Lost Heartbeats (Alexander & Maya Book 2) by Ella Maise

come on my fingers. My cock would do better, but after the night we’d had, she deserved to recover from the pounding I’d given her. I was patient enough to wait for nightfall to have her under me—or over me—again.
    “You look beautiful,” I said after she emerged from her bedroom as I was unconnecting my phone from the charger she’d given me. The way I’d left New York, it was no surprise to find out I hadn’t even packed the things I needed. Then again, what could I possibly need other than a few scraps of clothing when I had Maya this close.
    Stopping to stand in front of me, she put her hands on my chest and pressed a soft kiss on my lips. My arm closed around her waist to keep her tucked close to me for longer, but she was quick to take a step back.
    “Thank you for the shower,” she said, smiling up at me.
    My ears were still ringing with her sensual moans and screams as I remembered how good it felt to have her wet slippery skin against my heated body. How she trembled as I gazed into her eyes when I licked my fingers clean of her slick arousal.
    “More tonight?” I asked, leaning down to nip at her neck.
    “Yeah, more,” she whispered, her eyes already dilated.
    My dick jumped in response to what I saw in her eyes. A dangerous promise. “Come on, let’s get out of here before I strip you naked and start fucking you for hours again. You need to feed me.”
    Caught in her stare, I brushed my fingers along her throat, impatient to feel the jump in her pulse.
    “I need to know everything about you, Maya. I need to learn everything there is to know.”
    “Why?” she asked, frowning up at me innocently.
    “Because you are mine now.”
     
    ***
     
    We were having lunch in one of her favorite restaurants when Maya asked, “You want to tell me more about Lucas?”
    “I want to, but not here. I want you in my arms when we talk about him. Right now, I want to hear your voice some more.”
    “I do have a nice voice.” She nodded to herself. “Go ahead, ask more of your questions then.”
    “Do I have to worry about anyone here?” I wouldn’t share her with anyone. If there was even a possibility of some jackass interfering with my plans to take her away, it would be better if I knew everything from start and could plan accordingly.
    “What do you mean?”
    “I mean, are you seeing anyone?”
    She shook her head with an amused expression on her face. “Jumping straight into hard stuff, huh? No, I’m not seeing anyone. It’s funny that you ask that after everything you did to me last night. A little late, some people might say.” She shook her head, but her lips were twitching. “I did go out with a friend last month, but it didn’t work out. We decided to stay friends.”
    “Who?” I asked, noticing the bite in my voice.
    She huffed. “Are you going to recognize him if I give you the name? I don’t think so. And how about the ones you are seeing? Claire still around?”
    “Now that you’ve mentioned her, how about you tell me what she was doing in your room? You didn’t tell me everything that night.” Her body visibly stiffened. She stopped chewing her food for a moment then took a sip of her water.
    “You haven’t talked to her about it?”
    “I try to stay away from her as much as possible if I can help it, which is why I’m asking you right now.”
    She looked down to her plate; there were a few meatballs left and some purple stuff next to it, but she pushed it away.
    “She said she was waiting for you in your side of the room and apparently noticed the open door. When I came down from your place, she was sitting on my bed.”
    Claire never seemed to hear what I was saying to her. The more I showed her that everything was done between us, the harder she tried to convince me that it couldn’t be.
    “What did she say to you?”
    “Do we really have to do this, Alexander? If there is something going on with your ex-wife, I don’t want to get in the middle of