Alex Wales Promise

197 Pages·2011·0.79 MB·English

by  Sfetsos Yolanda

Alex Wales:
Promise
By
Yolanda Sfetsos
Eternal Press
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Alex Wales: Promise
by Yolanda Sfetsos
Digital ISBN: 978-1-61572417-8
Print ISBN: 978-1-61572-418-5
Cover art by: Dawné Dominique
Edited by: Andrea Heacock-Reyes Copyright 2011
Yolanda Sfetsos
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This book is a work of fiction. Characters, names, places
and incidents either are the product of the author’s
imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance
to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is
entirely coincidental.
This is dedicated to strong
women everywhere.
Acknowledgments:
I want to thank my supportive family for their love,
understanding, and for listening to my endless writerly
chatter.
Also, a huge “thank you” to Andrea for being so
awesome and patient, as well as Dawné for the kickass
cover!
Chapter One
“You know you don’t have to leave, right?” The way those dark eyebrows
tilted over his dark eyes filled the suggestion with temptation.
Usually, all it took to get Alex back into Ulric’s bed was a suggestive smile,
and she would forget where she had to go or what she had to do. This time, she
already had a job lined up. If she didn’t hurry, she’d be late, and she couldn’t
afford any delays at the moment. Spending a mini-vacation on this space station
might have saved her from spending any credits for a few weeks, but her funds
were running low, out in the real world. She usually had just enough to scrape
by, so forfeiting work was out of the question.
Alex smiled but continued to dress. She ignored the way her skin itched to
feel his touch. Ignored all the things they’d just spent hours doing and wanted to
do all over again.
If I don’t stop acting like this, I’m never going to leave this room. As
tempting as Ulric was, she couldn’t afford to give in to his seduction right now.
“Alex, I really don’t want you to go,” he continued, an evocative smirk
tempting her further. He lay naked on the bed, and his impressive physique
stretched out in all its muscled glory. One hand smoothed down the red, silk
sheets barely covering him, showing off what he was insinuating. “Maybe, I
should rephrase that to, ‘I want you to stay, so I can make you scream some
more.’ I like to make you scream.”
She bit down on her bottom lip. She shouldn’t be staring at his obvious show
of arousal, but she couldn’t look away. He’s so darn tempting.
Alex hated to admit it—even to herself—but sometimes, she didn’t want to
leave his side. When she spent time with Ulric, she didn’t have to struggle out
there in the big, bad galaxy while trying to earn an honest, or dishonest, buck.
Everything came easy to this man, and when she was with him, the same
happened to her. Lying around naked and having every meal delivered to this
room was a way of life any girl could get used to. Still, she’d never really taken
the path of least resistance. Her life had been an uphill struggle for as long as she
could remember.