Page 49 of The Scars of Us

“Okay.”

Even though I answered him, Ryker didn’t release me. He kept relentlessly devouring me right there in the parking lot. I couldn’t have even told anyone my name once we finally stopped—that was how amazing that man kissed.

“My warrior finally gave in,” he teased when we finally stopped. “You can follow me there.”

As I drove behind him, I started to reconsider what I was doing.I’m going to have to explain my rules—do I really want to go into that right now? What if he laughs in my face? Shit, why did I agree to this? Maybe I should just turn around and go home… no, I can’t do that to him. I’ll just have to tell him something came up and leave—that’ll work.

Once we were up in his apartment, I tried to give Ryker the excuse I came up with, but his mouth silenced mine, capturing my lips as soon as he locked the door.Shit I can’t lie to him—I’m just going to have to tell him the truth.

Pushing him away, I disconnected our lips and locked our eyes. “We need to talk.”

“We need to talk.”

No man wanted to hear those words, especially when first starting out, but Kaiya was standing right in front of me saying them. The last time I’d heard those words, things didn’t end well for me.

“About?” I questioned as I searched her face. I rubbed my hand on the back of my neck anxiously. I had no idea what Kaiya was going to tell me—with her, it could be anything.

Sighing, she led me to the couch, and we sat down. “Before we have sex again, you need to know my rules,” she advised me matter of factly.

Some tension lifted off me. I expected worse.Rules? This is going to be interesting.“Go on.”

She exhaled a heavy breath. “One, I don’t do foreplay—strictly sex.”

Raising an eyebrow, I caught her gaze. “No foreplay?”We’ll see about that.

“No foreplay. Two, my throat is off limits. I don’t like having it touched.”

Her hand had gone instinctively to her throat, covering her small scar. She still refused to tell me what had happened. I wondered if it had anything to do with the scar I’d seen across Kamden’s chest when he worked out.

“Three, I have to control when I… when I go.” she stammered nervously.

“Go? Go where?” I teased, trying to lighten the mood and pry out the words she was having such a hard time saying.

“You know what I mean, Ryker.” She blushed as she avoided looking at me, staring down at her hands in her lap. She was so innocently sexy when she was embarrassed.

I sat back and shrugged, playing dumb. “No, I don’t. You’re going to have to elaborate.”

Sighing with exasperation, she flung her hands out. “Come, okay? I have to control when I come.”

Interesting.“You didn’t seem to have a problem with that before.” I smirked.

She glared at me and pressed her lips in a tight line. “Well, I have a problem now. If you can’t accept my rules, then maybe we shouldn’t do this.”

Raising my hands in surrender, I apologized, “I’m sorry. Any more rules?”

“Just one more—I don’t spend the night.”

Leaning forward, I propped my elbows on my knees and rubbed my hands together. “Okay—anything else?”

“No. Are you okay with them—with this?” she asked as she gestured between us.

I considered her question, thinking about her rules. I knew all these stipulations for sex had to do with her abuse when she was younger. On one hand, I didn’t want to push her away by disregarding her rules, but on the other, rules were made to be broken. And I wanted to break hers.

“For now.” I grinned mischievously. We silently stared at each other for a few seconds. “But one day, I will break each of those rules—one… by… one. And you’re going to love every second of it when I do.”

“I wouldn’t be so sure about that,” she weakly challenged as she broke away from my gaze.

Suddenly pulling her into my lap, I grasped her hips, pushing her down against my cock. She gasped as I grazed my lips against hers. I gruffly murmured, “I’m going to let you have your way now, Warrior. But trust me when I say that those rules will be broken—soon. I guarantee it.”

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