Page 69 of Shattered

I shifted her quickly so she was beneath me, the look of surprise on her face comical.“Good morning, sweetheart.Do you want to play?”

“Always.”

“Good answer.”I moved back until I was positioned at her feet.She looked at me strangely until I took her foot and rested it on my shoulder.Nipping and kissing the sensitive area around her ankle made her squirm, but I didn’t stop.I continued to move toward her calf, then her knee, finishing off by gently biting her inner thigh.As she moaned her approval, I threw her leg over my shoulder and got into position.Reaching next to me, I grabbed a condom and quickly sheathed myself, rolling my eyes at Sara as she watched me do it.“What?” I asked as she continued to shake her head.

“Nothing.I find it funny you’re still waiting for me to give you the thumbs-up to fuck me bare.”

My eyes widened at the use of her language.I loved the fact she felt so comfortable with me, her candid words certainly amusing.

When my cock was perfectly aligned with her heat, I stopped.Before I entered her, I looked deep into her eyes, licked my lips and announced, “Mine.”

She didn’t say anything, choosing instead to arch her back off the bed.

“Mine,” I said more brusquely.

“You make it seem as if I’m yourpossessionthe way you stake your claim.”

I knew she was playing with me.The cock of her brow told me so.“Mine,” I reiterated.My jaw tensed, my grip on her hip tightening.

“Alek,” she lazily chastised.“Do you think I’m one of your possessions?”

“I treat my possessions well.Wanna see?”I smirked, knowing I would obtain the exact answer I wanted, eventually.While it started off as a game, it’d become quite serious.Sara was mine, and I wanted her to acknowledge as much.

I needed to hear her submission.

I lowered my mouth until I came in contact with her throat, sucking lightly so I could mark her.

“Mine.”

Next, I flicked my tongue over her lobe, capturing it between my teeth and gently biting down, causing a shudder to rack through her body.

“Mine,” I whispered in her ear.

My lips traveled until they met hers.I kissed her.Slowly.I set the pace and she let me.My tongue teased her, twirling around and around, so hungry to taste her.

I briefly broke our kiss. “Mine.”

There was nothing left for her to utter except the truth.

“Yes.Yours,” she breathlessly replied.

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Whisking Sara away from Seattle was looking more and more appealing.I had some quick business to attend to in California, and I wanted to take her with me.The initial meeting concerning the restoration of my newest hotel would only take me a day, at most.I’d initially planned on only being away for twenty-four hours, but I’d decided to extend the trip, devoting an additional three days to my woman.We would relax in bed after devouring each other for hours on end, walk on the beach, take in some sight-seeing and whatever else she wanted to do while we were there.I was at her mercy.Whatever she wanted, I would gladly give to her.

I’d already discussed my plans with Matt for the upcoming trip in hopes he would be able to look after Full Bloom while we were away.I knew Sara felt guilty every time she had to ask him to step in and cover for her, mainly when I’d required as much, so I went ahead and made plans behind her back.He was only too willing to help out.He knew all about Samuel and agreed it would be a nice change of pace for her to go away for a few days.She needed it.Hell, we both did.

Surprisingly, I’d come to trust Matt to be my eyes and ears when I couldn’t be with Sara.Well, other than Brian, of course.He’d proven to be someone who was genuinely concerned about her well-being, a trait I had to admire.I no longer feared he wanted to sleep with her, his fondness toward her much like that of a brother to a sister.

I tried my best not to show her how worried I was every day we couldn’t locate the man who had devastated her world once upon a time.Words of comfort spewed from my lips and they seemed to do the trick most days, but in reality, I was scared shitless he would find her again.

Needless to say, my overbearing ways had intensified ten-fold.If I wasn’t with her, then Matt was, and when neither one of us could be, Brian took over.When it became too much, she argued.She gave me the silent treatment.She even cried on occasion.And even though her tears were like tiny shards of glass ripping at my heart, I never wavered.

I couldn’t.

She meant more to me than my own life, and I would always protect her.

Even from herself.

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