Page 23 of Dark Romeo

“I should go,” she said, sitting up, startling me out of my reverie. “Let you get ready to leave. I’m sure you have other people you want to catch up with while you’re here.”

No. My stomach tightened. I didn’t want her to leave.

She has to leave eventually.

But not now.

I forced a smile and tried in the most casual voice I could. “Do you want to use the shower?”

She bit her lip. I knew she was wondering about my offer. “Thanks, but I can shower at home.”

I gripped her thighs, not letting her rise off me, scared that if I let her up, I wouldn’t find a way to make her stay a little bit longer. Don’t you want to stay? “There’s a huge high-pressure showerhead in there that I’ve paid for already, so you might as well use it.”

“I don’t know.”

I screwed up my nose. “Look, I really didn’t want to have to say this, but you really, really need a shower.”

She laughed and poked my side, the vulnerable part of me that she had somehow ferreted out. Not even Jacob had known I was ticklish there. “I do not stink.”

I pinched my nose. “Like high heaven.”

She poked me again. I grabbed her hand, laughing, rolling over her to pin her down. Her hair flowed out across the pillow like spilled wheat. Fuck, she looked so damn beautiful staring up at me with her sharp whiskey-colored eyes and her breasts pressing up against my chest. I leaned down and covered her mouth with mine. This woman was like a drug. I wanted to have her over and over again.

She tore her lips from mine and pushed at my chest. “Roman, let me up.”

I felt my face tighten. I’d never had to work so fucking hard to get a woman to stay with me. “Shower first,” I commanded.

“So bossy.”

“Deal with it. That’s what you signed up for when you entered my bedroom.”

She rolled her eyes but there was a small smile on her lips. “Fine. Shower first.”

I rolled my hips against hers, my body heating up again, my dick swelling already. The thought of being inside her again was enough. “I’ll join you.”

She gasped as I rubbed my length against her slit. “Are you serious? Again?”

I grinned, rolled us up to the edge of the bed and stood with her clinging to my torso. I held her to me with my hands on her ass and thighs as I walked us into the bathroom.

“I’m never going to leave if you keep this up,” she mused against my neck.

That’s the plan.

JULIANNA

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What was I doing? I let the hot water wash the shampoo out of my hair. It ran over my head and body, swirling white suds disappearing into the drain. I had already stayed longer than I’d planned. Roman had fucked me in the shower up against the marble tiles, making me come hard again, before giving his beautiful body a quick clean while I leaned against the wall, studying him with greedy eyes. Now I was alone actually having a shower and yet thinking of him.

He was such a contradiction. Domineering and fierce, yet funny and playful. He managed to inspire such trust in me so quickly. More than that, I could see the watchful, observant man underneath the charming exterior, the kind of man whose thoughts ran deep. The kind of man who knew exactly what was going on around him at all times. He was so fucking beautiful it almost hurt to look at him.

He was dangerous. Dangerous for my heart. I had only known him less than a day and already… already I didn’t want to leave.

He is leaving. Tonight.

The more time I spent with him, the more attached I’d get. I had to go before this feeling got any stronger. I needed to protect myself. Every time he’d sunk his length into me, my body shook with such soul-deep pleasure unlike I’d ever thought possible. He’d awakened something inside me. Now I wasn’t sure if I could live without it. Without him.

Don’t be stupid, Julianna. You barely know the guy.

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