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She barely got the words out before he captured her mouth with his. His lips were soft and warm. Ethan’s kiss was a gentle exploration at first, sending waves of pure delight throughout her body.

He angled his head to deepen the kiss, pressing his tongue against the seam of her mouth. “Open up for me, beautiful.”

Amina parted her lips under his husky command accepting the invasion of his tongue. She could taste the flavors of the food he’d recently consumed but it wasn’t unpleasant. He explored the deepest crevices of her mouth with an expertise that took her breath away.

She wasn’t very experienced, having only kissed a few men but Ethan by far was the best kisser out of them all. Amina shyly pushed her tongue forward to meet his.

Ethan sucked it into his mouth, gently as first and then then a shift occurred. His kiss grew, hungrier, more aggressive.

He guided Amina backward until she was lying on the floor with him on top of her and his lips still clinging to hers.

She clutched his shoulders and arched her back, pressing her breasts against the hard wall of his chest.

Amina’s body was on fire from just a kiss, and she wanted nothing more than to be naked beneath him. She tore her mouth away and buried her face in his chest before whispering, “Make love to me, Ethan.”

Chapter

Ten

Ethan sat up, with an abruptness that made Amina regret her impulsive words. What the hell was she thinking to say something like that? Did one kiss make her lose all her senses completely?

It was possible, because no one had ever held her so tenderly and with so much passion.

Even when Mark had professed his love for her in the beginning, her body had never reacted quite like this, nor did she completely lose herself in his arms like this.

“I’m sorry. Forget I said that.” She attempted to pull away, but he caught her by the wrist and held on.

“No. Do you think you can say something like that and expect me to forget it? We can never go back to the way things were before because you have no idea how much I’d like to do exactly that.”

“But…I’m not sure if we should. I’m still technically in a rela?—”

He placed his finger over her lips and shook his head. “Don’t say it. Don’t you fucking dare bring that asshole’s name up. I could just kill him for what he did to you. He forfeited any claim to you when he hurt you. And I’m not going to allow him toruin something that could be special between us. So tell me what you really want, Amina. And you’d better mean it because after tonight there’s no going back. I intend to make you mine in every sense of the word.”

Her hands shook and her lips quivered. This dream was getting more fantastical by the second but even if it wasn’t real, she wanted nothing more than anything to give in to the fantasy.

She’d lived most of her life at the behest of others. She’d been an afterthought, someone with didn’t deserve the common decency of human kindness. Deep down she’d always wondered when it would be her turn to be selfish and take what she wanted.

Staring into the deepness of Ethan’s dark gaze, Amina realized that time was now. She didn’t care about the consequences of tomorrow when she had what she wanted right here.

She ran her tongue over suddenly dry lips and took a deep breath. “I want you too, Ethan.”

“Then have me. Have all of me, Amina.”

He pulled her toward him until she was sitting on his lap and covered her lips in an almost bruising kiss.

She circled her arms around him, returning his fervor as if tonight was all they had. Amina pressed her body against his wanting to be closer to him.

Their tongues met, circling and tasting the other in an erotic dance of pure bliss.

She wiggled in his lap and threaded her finger through his hair to deepen the kiss. No one had ever made her feel this hungry and needy to be touched.

Ethan cupped her breast, and her nipple instantly pebbled beneath his seeking touch. It was a light caress at first but with each passing second, he grew more aggressive.

He buried his face against her neck and nibbled on her tender flesh with light love bites. “You have no idea how long I’ve dreamed of doing this.”

“Me too,” she groaned as he peppered kisses along her collar bone.

The more he caressed and kissed her, the more she squirmed in his lap and was met with the stiffness of something thick and hard.

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