Page 33 of Shattered

“Don’t make me wait.Please,” she pleaded.She had wanted to take things slowly since she’d given me another chance and I didn’t push her, knowing she needed the time.But hearing her beg for me was the best feeling.Well...not thebestfeeling, but pretty close.

She was rendered a shameless pool of desire but for some reason, I doubted she cared.Not one single bit.

“Now is as good a time as any for me to practice self-control, don’t you think?” I asked, knowing full well she was becoming even more frustrated the longer I waited.

She groaned into my neck, her warm breath tickling my skin.

I was waiting her out, her submission was the ultimate goal.I wasn’t going to tell her in words, but rather in actions.She would catch on eventually.I had faith in her.

Thankfully, she finally relented.Halting all movement to try and tempt me further, she expelled a quick rush of air and laid still.Her eyes never left my face, and it was in those pools of beautiful amber that I saw her offer to me.

“Good girl,” I teased.“You know I’m the one in charge in here, right?”

She nodded.One simple gesture, but it was all I was looking for.

Deciding my own teasing was driving me nuts as well, I leaned in closer, trying my best to capture her mouth.I needed to feel her sweet breath against my lips.I needed her tongue to dance with mine.I simply needed to taste her.

As I was about to close the distance between us, she quickly moved her head to the side.Figuring she wanted me to kiss her neck, I complied.Her pulse beat faster the more my lips teased her skin.Soon, I tried to kiss her again, and again she turned her head to the side.She thought she was being slick.She thought I hadn’t caught on to what she was doing.But she was wrong.

She was trying to tease me in return.Punish me for what I’d been doing to her for the past fifteen minutes.

I hated being denied her touch.I’d held fast to my restraint before but right then, her lying naked beneath me, I couldn’t hold back any longer.“What are you playing at, Sara?Kiss me, damn it!” I commanded.My aggravation must have been amusing to her because the only thing she did was smile at me.While she was even more beautiful in that moment, she was also dangerously close to being tortured.I would do things to her body, bring her so close to falling but pull back right at the last minute.Over and over again.

I tried one more time.Intensifying my hold on her arms above her head, I went in for the kill.

Again she refused my need for her.

I was done.No more games.I wouldn’t tolerate her refusal any longer.It was time I voiced what I had planned for her if she denied me again.

Before I could speak, she tried her best to plead her case.“You’re not giving me what I want, Alek, so I’m not giving you what you want.”She turned her head to the side and held the air in her lungs, not really sure what my reaction would be to her continued insolence.

“Is that right?”My tone was brazen, full of cockiness.“If you have any hope of me taking you tonight, you better kiss me, woman.If you deny me one more time, I’ll tie you up, tease you relentlessly but make sure to stop each and every time you’re about to come.”I grabbed her chin with my free hand and turned her face so she could stare into my eyes.“Just try me.”

I was dead serious; my gaze said as much.I cocked a brow and waited for her obedience.“Let’s try this again,” I said before slowly lowering my mouth to hers, purposely taking my time.I was doing my best to try and give her those couple of extra seconds to contemplate the consequences if she decided to refuse me again.

I was sure she thought she was only playing with me.What she didn’t understand was her denial hit me hard.I took it personally, and although I did my best to play along with her little game, it was over.

I hovered above her, holding my position.I not only wanted her to accept me, I wanted her to be the one to make the first contact.I knew I was being an ass, but it worked.She lifted her head from the pillow and pressed her swollen lips to mine.When her tongue left her mouth and entangled with mine, she took the opportunity to exact her revenge.She sunk her teeth in, softly but with enough pressure for me to react.

“Ow.”I backed up and glared at her.Good for her.

“What?I thought you liked that,” she said, feigning innocence.I knew her actions were done on purpose, but my facial expression never gave it away.

“Uh-huh,” I mumbled.She laughed, but when I took possession of her mouth again, I did the same thing to her.It shocked her at first, mirroring my own reaction, but instead of resisting, she gave in to me.

Hearing the soft sounds of the clock over the bed only drove home our time together was slowly slipping away.I had to make our reunion count.Wasting no more frivolous time, I parted her thighs with my leg, my grip still pinning her arms above her head.I wasn’t ready to let her touch me yet.Call it my last-ditch effort to punish her for refusing my kiss.

Reaching down, I ran my hand through her pussy, her desire coating the tip of my fingers.She was wetter than before, her need betraying her willpower from earlier.

Gripping my thick length, I lined myself up, prepared to claim her once and for all.“Are you ready for me, baby?” I asked, knowing full well she was.

She tried to free her hands, desperate to touch me, claw at me and pull me closer.Once inside, I would release her, both emotionally and physically.

I knew she’d been struggling as much as I had been, if not more, since I’d revealed my secret to her.We both feared what we’d shared together was nothing more than a farce, even though I knew better.It merely took her longer to come to the same conclusion, that we were destined to be with each other.

I’d known it from the first time I’d laid eyes on her photo.

She’d known it the first time her eyes connected with mine.

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