Page 140 of Cruel Honor

He grabs my thighs and hikes them around his waist. Our eyes lock. The look of desire in his expression turns me to fire.

Then he enters me.

We both moan, and my legs clench around his waist while he tightens his hold onto my thighs.

Then he begins to move. It starts off as a gentle rocking of our hips. Rolling them around. I arch my back, bringing our lower bodies even closer together.

Dimitri’s breath falls on my face. His hands on my body feel electric.

I cling to his back. My nails dig into his skin slightly, making him increase his pace. Thrust. I gasp from the sensation of it. Thrust. Dimitri lets out a low growl. Thrust. My lips part, and my eyes flutter closed. Thrust. Dimitri finally kisses me again.

Our bodies move in perfect harmony. It’s not awkward. It’s not strange. It’s only pleasure.

“Oh,” I gasp when he sinks deeper into me. I pull back to look into his eyes. “I love you.”

“I love you,” he pants.

The pace of our lovemaking grows more wild, more frenzied. Dimitri claims me as his, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

My thighs tighten around his waist as my inner walls clench around his length. Dimitri moans. I love his sounds of pleasure. It’s just for me from now on.

Sweat beads on our bodies. Every thrust of his hips draws his chest over my mine. My nipples are sensitive to the touch of his skin.

He lets out a low groan and thrusts into me with so much power, I finally come. I tremble and whisper his name.

“Never stop doing that,” he says, grinding his hips against mine. “Never stop saying my name.”

“Dimitri.”

It makes his own release wash over him.

“Oh, Evie,” he says, burrowing his face into my neck. “Fuck. I love you so fucking much.”

“I love you, too.” My hands trace circles into his back. We stay like that for a long time after.

And then he pulls out of me and rolls onto his back. I nestle into the crook of his body, placing my head on his chest. I can hear his heartbeat under my ear. It’s the most comforting sound in the world.

“Now, what?” I ask. “What does our life look like now that we have peace?”

“I think it looks a lot like this. Fucking.”

I laugh and swat at his chest. “Ok. But what else?”

“Being together. Getting to know each other more. Finding a new house.”

“Making a home together.” I know I want that most of all.

Dimitri smiles down at me. “I like the sound of that.”

The new house in question is actually a penthouse this time. With views overlooking Central Park, it’s prime real estate in New York.

It’s not about the money, though. It’s about the family I’ve now gained. Dimitri and Katya. My husband and my best friend and sister-in-law.

“This place is beautiful,” Ava says as she steps into the penthouse, her husband Nikolai with her. As a sign of goodwill, Dimitri invited them and Maxim over for dinner.

“I know it is,” Dimitri responds.

Ava only rolls her eyes.

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