In Bed With Her Shithead Boss (By Ellie Wynters) novel Chapter 282

Keira stretched languidly, every muscle in her body sore from their last couple of romps. "I think I can manage getting dressed without your help, Your Highness." She sat up slowly, the sheet pooling around her waist. "Though after that performance, I'm not making any promises about walking in a straight line."

Alexei's eyes darkened as they traced over her bare skin. "Keep talking like that and we'll miss our landing entirely."

"Promises, promises." She slipped out of bed, very aware of his heated gaze following her every movement. Her legs were shakier than she'd care to admit, but she managed to retrieve some fresh clothes from her bag.

"Keira." His voice stopped her as she reached for her bra. When she turned, he was sitting on the edge of the bed, completely unselfconscious in his nudity. "Are you really okay with this? All of it?"

The question caught her off guard. After everything they'd just shared, the concern in his tone made her chest tight. Was he worried she wasn't ready or capable because let's be honest here, she wasn't sure she was. But there was something scarier than that and she needed to be honest with him.

"Define okay," she said, echoing her earlier words. But this time there was no sarcasm, just honest uncertainty. "Because I'm terrified. Absolutely terrified of meeting your father, of being scrutinized by an entire country, of having my life dissected by the media." She gathered up her outfit for landing and stuffed the travel clothes she'd worn aboard back into her bag, then faced him fully. "But I'm more terrified of walking away from you." There and now she'd just laid herself open to him. Not words of love but as close as she was willing to admit to… just yet.

Something shifted in his expression, relief and something deeper flickering across his features. "We'll figure it out. Together."

She slipped into the toilet connected to the bedroom and cleaned herself up, thanking God this time he had used a condom. She flushed and went back out to finish their conversation.

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