Page 19 of Heartless Vows

“You can run and hide all you like, Aurora. Nothing will stop me from taking what I want, and what I want isyou.”

“I’m not trying to deny you. If you say you can stop before you go too far, then I’ll trust you. Man of your word, remember?”

She trembles from head to toe as she speaks, but with her face hidden in my chest, I can’t read her expression to know if it’s from fear or desire or both.

It doesn’t matter, not when she’s placed her trust in me despite how I haven’t earned it.

I release her wrist and drop my head back, telling myself to let her go, but I wrap my other arm around her and cover most of her back with my hands. She’s petite, delicate, and soft—the opposite of my hard, masculine body. Her curves fit so perfectly against mine, liquid fire surges down my shaft and escapes from my tip. I grind my teeth and stare at the ceiling, willing my cock to quit testing my trouser seams and ignoring the wet spot forming on the fabric.

“No, I’m not sure I’ll stop, but I can’t let you go yet, either,mia topolina. I need more.”

“How much more?”

She’s right to be wary, but I don’t like the trepidation in her tone, so I peel one arm off her and brace my palm on the wall. Her fingers tighten on my lapels.

“Don’t move,” I snarl.

She barely breathes as I fight against the urge to pin her up against the wall and take what I want, but the rapid pounding of her heart alerts my predatory instincts to the prey trapped in my arms. It would be so easy to flip up her skirt, wrap her legs around my hips, and surge balls deep into her tight, wet heat.

“If I touch you, I’m taking everything, but this is as muchstoppingas I can handle,” I growl.

She swallows but remains stiff and unmoving against me. I lower my head and meet her bright green eyes.

“So… you want me to touch you? Is that where this is going?”

Her intelligence is sexy as hell. Despite the incredulity in her tone and her attempt at sounding angry, the flush on her cheeks and dazed look in her eyes reveal her interest.

My cock throbs in demand, but I grit my teeth and say what I must.

“Tell me you don’t want to, and I’ll walk away, but only this once, and I won’t hold back next time I get you alone. There’ll be no negotiating. No gentleness. Just hot, raw sex. Is that what you want,mia topolina?”

Her inhale shifts her breasts against my stomach. My fingers itch to explore.

“No. That’s not what I want, but…”

Need pulses at the base of my spine.

“But?” I prod.

“I’ve never doneanyof… this,” she says with the most appealing blush darkening her cheeks.

Molten lava escapes my balls and sears the inside of my shaft. I suck down a steadying breath and dig my fingers into her lower back.

“You’ve never touched a man?” I ask.

“Never,” she says while shaking her head.

I tilt my hips and enjoy her gasp as my hard cock grinds against her soft belly.

“Have you ever been touched by a man?”

The jealousy flashing through me at the thought of anyone else pleasuring her nearly blinds me, but she shakes her head and clings to my vest.

“How has such a temptingtopolinalike you remained so pure for eighteen goddamn years?” I groan.

She stiffens and looks away to hide her thoughts, but I growl and dip my fingers to the upper swell of her ass. Her startled emerald orbs become the center of my universe.

“Are you lying to me, Aurora? Is this innocence an act?”

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