Page 94 of Casino King

Propping herself up on her elbow, her face scrunches in pain, but she ignores it to look down at me. She traces my jaw with her soft hands, her touch a comfort I’ve never known.

“I forgive you,” she whispers, her words hitting me square in the chest, and I relax for the first time in weeks, with something akin to hope taking root. “It took me facing not having you to realize I can’t live without you. Even knowing the truth about James…I still need you. I can’t give you up.”

Cupping the side of her neck, I rub my thumb back and forth across her jaw. “You’re my everything, Tessa. If I could bring him back for you, I would. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for you. Everything I have is yours.”

“I don’t need anything but you.”

“I don’t deserve you. Taking you was the most selfish thing I’ve ever done, and I’ve done a lot of selfish things in my life. But I need you, Tessa. I need you, mia bella rosa.”

Pulling her fully on top of me so I can feel her weight and know she’s here with me again, I bring her lips to mine. Starting out slow, I savor her taste until I can’t hold back, and I deepen the kiss. Holding her against me, I slide my hand into her hair and Tessa moans into me, her hands gripping the sides of my face.

I know she can feel me growing beneath her, and she starts to rock against me.

She’s so fucking perfect. Even after what happened to her just a few hours ago, here she is, rolling her hips against mine, wanting me.

“Mia bella rosa, you should rest.” I try and give her an out, but there’s only so much I can handle when it comes to her. I always want her.

“I don’t want to rest. I want you,” she whispers against my lips, biting down. Groaning, I roll her over, careful not to put all of my weight on her. I know she’s still hurting from being tied up.

“I’ll take care of you, bella.”

Kissing, licking, and sucking my way down her neck, I stop at the hollow of her throat where that fucker put his blade into her beautiful skin. Kissing the bandage, I feel Tessa shudder under me, and I continue on down the center of her chest, parting the robe to kiss the one there.

Sucking on her nipples, I have every intention of erasing that motherfucker’s touch from her memory and replacing it with mine. Always mine.

Her sexy little mewls, moans, and sighs fuel me and light a fire inside of me that burns through my veins.

She squirms under me as I crawl down her body. Pulling the robe open fully, I swirl my tongue around her belly button, and her hand slides into my hair, gripping the ends, making me groan against her skin. Tessa never holds back from me, and I fucking love that.

Kissing her just above her sex, her legs fall to the sides and her hips raise up into me.

So responsive. So ready.

Looking up at her, I find her eyes already on me, and I kiss each of her inner thighs over the bandages where that fucker dug the tip of his blade into her, too.

She’s so strong, my woman. She knew I’d come for her, and she didn’t let him break her. Only I get to break her – in every way that makes her mine.

I press her thighs open flat and bare her sweet pussy to me like the fucking meal it is.

Locking eyes with her, I dip my head and feast on the sweet cream already waiting for me. Swirling her entrance, I lap up her juices and spread them up to her clit, sucking hard on her tight bundle of nerves. Her hips buck up into my mouth and I press her back down onto the bed.

Flattening my tongue, I press it against her clit to relieve the pressure and then lick my way back down to her entrance. Tessa’s moans fill my ears as my blood pumps hard through me, settling in my cock that’s now hard as fucking steel. But this isn’t about me. This is for her. She needs to forget everything that happened tonight.

“Alec,” she chokes out, my name a plea on her tongue. “I need,” she pants, and I drive my tongue inside of her, knowing exactly what she needs.

Her deep, raspy groan has me gripping her thighs harder. She’s driving me crazy right along with her.

Sucking her clit again, I feel her tremble beneath me, and just when I know she’s close, I shove two fingers inside of her and curl them forward, stroking her front wall.

Her resound scream makes me feel like a fucking king as her pussy squeezes my fingers like she wants to keep me in her forever.

My cock is begging me to give him what he wants, but this was for my woman, not me.

This is my punishment for letting her get taken.

Chapter 33

Tessa

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