Page 41 of Loco

“You have something to say?” I could hear the worry in her tone. “Spit it out, Loco. I can take it.”

A sharp, internal grunt caused my upper body to quake. She was obviously preparing herself for the worst, and I couldn’t blame her. I was sure the sudden smile on my face would confuse her more. “You a mind reader now, darlin’?”

She shook her head. “No, but I’m a realist, and I’ve been in this situation before.”

Was she referring to me?

“You wouldn’t be the first man to fuck me like it meant something and then—”

I slammed my mouth down on hers so that she couldn’t finish. It wasn’t a nice kiss. It wasn’t soft or meant to arouse, but was rough with a bite of anger, because I didn’t want to hear the fucking truth. I didn’t want her lumping me into the mix of men she’d been with, even though I’d already treated her like a club whore once before. That was on me, and after today Millie would know exactly how things were going to be between us.

Before I realized it, my hands were on her ass and I was squeezing the mounds with a groan. I wanted another round with her. I pulled my mouth off hers, for once ignoring my dick. I needed to make her understand something before we moved on.

I dropped my hand between us to cup her soaked pussy. “You feel this?” I grated, giving her pussy a little shake. “This is my cum inside your body, baby. My cum running down your legs.” My hand came away wet, and I held it up for Millie to see. “I don’t just give any woman my seed. You’re the first, darlin’, the first one I didn’t wrap up for. Iwantedmy cum inside you, marking you as mine. I want my scent on you so that any man that comes around you knows you belong to me.” I wiped my hand over her chest and tits, spreading the wetness.

She caught her breath, staring up at me cautiously with in her large, green eyes, too afraid to ask me what I meant. Hell, maybe she knew and was too stunned to react with anything other than with silence. I grinned. “You want to know what this means?”

She nodded slowly, biting down on her bottom lip.

“It means you’re mine, Millie. Means I’m done fighting what I’m feeling, darlin’. Not sure where this thing between us will end up, but until I do, I’m all in.”

She took a deep breath, distrust showing on her face. It almost gutted me because I’d given her reason not to trust me. I waited for her to say her piece, ready to fight for what I wanted.

Her eyes stared deeply into mine, searching for the truth. “So this isn’t just sex between us?”

“This is so much fucking more,” I said firmly, even though I wasn’t quite ready to confess that I, the club man-whore, was feeling the urge to settle down and have what some of my brothers had--a future with a good woman, one that satisfied me. And Millie satisfied me.

I didn’t want to say anything I might have to take back.

“I haven’t heard the words that I want to hear yet,” she said with sass.

Fuck, what did she want to hear? Jesus, did she want me to tell her I loved her? It was too soon for that shit. Panic began to set in, and I didn’t like that particular feeling. Should I be honest? Yeah, women liked honesty.

“I don’t love you.”Shit!I should have thought longer before blurting out something like that.

Millie surprised me by laughing. “Not those words, you big jerk, I know it’s too soon for that.”

Now I was the one frowning. If not that, then what?

She raised a brow and crossed her arms, cute as hell as she stood in front of me completely naked. “Are we going to be exclusive? Because if not, that’s a definite deal-breaker for me.”

Relief was instant, even though part of me hadn’t thought that far ahead. Being with one woman would be something new for me, but I could do it. Millie was dynamite in bed, but more than that, she was special, and I’d have rather cut off my right arm than hurt her. At the same time, I wasn’t all that eager to give her that kind of power over me, thinking about how pussy-whipped my brothers were.

I exhaled a deep breath, realizing that I was stalling and she wanted an answer. The bottom line was that I didn’t want to screw this up. “I can do exclusive.”

Something in my tone must have worried her, because after a moment she said, “Promise me one thing.”

“Now you want a promise? What have I gotten myself into?” I grinned in the face of her scowl. “What?”

“That when the time comes that you can’t be faithful, you’ll let me know first.”

Christ, she made it sound as if she were expecting it.

“It would hurt too much to find out that you’d been with another woman while you were still with me. Old habits, and all of that.”

In time she would see that she could trust me. Right now, she needed confirmation that I wouldn’t hurt her like I already had. Until now I’d been fighting the attraction in the only way I knew how, but that was over. Now I was committed. “I can promise you that, darlin’.”

Her smile went straight to my heart. “Okay, then you have yourself a deal.” She held out her hand.

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