can’t have that?

He shrugged. “It’s complicated.”

“You’re rich. Handsome. Lots of women would line up to becom Mrs. Blackwood.”

He chuckled. “Is that what you think? That it’s about finding someone willing?”

“Isn’t it?”

“No.” He looked out at the water. “I’ve thought about it. I just dont know if it’s for me.”

“Because of your contract relationships?”

“Among other things.”

We walked along the edge of the lake, our shoes crunching on pebbles.

“So you really want it all,” he said. “Fall in love, get married, have kids. The whole fairy tale.”

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“I don’t believe in fairy tales. But I believe in partnership. In finding someone you connect with. Someone who makes you want to be better. Someone who’s honest about what they want out of marriage and life. Everyone laying their cards on the table, and if the values align, then there’s a greater chance of forever.”

“That’s… surprisingly realistic coming from someone who believes in love.”

“You can believe in love and still be realistic about it.”

“I suppose.”

“What about you? Have you ever been in love?”

“No.”

I stopped walking. “Never? Not even once?”

“Not even once.”

“How is that possible? I mean, with all the women you’ve been with…”

“Love is an evolutionary response designed to encourage pair bonding for reproductive purposes,” he said. “It’s not necessary for a functioning relationship.”

I stared at him in complete shock. “You’re insane.”

“I’m logical.”

“Logic without emotion is just… you’re like a robot.”

“And emotion without logic is chaos. He stepped closer, invading my space. “Then maybe that’s why I need you. Your

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emotion balances my logic. We would make a great team.”

“A team? I thought I was just your assistant.”

“You know you’re more than that.”

My heart raced, betraying everything I was trying to hide. “Do I

“Don’t you?”

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We were standing so close now. His hand came up to cup my face. His thumb brushed my cheek, sending shivers down my spine that I desperately tried to suppress.

“Have you?” His eyes searched mine, dark and intent, seeing far too much. “Ever been in love?”

“No,” I admitted. “Not yet.”

He scoffed, shaking his head. “Isn’t that hypocritical? You judge me for never falling in love, yet you haven’t either.”

“We’re different. You’re against love. I just haven’t found the righ person.”

“So I take it your boyfriend isn’t the right person.”

The mention of my fictional boyfriend made me want to burst out laughing. Instead, I maintained a straight face, praying he couldn’t see through the lie.

“I… I never said that. I just…”

“Does he know that you don’t love him?”

Heat flooded my face. Was I that transparent? “Are you trying to accuse me of something?”

“I’m simply trying to understand you.” His gaze was piercing, stripping away every defense I tried to build. “You told me you believe in love and loyalty. Yet you went out with Laurent. You let me slide my fingers into you until you came against that mirror. And then in the car, begging me not to stop.”

My entire body went hot at the memory. The way he’d touched me, commanded my body, made me feel things I’d never felt before. It all came rushing back in vivid detail.

“We’re on a break,” I blurted out. “We decided it wasn’t working anymore.”

“I see.” The way he said it made me think he saw far more than I wanted him to.

“I’m a single woman,” I continued, lifting my chin defiantly, trying to reclaim some semblance of control. “I haven’t committed myself to anyone. Not to Laurent. Not to you. So I’m free to do as I please.”

His body nearly touched mine. The heat radiating off him was intoxicating. “You wouldn’t be free for long.”

My heart skipped, my breath catching in my throat. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“It means you’d make a great partner. For a contract relationship His voice dropped lower, rougher, sending shivers racing down my spine. “We have chemistry, Anna. The kind that mattes. The kind that can’t be faked.”

“You think we have chemistry?”

“You know we do.” His hand slid down to my waist, pulling me flush against him. I could feel every hard plane of his body, every ridge of muscle. “Physical chemistry. Emotional chemistry Intellectual chemistry. All of it. And you feel it just as much as I do.”

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Chemistry. That was an understatement. Every time he was near every nerve ending in my body was hyper-aware of his presence.

“So you do believe in something beyond contracts.”

“I believe in compatibility. In mutual attraction. His other hand angled in my hair, gripping firmly, sending a thrill through me. “In this.”

He pulled me close.

And then he kissed me.

His lips crashed against mine, demanding and hungry. His hand tightened in my hair, tilting my head back, deepening the kiss.

My hands found his chest, feeling the hard muscle beneath his shirt, his heartbeat racing under my palms, matching my own frantic rhythm.

I opened for him and his tongue swept into my mouth, tasting and dominating.

A moan escaped me, embarrassingly desperate, and I felt him smile against my lips before he kissed me harder, deeper.

His hand on my waist slid lower, gripping my hip possessively, pulling me impossibly closer until I could feel the hard length of him pressed against my stomach.

This was what I’d been craving. What I’d been denying myself.

He kissed like he did everything else, with complete control, complete confidence. His tongue tangled with mine, exploring, tasting every corner of my mouth. He kissed me like he was claiming me, branding me as his.

When he bit my lower lip gently, I gasped, my knees going weak

He took advantage, his kiss turning more demanding, more possessive. His tongue delved deeper, stroking against mine in a rhythm that made me think of other things, other ways he could move inside me.

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