Page 34 of Claim Me

“I also like your name,” I whisper and kiss his forehead. “It has a lot of vowels like mine.”

Indigo grins at my reasoning. His fingers brush across my hips, testing whether he can get comfortable with us so close.

I look into his eyes and ask, “Is it hard to control your urges when our bodies are pressed together like this?”

“Yes,” he says, sounding pained.

“I know you want us to stick to over-the-clothes action. I promise to keep us from going too far.”

Instantly on edge, he mutters, “I’m not a child or an animal.”

“No, but you’re super horny for me, and jacking off can only do so much. It’s normal for you to want to fuck. The more we fool around, the better we’ll be about controlling ourselves. But I have more practice.”

“Because of Sync,” he grumbles, even more annoyed now.

“No, I’ve had a lot of boyfriends. You don’t know them. They went to a different school. A few live in Canada.”

Indigo watches me. “I’m not a virgin.”

“I know, baby,” I murmur and stroke my belly.

“I mean I wasn’t before you.”

“Duh. You fucked too well to have never done it before. But you also fucked like a guy who’s been waiting for a long time to get laid,” I say, losing my grin. “I thought you wanted to go all the way that night. That’s why I let our lust take charge. But I know what you want now. I understand how I can’t rip off your clothes and go to town on your hot body. I’ll control myself, so you don’t have to.”

Indigo frowns at me like I’m annoying him. Suddenly, he starts laughing and says, “You seemed so horny that night.”

“I hadn’t had sex in years, and you’re hot. I saw my chance to feel good and jumped at it.”

“What if it had been a different club brother?”

“We probably would have slept together. But maybe I wouldn’t have wanted to talk to him afterward. Ididwant to talk to you.”

Indigo frowns. “I was rude afterward.”

“Yes, you were,” I say and nuzzle my lips across his jaw. “You hurt my feelings.”

“I’m sorry.”

“I know you are. I didn’t understand why you were so angry, but I do now,” I say and cup his face. “Because I see you, Indigo, and I don’t plan to look away, okay?”

My words inspire his hands to stop dancing around the fabric of my sweatpants. He tugs me closer. His lips consume mine. In a flash, Indigo goes from cold and cranky to hot and horny.

My body instantly aches for more. I roll my hips against his. Indigo groans, tugging himself free from our kiss.

“Ignore my hips,” I say in between kissing his lips. “Think about my brain and personality.”

Indigo laughs, forcing me to stop kissing him. “Why are you so sexed up?”

“I can’t just pretend I haven’t seen you naked,” I tell him as I stroke his chest. “Or that I don’t know how you can make me come. It’s been so long since a man wanted me.”

“Lots of men want you,” he mutters, instantly irritated about that fact.

Kissing his cheeks, I nuzzle my breasts against his chest and try not to rip off our clothes.

“This thing between us is special,” I say in a frenzied voice as I suck at his throat. “You’re not like other men. You’re a member of the Backcountry Kings. That makes you family. You’ve been my friend for half my life. I feel safe with you. To know you’ve wanted all of me, not just my body, is incredibly sexy. So, I won’t apologize for embracing a perfectly normal lust for a man I want.”

As Indigo studies me, a hint of a smile warms his handsome face. He doesn’t know how to let most people close. He only seeks out affection from my mom.

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