Page 103 of A Blackened Bond

A brief moment passes, my thoughts lost to me as I try to read the emotions in his gaze, a look flickering to something deeper and filled with a hint of longing.

Only just as quickly as I see it, he snaps back, pulling himself straighter. A wall shuts down over his expression as he takes my silence for an answer.

The realisation that he was going to push me away falls down on me like a ton of bricks. And I wasn’t willing to go down without a fight. Maybe with Mallyn, I would have to be the one to make the first move.

He goes to turn away, but I grab his arm and pull him back toward me.

“Definitely interested,” I answer as I pull him in closer, his eyes slightly widening as my own flicker between his grey-blue irises and his soft lips.

I said I wouldn’t hold back anymore.

Annex and Ezra also didn’t seem to mind sharing me between them and didn’t act any differently with Mallyn around either. I think this is what we all wanted. It’s just taken me this long to realise it.

I lean in as his lips part to speak, placing a soft kiss against them.

He stiffens, and I give him time. Time to decide if this is what he wants. And if he could fully accept me.

Mallyn isn’t like Ezra and Annex. He needed time to adjust and move at his own pace. I don’t mind taking the lead if that’s what he needs. But I need to know if we feel the same about each other and if he wants to take the next step.

A big part of me feels that he does. I could see it in his gaze.

Ever since the day he shifted in front of me and every moment our eyes have met since. There was a connection flickering into place with him, as unavoidable as the ones I felt with Annex and Ezra.

A light growl-like noise leaves his lips before he leans in, further deepening the kiss. His hand lands softly on my back before sliding up toward my waist, pulling me in and tighter against him.

I reach up, my fingers brushing through his hair as a growling sound rolls from his chest. A sound mixed with both acontent and possessive tone. I wrap my arms around him, sitting flush against his chest as his grip on me tightens further as the kiss intensifies, a heat beginning to unfurl in me as I feel a very large and hard bulge growing against me.

“Micai…” His voice is husky, my name like a sweet song leaving his lips. The sound is like smooth honey and whiskey to my ears, sliding down my back and joining each stroke of his tongue as his hand slides down toward my backside. His fingers wrap roughly around my ass, pulling me further into the hard bulge sitting flush against my stomach, the heat building between my legs as we both enjoy the feel of each other.

Suddenly, a ringtone plays out around us, reluctantly pulling us from each other after another minute as it continues to ring, only growing louder.

Mallyn growls, a sound of pure frustration and anger bleeding through the noise as he pulls the ringing phone from his pocket and glares at the screen. A heavy sigh leaves his lips.

“Creed, I presume?” I grin playfully as he drags a hand through his hair.

He opens his lips to answer, but the phone rings again, cutting him off.

A chuckle leaves my lips. “Answer it. I wouldn’t want to get you in trouble with Mr. Sunshine.”

A dazzling smile tilts his lips as he leans in toward me, ignoring the call and placing a light kiss against my cheek. “He always has theworsttiming.”

“Take it,” I call, meaning it. Creed wouldn’t stop ringing until he got his way, like the petulant and patronising prince he was.

“What?” Mallyn calls, answering the phone more bluntly than I’m sure Creed is used to. The answering silence on the other end confirms it.

I give him some space to talk to Creed alone as he walks back to where we had been standing before.

I sit by the bike, stroking its cold metal and enjoying the view around me as Mallyn and Creed talk.

“Fine.” I hear Mallyn call, exasperation laced in his tone. “We’re on our way.”

I peer over to him as he walks my way, a reluctant look coating his features as he reaches me and opens his mouth.

“Let me guess.” I tap my chin with a finger, cutting him off. “Creed wants us back ASAP.” I grin, trying to soften the atmosphere as he nods.

“Always a damn cock-blocker.” I joke, rolling my eyes playfully.

Mallyn’s eyes widen before a deep, sexy chuckle falls from his lips.

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