Page 20 of Secrets Within Us

Too long.

She needed me. There was no refuting that, neither of us could deny that, so there was no point in trying anymore.

I had no intention of trying to stay away from her any longer. I had to trust my instincts, as I had always done before someone stole my life, leading to self-doubt.

Because my gut told me that from the very first scream I heard of hers, she was mine.

She needed me.

Before I could talk myself out of it and make any more excuses why I shouldn’t let myself follow what my body so badly wanted, I ripped my shirt off over my head and shoved my pants down to my feet before kicking them across the room.

Dev lay on the bed behind the tiny woman and raised his head curiously at me as I stripped. I didn’t doubt in my head that if he thought I was some threat to her, he would have torn me to shreds at my first move. Instead, he got up gently and jumped off the bed before clamoring down the stairs to the living room where he usually slept.

As I turned back towards the bed, I caught her looking over her shoulder at me, anger flooded from her red swollen eyes before she rolled back over to face the opposite wall in silent defiance.

I pulled the blanket back on my side and slid under it before pressing flush to her back, bending my legs into the bend of hers.

She gasped slightly when I slid my hand up her leg from knee to hip, feeling her bare skin until my fingers brushed the hem of her shirt bunched around her waist.

“Shh.” I cooed from behind her as I buried my nose in the hair at her neck, before nudging it aside to bare her ear. She smelled so damn good, even with the musk of my soap on her skin. I nuzzled my cheek against the soft shell of her ear and neck and felt her shiver from head to toe as my beard stimulated the sensitive skin.

“Kip.” She sighed softly.

“I just want to sleep in my bed, Hadley,” I said as I slid my hand up over her hip, feeling it bare of any fabric where I should have felt the band of a pair of panties. I growled deep in my chest at the sensation of her warm, soft skin. “And I want to feel your lush body pressed against mine while I do it.”

She was panting in the dark as my fingers played with that sensitive spot between her navel and her hip bone.

She was as turned on as I was.

Her hips flexed as she ground her thighs together, trying to get comfortable. The motion rocked her luscious ass against my groin, rubbing it across my hardening cock beneath my briefs.

“Mmh, you feel so good against me, Bambina. You’re so small in my arms, but you fill my hands perfectly.”

She arched her back, pressing her ass into my cock harder before grinding her hips again as she softly moaned. She turned her face back over her shoulder towards me, and her eyes were on fire. They glowed fiery green, and I could feel the passion in her body by just looking at them.

I leaned down and kissed her neck before pulling the shirt to the side, licking along her shoulder and gently biting the flesh.

“Don’t play with my head, Kip. Don’t play with my body if you’re just going to play with my head.” Her voice was light like it usually was, but I could feel the iron in it at the same time.

“I’m done playing, Hadley, I’m done fighting this. I’ll burn in hell for stealing your light with my darkness, but I’m going to dance in your sun for as long as you’ll let me.”

She didn’t answer me with anything more than a shuddered breath as I ran my hand up her torso, gently so I didn’t hurt her ribs, letting only my calloused fingertips glide across the supple skin of her stomach and then to the underside of her breast.

“Tell me to stop and I will. Just say stop and I’ll stop, no questions asked. Got it?” I inquired, and she swiftly nodded while her hand smoothly slid down and under her shirt to meet mine, where it had come to a halt. “I need to hear the words Hadley; tell me you got it.”

“I got it, Kip. I’ll tell you when to stop.” She whispered into the darkness around us. She then guided my hand up further until the weight of her breast filled my palm, leaving more spilling out around it. Her tiny hand was on the back of mine and as I ran my fingers over her hard nipple, her nails dug into the skin of my knuckles.

I pulled my fingers off completely and then brought them back around her nipple, teasing and pulling on it as it puckered even further under my touch.

“Mmh.” She moaned sensually. Her hips jerked as I pulled the nipple with more pressure before letting go of it.

I shifted my arm, gliding it down from beneath her neck to settle on her waist, where my hand then connected with her stomach as my fingertips delicately brushed beneath her belly button.

Even though I had just jacked off in the shower a couple of hours ago, I was impossibly hard again. My cock nestled between her bare ass cheeks and my hips involuntarily thrust, grinding it between us. I pulled her tighter against me with my hand that was flat on her stomach as she rotated her hips seductively before bumping her ass up to slide up the length of me before sliding back down.

The shirt she was wearing, which I recognized as one of mine from my drawer, had ridden up until it pooled just below her breasts. With my hand toying with her nipple, I lifted the shirt until she caught on and helped me slide it up and off of her completely. With her skin completely exposed, I gently pulled her shoulder back and leaned towards her, ensuring her hips remained on her side while her alluring movements continued in my lap. However, she angled her upper body towards me, allowing me to fully appreciate the enticing view.

“You are hands down the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen before.” Dropping my lips to hers, capturing them in a savage, erotic kiss. I used my hand on the opposite side of her face to pull her back towards me ever further as I licked and sucked her lips while the hand at her waist inched lower.

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