The Maddest Obsession (Made, #2)

by Danielle Lori

“My mamma’s cookbooks. I need them.”

“Make it quick. I don’t think anyone will be inviting us to stay for coffee,”

He’d kept it—worn it—for three years? I couldn’t figure out if it was slightly disturbing, or . . . hot.

“Condoms, Christian. You have to learn how to put one on.”

“I love your hair, malyshka. It’s the first part of you I saw—

The first woman I wanted to look at me was too busy staring at another man.

because he got that look from you, and I never have.”

“I’ve waited all day to fuck you, Gianna. I haven’t been able to think about anything else but you. Are you done talking now?”

“Listen, Christian. All of this”—I gestured between us—“is too much drama for me. I swear, I’ve gained at least five pounds from the stress! And I am not giving up chocolate, dammit!”

“There won’t be any more drama, Gianna. This is exclusive now.”

“You called me flighty,” I breathed.

“I meant perfect.”

“You’re the only woman I’ve ever kissed, malyshka.”

“She bet twenty grand I’d marry another woman.”

How could I say every strand was mine any clearer than washing it every goddamn night?

But when she’d kissed me, it hadn’t disgusted me in the least. Her lips were soft. Her tongue was hot and wet. And her sigh gave me chills. Violent lust had roared through my blood, dulling my vision. That unsettled me, and then pissed me off enough to step away.

“Sleeping.”

“Here?” She sounded terrified.

“Yes. Now, be quiet. I’m tired.” I’d never done this in my life. Wouldn’t be able...

All of it was sensory overload.

Like an injection of dopamine.

My heart beat heavily. The blood rushed through my veins so fast m...

When you’re obsessed with something for so long and finally obtain it? It feels like coming home to God. And nobody give...

“Say they told you to kill me.”

I met his gaze. Possessive blue flames.

“I’d have to decline.”

“Because I’m too much fun?”

“Because you’re mine.”

I was going to meet with him and decline. But then I saw you.”

“And I agreed to work with your husband. You fascinated me, but I began to hate you, too. Because I couldn’t stop thinking about you, and I couldn’t have you. And you were so fucking beautiful.”

“It was a relief, malyshka, because we were everything wrong for each other. But nothing has ever felt more right than finding you like this in my bed.”

“You have never looked more beautiful than you do right now, malyshka.”

while he took the first bite. A half-smile pulled on his lips, but he otherwise ignored me and ate in silence.

“You love it, don’t you?”

A playful glint in his eye. “It’s...

I grinned. “You l...

“It’s delicious, malyshka. Thank you for making it for me.”

“What if someone arrests me while you’re in the bathroom?”

“I’d bail you out.”

“If you cou...

“I’d be locked up bes...

“This might come to an end for you, but it will never be over for me.”

“Because you’ve never been in this as deeply as me.”

“We’ll figure the rest out. But I’m not letting you go.”

“I can’t.”

“I don’t know what biocoenosis is,” I said softly.

“You’re not missing out.”

“I can’t have intellectually stimulating conversa...

“I was bored out of ...

“There are plenty of women who could make you happier, Christian.”