Page 51 of Penalty Shots

It breaks me.

I turn to him, my back to the crib, and he drags his hand from my shoulder, down my arm, and to my waist. The lollipop is gone now. And he licks his lips as he looks at me.

"Rina," he whispers into the dark.

"Yeah?" I croak in response.

"Come to my bed."

Chapter 14

Keelan

The second the door closes shut behind me, I reach for her waist and push her up against it.

My lips crash down onto hers. All the cares of the last few months—years, vaporize with one desperate kiss.

Rina Lopez doesn't know it—but she's mine. She'll always be mine. And I'll be damned if she thinks I'll ever let her go without a fight.

Our tongues dance with each other. Our breaths mingle into one as we press into each other. I reach down and hitch one of her legs around my waist and rock into her.

She moans, and it undoes me.

"If you expect me to distance myself from you," I whisper into her neck as she rolls her hips into me. "Then you need to know something first."

I pull my face away to look her in the eye.

"What?" She breathes out.

"The second your divorce is finalized," I say. "You're mine."

She looks at me, scared. "What are you talking about?"

"I'm talking about you and me, Rina. I'm not playing games anymore. I'm going to marry you. And I'm going to put a giant ring on this finger." I grab her hand and kiss her naked ringfinger that briefly had someone else's ring on it. Rocking into her more, I pin her arms over her head.

She gasps at the swift motion.

"And the first chance I get, I'm going to fill you up and put a baby in you."

"Oh, God," she breathes out.

My lips claim hers and I take in the sweet taste that is Rina. I continue down her neck, feeling her chest heave for air. My lips brush down the roundness of her breast.

I lower myself down to my knees. And her hands come down, fingers twisting into my hair.

"But for now," I whisper into the soft spot between her legs. "I just need a taste, Rina."

I look up at her. She is a whimpering mess above me. She licks her lips and looks down at me.

"Will you give me that much? A taste, Your Majesty?"

She gulps and slowly nods her head. "Yes," she whispers into the dark.

And with her permission, I hook my fingers on her shorts and pull them down in one swift motion. I lean forward and inhale that delicious scent that is pure Rina. And breathe against the lace fabric separating me from the taste of her skin.

She pushes her hips up and pulls my face closer to her.

"So eager for me to lick you, aren't you, beautiful?"

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