Page 86 of The Edge of Never

My mouth went dry, and I had absolutely no idea how to respond. Well, other than I’d let him put his tongue anywhere he wanted now I was clean.

“Unless that’s no something ye’re comfortable with…”

I must have let the silence go on for too long. I unstuck my tongue from the roof of my mouth and blurted out the first thing that came into my head.

“You can lick me.”

“Aye? What else can I dae tae ye?”

“With your mouth? Kiss me… oh and bite me. I’m more than good with biting.”

He grinned.

“Can I lick, kiss and bite ye right noo?”

My eyes darted between us, noting that Thane was very much aroused before I looked up at him again. I wasn’t opposed to that at all, but we weren’t exactly in the best place for it.

“In the shower? I don’t know if that’s a good idea with your ankle. I don’t want to cause you any unnecessary pain.”

Thane dusted his lips over mine.

“What aboot in mah bed?”

“I was going to ask about sleeping arrangements, but yes, bed is good.”

“Did ye think I wouldnae want ye sleeping with me?”

I shrugged.

“I didn’t want to make any assumptions. I need you to spell stuff like that out for me. I’m not good at reading between the lines…”

He eyed me for a moment as his thumb continued to stroke my neck.

“After what we went through, ye deserve a bed, Kit. I wasnae gonnae make ye sleep anywhere else but with me. That stands regardless of whether we dae more. I wannae dae a lot of things tae ye, but if that’s no what ye want, then ye just have tae say.”

“I want to do more. All the things really. I want to do all the things with you.”

I said it so fast after he stopped talking, he barely had time to blink. If he thought I didn’t want him after we got out of our dire straits, then I hadn’t done a very good job of making my feelings clear.

“All the things?”

“The kissing, licking, touching, and fucking things. I want you everywhere, all over me because in case you haven’t noticed, I like you a lot and I’m very turned on right now. Can we get dry so we can get to the licking part of the program already, please?”

Thane chuckled and pressed his mouth against mine, kissing me thoroughly before releasing me.

“Aye, we can.”

And with that, he hustled me out of the shower. While I hadn’t been expecting Thane to want to continue what we’d started out there in the mountains, I certainly wasn’t going to complain about it. I’d appreciate it while I could have it since I was well aware I had to go back to my life in a week. Forgetting that would likely only end in disaster. I wasn’t going to make the same mistakes I’d made in the past. Those had only got me heartache and pain. As much as I liked Thane, I wasn’t going to delude myself into thinking this could be more than what it was.

What exactly is it, Kit? You don’t even know the answer to that.

I told my brain to get lost and followed my instincts instead. They were leading me into Thane’s bed for today.

One day at a time until I had to go home. That’s how I would deal with this. It was the only way I could or risk hurting myself. I wasn’t willing to do that. Not any longer. Not now I knew better. That was something I was learning from Thane. I deserved more than what the people closest to me had shown me. And I would try to remind myself of that when I eventually had to deal with the shit my life had turned into. But not now. Not when I was about to get licked all over by a man hotter than sin who told me things like I was pretty, and he wanted me.

He’s who I want to focus on. The only person I want to think about for the next seven days. And hope that when I do go home, I won’t be wishing we could be so much more.

Twenty Eight

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