Her eyelashes fluttered. She wasn’t prepared for these accusations and line of questioning. “But only you know that I didn’t do anything with them.”
“And your father wasn’t surprised when you were accused of trying to seduce two men in the wine cellar,” he pointed out. The anger and desire clashed inside him. “He didn’t stand up for you. He knew what you were.”
Her cheeks went pink. “Why is it a problem for me to have sex?” she asked.
“Have as much sex as you want.” He remembered how he had claimed her in the wine cellar. Stergios’s arousal was painfully swift. The sex had been unforgettable and he was never able to recapture that feeling. “In marriage. With your husband, not a revolving door of lovers.”
She glared at him. “Your double standards exhaust me. Is it wrong that I liked having sex with you?”
“Ne! Yes!” he said through clenched teeth. His nostrils flared as he remembered how Jodie’s orgasm had gone on and on. She had held nothing back.
She was telling him this because she wanted him to remember. She knew he was on edge and his good behavior could easily snap. He shouldn’t have told Jodie anything about himself. She was using the information to her advantage.
“Despite what your family thinks, I am not a whore,” she said as she walked past him. “I am a healthy woman with a healthy appetite for sex. Deal with it.”
He watched her strut away and fought the urge to follow. To hunt. Stergios’s muscles locked as he fought to remain where he stood. He was not an animal. He was not—
Stergios chased Jodie before he even realized it, his footsteps quiet as raw need ate away at him. When he grabbed her arm, he knew he was already past the point of no return. Whirling Jodie around, Stergios slammed his mouth against hers.
CHAPTER SEVEN
HIS KISS WAS hard and punishing. Jodie tried to resist as he forced her lips open with his tongue. Stergios’s hand spanned against her breast as he invaded her mouth. His possessive touch nearly undid her. Her nipple tightened as she imagined his rough hand and his inquisitive tongue roaming against her bare skin.
“No,” she whispered.
“Ne,” he said in a hiss before he nipped her bottom lip with the edge of his teeth.
She gasped as the bite sent stinging hot sensations throughout her body. Jodie jerked her head to the side. Her rejection didn’t stop him from dragging the tip of his tongue along the curve of her throat.
Jodie pushed against his shoulders. “No, Stergios. This isn’t going to happen.” Her strong words were undermined by her breathless tone.
Stergios’s large fingers slid against her hips. She sensed he wanted to crush her silk slip in his hands. Desire pooled between her legs as he grabbed her bottom with a rough urgency that excited her. She couldn’t stop the whimper from escaping her tight throat.
He chuckled as his lips pressed against her collarbone. Her fluttering pulse beat against his mouth. “You want it as much as I do,” he said triumphantly.
She squeezed her eyes shut but she couldn’t ignore the truth. She did want this. She wanted him more than anything else. Jodie knew she should be ashamed. She desired a man who couldn’t stand the sight of her.
Stergios thrust his knee between her trembling legs and she bucked against his hard, muscular thigh. Jodie held back a sob of pleasure. She was weak against him. She didn’t care what Stergios thought. She needed him deep inside her.
“You don’t want this,” she said in one last-ditch effort to stop this madness. “You just want to display your dominance over me.” She shivered with anticipation as she imagined how he would take her. It wouldn’t be making love. It would be a primal mating. “I won’t let you.”
“You will, pethi mou,” he predicted as he rocked her hips harder against his thigh. “You will beg me.”
No, she wouldn’t. She couldn’t! It was humiliating that she was hot and ready for him in an instant. She needed to salvage some of her pride. “You’re doing this because you revealed too much to me,” she shot back. “You don’t want anyone to know you, least of all me!”
Stergios gripped the back of her head. “Open your mouth for me,” he said in a rasp before he lowered his head.
She pressed her lips together but Stergios would not be denied. His kiss ignited the ferocity inside her. He knew just how to touch and excite her. Stergios had set the standard for her and no other man had made her feel like this.
Jodie wanted to go wild in his arms. She wanted all he had to offer but she was afraid. This man had almost destroyed her after the last time they were together.