Page 30 of My Promise To Keep

‘Yeah, just… nothing.’

‘I need to confess something.’ I pushed back onto the bed and crossed my legs. Leo stepped forward and put down the clothes. ‘That night, when I was getting ready in here,’ I started to unzip my hoody, noticing the bob of his throat as he swallowed. ‘I snooped.’ I shrugged off my hoody. ‘I’m sorry, I couldn’t help myself.’

‘Snooped where?’ Oh god, his voice was so low, so hungry.

‘Your closet,’ I rose up to my knees and popped the button on my jeans. His eyes flared, and his tongue darted out to wet his lips. ‘I smelled your cologne.’ I smiled and started to lower the zip.

‘Zo,’

‘Your nightstand.’

‘What are you doing?’

Without a second thought, I gripped the bottom of my t-shirt and pulled it up and off. Leo’s head dropped forward, and he shook it as he inhaled and exhaled loudly.

‘Leo, look at me.’

He leaned forward, bending at the hips and pushing his fists into the mattress. Every muscle in his arms tensed and flexed, and as he raised his gaze to mine, it was with an intense, hungry stare that made me shiver.

‘I’m not the same girl I was.’ I hooked my fingers into the waistband of my jeans and slowly started to push them down. ‘Back then, I was nervous, confused.’ I noticed the growing bulge behind his fly. He ignored it for a moment, but when I loweredmy jeans a little more, it must have gotten uncomfortable, and he popped the top button. It sent a thrill through me. ‘I was afraid of what it meant, wanting you that way, this way.’ With my jeans halfway down my thighs, I sat back and then leaned back against his pillows, stretching my legs forward until he reached out and grabbed my ankles, yanking me toward him and pulling my jeans off the rest of the way.

I grinned with excitement and leaned up on my elbows to meet him in the middle as he bent forward over me. ‘I’m not afraid anymore.’

‘Fuck.’ His growl vibrated through me before he stood, tore off his shirt, and pulled me up and into his arms with ease. I wrapped my legs around his waist and lowered my mouth to his.

I felt so small in his arms but so safe, so cared for.

‘You want this?’ he asked into the kiss, and I nodded, not wanting to break the connection.

‘Words,’

‘Yes, yes, Leo.’

‘Goddam, Zo.’

He tossed me onto his bed, and I giggled until his hands came to his jeans, and I closed my eyes, bringing my hands up to cover them.

‘Why are you covering your eyes?’

‘Because I think if I see it, I’ll get scared it won’t fit, even though I know it does —perfectly.’

His laugh was happy, carefree, and beautiful, and as his body moved over mine, I opened my eyes to see a man who was all that and more.

‘You’re sure about this?’ he asked as his fingers moved slowly up my inner thigh, and I parted my legs wider to make room for him. ‘I guess I’ll take that as a yes.’

His fingers moved over the cotton covering the hot, sensitive flesh that craved his touch.

Leo’s fingers traveled to the waistband of my panties and pushed inside as his tongue found mine once more, and I moaned against his mouth.

I had been with other men since the last time I was with him, and now I had a point of comparison. I’d never dreamed of comparing him to Luke, but those other men didn’t have a patch on Leo Bennett.

His fingers explored me, dipping inside, stroking, teasing my clit, and I was putty in his hands. When he moved, and I felt his hard dick against my thigh, I groaned impatiently, and he laughed, low and slow, then pushed two thick fingers inside me.

‘Oh my god.’ I threw my head back, releasing a loud moan as my body tingled and trembled at his touch.

‘Zo,’ my name was a breath against my neck as he kissed, licked, and sucked at my heated skin.

As his mouth found mine again, I wrapped my arms around his neck and hung on. His fingers left my body, and he started to slide my panties off. I raised my butt and bent my knees to help him, and then the only thing left between us was my bra.

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