Page 124 of Volatile Obsessions

“Don’t test me, Lux. I will hold true to my word, and you don’t want that right now.”

“Yes I do, I want it all,” I gritted out, hissing in bliss as he tugged harder. “You know you want to.”

“There’s not a single doubt about that, but not here. Not now, we can’t.”

What?

I went completely rigid.

My entire body stung, immobilized by the unexpected pride-jostling slap of rejection.

“Why?” I hated how pained I sounded.

“Lux, you just finished telling me all of that…” he trailed off, releasing me.

“I know, and your reaction to it all is what has me riding this high. You’re not sitting there pitying me. You’re not disgusted or put off. Somehow, you understand it all in a way no one has before.”

“It wouldn’t be ri—”

“I need you, Rome,” I cut him off. “More than I’ve ever needed anyone or anything in my life.”

His lips thinned, the cogs visibly rolling in his head. “Do you really want me to fuck you out here like a twenty pound slag?” he asked suddenly.

I shook mine, leaning in closer. “No, I want you to fuck me as me, as the woman you so clearly desire. Take it all away, mark me with your stamp. Show me how it’s supposed to be...”

“You understand what you’re asking me for, right? What this means?” The man was entirely serious, not a hint of amusement anywhere to be found.

“I think so, but tell me anyway.”

“You give me you, all of you—and you’re mine. Got that?”

“I do.” I nodded.

“Do you really though? I’m not fucking around, Lux. I don’t share,” he growled.

“I don’t want you to share.”

Everything stopped. The entire fucking world came to a screeching halt as we bore into one another with his decree hanging thick in the air.

Fifteen seconds.

Thirty.

Forty-five.

No words were exchanged.

After an excruciating minute, his palms, warm and reverent started up my thighs. “This right here is an exception, kitty kat, a one-time free pass. The next time I take you, it’ll be in my bed with you spread out for me, naked, writhing, nails clawing down my back. Understand?”

That image…

God help me the day it came to be.

He was going to ruin me.

“Yes…” I was practically shivering in anticipation.

Rome dropped his gaze to the apex of my thighs, his tongue flashing out along his bottom lip. “Slide those little shorts to the side for me.”

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