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"Angry, violent and fucking bitchy as before! Hell, ten ti back? Should have just left you with that rancid fuck--""
"Would you just stop beingme? Was that how far his hatred for me went? My body finally reacted to what had just happened – the near rape that ht have ended my life MyIt was harder to breathe all of a sudden I thought II wanted on top of it all was to be cussed out by hier seep out of hier cared for me It was all too much
The mattress beside me sank down I smelled him before I felt hiet He rested his back against the headboard and then an ar entlest tone I’d almost believed he was incapable of "You’re safe with ain"
I fully sank into his side, letting him support me with his arm as I wept He moved away for a moment "My shirt’s bloody," he explained as he took it off of hiain, and my face rested on the heat of his hard, bare chest I wrapped an arhtly as possible as the panic continued to rise
"Shh, it’s okay," he whispered, running a hand throughwhile, the tears dried andevened out The fear was replaced by the safety of being in his arain I could hear the strong, steady beating of his heart, and it soothedstrands ofa fire that couldn’t burn me
"Thank you," I let out in a tiny, hoarse voice
"For what?" he asked, trailing his fingernails down my spine
"For savingback froht in the room I let my eyes drift from his chest down to his abs, and then down to the buttons of his soaked jeans My arm was still wrapped around hishi so pathetic and needy
His chest et from my tears, and that made me even more embarrassed I used the end ofainst the side of the chest I’d been leaning on A few inches froaze up, I saw that it was a large scorpion in a defensive stance with its stingers opened wide, ending at his collar bone Itit, and maybe it was because I’d preserved so well thedifferent ruined that memory somehow I think the majority of me felt a little concerned that he’d branded hiet What was the reason behind it?
I looked up at him just as he looked down at me He was still stern, but his eyes had softened rerasped that connection I thought we no longer had It was there, so obviously thick between us, I only hoped he felt it too I could hear his heart beat picking up against my ear, and I instantly knew he must have I still had an effect on him, and I quite liked that
But I couldn’t be entirely sure; maybe it was all just in my head… only I didn’t think so I was terrified of rejection, but I needed to feel him I trailed my hand up his chest, his neck, and rested it at his jaw, caressingto face that rejection in his eyes if it was there My fear doubled when his arm stiffened at ht it and rested it back I felt his chin on ainst ered byhad completely stilled, and the euphoria of his touch sparked a heavy need in my core
When his soft lips finally pressedhihtened his ar nothing back His lipseven There was anger behind theainst hiry he was He restedhis upper body into ue caressedat my lower lip They weren’t soft nibbles, but sharp and unkind He sed hts Though they were drenched, he pulled the them aimlessly to the floor
By the feel of his hot hand up ainst ly allowing hiuide my senses into a state of pure bliss His hand dipped into the front of ertips caressing the wetness of , and moved his hand out He tore themy bra at the same time Our kiss broke as he pulled it over arded him shyly, unsure of why his eyelids suddenly looked so heavy He was staring at my body ay too much concentration than I could stand I made an attempt to cover myself, but he pulled my hand away and pinned it overhis botto his jeans While he kicked theed o and tore hness He wasn’t going to prolong this; there was too much heat, too much passion to stop and enjoy each other’s bodies It’d been too long I curleds wide and, without warning, thrust inside of roaned deeply I clutched hiainst his sides