Page 83 of Revenge

“Now the contracts are signed. How about I give you my full attention?”

My pulse twitched, “And how would you do that?”

Kai was now looking at me like he wanted to devour me and I would be lying if I said that didn’t excite me.

“Various ways but first, I’d like toseethe goods before I decide what I am going to do with them,” he said. The usual Ava would have slapped his face but I suddenly felt incredibly turned on.

The caveman's behaviour of carrying me out of Anton’s room and dumping me in my bed had fuelled my confidence. His rejection in the past still stung. I also didn’t care that he referred to me like I was his property. I knew that wasn’t the case, not really.

“And if I say no,” I replied, pushing up on my elbows to stare at him, he was still on his side of the bed. I purposefully shifted my legs so the T-shirt lifted slightly. This drew his attention and his mouth parted.

“If you say no, I will respect that and return to my room. But that’s not what either of us wants. Is it, Ava?”

He was so sure of himself, but there was no point in denying it. If I hadn’t wanted him there, I would have objected when he’d removed his top.

“I guess not,” I replied.

Kai sucked oxygen through his teeth, “Sit up and lift your arms,” Kai instructed, his voice breathy with need.

I did as I was told, anticipationracingthrough me. Kai pushed up into a sitting position.

My breath hitched as I felt Kai lifting the tee off over my head and exposing my breasts to the cool air in the bedroom and to hishungrygaze.

He threw the T-shirt to the other side of the bed, “Lay down.”

I loved his bossiness and did as he instructed, ignoring that impulse to cross my arms over my chest.

My temperature kicked up another notch and I arched my back, glancing down to see how erect my nipples were, straining for his touch. This was the first time I had fully exposed myself to him. On the night of my sixteenth, I’d been wrapped in a sheet.

Kai was mesmerised and I had never felt so sexy. He didn’t smirk or say anything sarcastic, he just sat there and looked at my bare body.

“You have beautiful breasts, Ava,” he complimented with a catch in his throat. “And the body of a siren.”

I didn’t deny anything he said. I wanted him so much at that moment.

The atmosphere between us was volatile as he moved his hands towards the boxer shorts, I wore.

My tongue darted out to lick my lips as Kai’s eyes glanced up to mine, his fingers still hooked in the band of the underwear. I knew he was waiting for permission and I nodded.

As Kai slid the boxer shorts down my thighs, I heard his sharp intake of breath as he bared my sex. It was like an emotional overflow and I couldn’t think straight. Everything I had wanted for all those years was now being rolled into that moment. Including all those times I had attempted to convince myself that I hated this man.

I lifted my bottom so he could remove the garment fully. Kai then discarded them onto the floor.

And I was at last,completelynaked before Kai. My ex-stepbrother, my tormentor, and the man I would marry. I knew then that I couldn’t live in a name-only arrangement. Kai had said that was my choice. Well, I had more than fucking made it.

“You’re so fucking perfect.”

Trying to rein it in, I took a deep breath and told myself to relax, I didn’t want to come across as an unsophisticated girl. I wanted him to see me as a woman.

I closed my eyes and leaned back as one of Kai’s hands traced my entire body, and explored every curve. His fingertips were so gentle as they travelled from my collarbone over my breasts and stomach and then down to that neat strip of dark hair covering my pussy.

“Do you want me to touch you, Ava?” he asked in a thick, heavy voice.

In a nervous voice, I pleaded, “Yes, Kai.” I wanted him to feel that same pull I hadalwaysfelt towards him.

My words made him smile, it softened his face and I drew in a sharp breath as I felt him move a thick finger against the folds of my sex.

Opening my legs, I invited him to touch me deeper and a moan fell from my throat as Kai slid first one, and then a second finger inside me.

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