Page 82 of A Simple Truth

The muscle in my jaw tensed as I felt her hot breath on my skin. “Because there are a lot of men that would want to pinyou against the wall and take you,” I replied between shallow breaths.

“Oh, on the contrary, General, I think there is onlyoneman, and he is already pinning me against the wall.” She bit her lip as her eyes hungrily lowered to mine, tempting me.

“What do you want me to do, Finnleah?” I asked, my voice less than a whisper as I lowered my face to hers. “I fucking crave you and here you are, standing in nothing but a towel.”

“You. Want.Me?” her husky voice teased, as if surprised. Her fingers traced up my thigh, closer and closer to the tie of my pants.

“I want you more than anything I’ve ever wanted in my entire life.” I swallowed hard, trailing my nose against her exposed neck as she leaned into my touch, my lungs filling up with her smell, clouding the last drops of sober judgment like a heavy fog.

“Clearly,” she stated in a lustful whisper, her eyes flooding with female satisfaction when her fingers made their way down my hardened cock.

Fuck.

The gesture itself almost sent me over the edge. I scraped my teeth against her neck, landing a kiss, then another one and another. Her skin was the softest silk against my lips. I moved a strand of wet hair away, exposing more of her shoulder, as my mouth greedily ran down her collar bone.

She gently grabbed the back of my hand, putting it on her waist.

“What is it that you want, General?” she asked, but I couldn’t think. I couldn’t say a word, only kiss, as I covered her shoulder, her neck, her jaw in yearning kisses. “You want this?” she murmured with pleasure, placing my hand on her luscious breast. My throat bobbed and my cock twitched against that touch. I groaned through the kiss, my mind forgetting how tospeak, while frantically trying to remember every detail, every feel, every touch.

Too soon. She pulled on my hand too soon, and I hesitantly followed her direction. I wanted more. More of that, with that fucking towel out of the way. To grab her perfect breasts in my hands, to lick every inch of her body.

“Or…” she continued, slowly trailing my hand from her breast past her waist, down to her ass. I moved my other hand until both of my hands squeezed her tightly, my fingers sinking into her flesh. And gods, it was otherworldly. A half moan escaped my lips as she pulled me closer and kissed me on my lips, just a teasing peck.

That was not enough. I wanted more. No, Ineededmore, or else I would die.

I surely would.

“Or maybe, this is what you truly desire…” She deliberately moved my hand lower until it was on her thigh, but this time, she didn’t let it linger there, moving it up. My eyes widened and my heart stopped as she trailedunderthe towel, down her bare hip, down to her stomach, lower, until…

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck!

“Isthiswhat you want,Gideon?” she whispered my name, as she held on to my hand, just enough for my fingers to gently caress her warm and soaking core.

“Fuck…Finnleah,” I groaned, my hand moving up and down her drenched pussy with gentle strokes. The euphoric feeling accompanied by my almost painful, throbbing cock, eager to feel her.

“Yes, Gideon...” A tiny moan, filled with need and pleasure, escaped her pretty little mouth, and it was the most beautiful sound I’d ever heard. My hardened body leaned into hers.

My whole soul trembled at her feel, her touch, her utmost desire. Desire forme.She was soaked because of me.For me.I had to stop thinking about that, otherwise I’d come right now.

But just before I was about to slip my finger inside her, devastating realization hit me like a ton of bricks.

No. No. No.My whole body protested, ached. My tongue refused to move, yet I still found myself asking, “How much did you have to drink today?” I murmured against her neck, unable to stop my lips from caressing her, addicted to the feeling of her trembling against my touch as she arched her back, leaning into me. “How much, Finnleah?” My jaw tensed.

Please, tell me none,my mind silently begged.

Just say none. Please. Please. Please.

I would sell myself to the fucking demons right now, for her to say none. Yet, the overwhelming physical hurt, almost bringing me to my knees, rolled through my body as I pulled my hand away from her.

“Enough to know that I want you right now. All of you, deep inside me. Don’t you want to take me? To fill me up until I remember nothing but your name as I moan it in your ear, until we both find release?” she murmured, trying to pull my hand back to her.

“For the love of all things holy.Do not say that,” I implored, not even caring that for once in my life, my voice trembled. My whole mind was deeply aware that with one more sentence from her luscious lips, whatever sheer threads of self-control I was holding on to would be gone.

“My love, my little wildfire…” I wasn’t sure if it was the shallow, heated panting or the fact that I was about to say the things I was about to say, but I stood there, so fucking lightheaded. I would probably pass out if it wasn’t for the sheer demand of my body to stay with her, to take in her flickering eyelashes, her gleaming eyes.

Though not a cloud in the sky, I wished for lightning to strike me right now, to kill me before I’d let her go. “You, Finnleah, are absolutely divine…” I couldn’t resist as I kissed her pursed lips again. “And I want you more than these useless words could ever describe…It’s not even a want. Ineedyou more than I need air itself.” I was trying to come up with the right words, but my mind was preoccupied, remembering how wet she was for me. “But I can’t have you right now.”

There, I said it.

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