Page 53 of Phantom Mine

A low hum sounds in my throat. “Someone as dangerous as you could use it to bring me to my knees.”

“Dangerous?” She laughs. The sound suggests she’s well aware of the effect she has on men. “I’m just a girl, I’m hardly dangerous. You’re the one still hiding your face.”

“There’s nothing more dangerous than a beautiful woman,” I rumble. “And you,cara, are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.”

An enticing blush heats her cheeks. “Smooth.”

A grin curves my lips. “I thought so.”

“Do you come on this strong to every girl you hit on? Or are you simply method acting your character tonight, Phantom?”

I trace the line of her jaw with the back of my finger. “It’s no act. Although the depths of the Phantom’s obsession with Christine never made sense to me. Not until now.” I’m mesmerized by the almost imperceptible tremble of her lower lip in response to my touch. “I only have tonight.” My voice is hoarse. Rough. Desperate. “I’m going back to Rome tomorrow.”

She pouts, popping those red lips out at me and inadvertently causing my hard cock to jerk in my costume.

“That’s too bad.”

“The night isn’t over just yet,cara, and I’m very much in the mood for a little danger.”

Her hands flatten on my chest and she runs them seductively up my torso. “What kind?”

“The kind where I do things to you that are still illegal in most parts of the world.” Cupping her chin, I brush my thumb softly over her bottom lip. “These weren’t red when you were downstairs.”

She smiles sultrily. “No, they weren’t. I was hoping someone would prove their undying devotion to me by appreciating them.”

I feel my pupils dilate as I stare at her mouth. “I’m appreciating them alright.”

“What’s your favorite fruit?”

I quirk a brow at her. “Clementines during the winter,” I answer. “And during the summer, I’d say it’s between blueberries and cherries.”

“How fortuitous.”

“What is?”

“My lipstick.” She smacks her lips invitingly at me. “It’s cherry flavored.”

With a groan, I bury my hand in her hair, angle her head back and crash my mouth down to hers. Cherry explodes sweet and tangy on my tongue. Lust flares hotly in my blood as our tongues tangle. Her hands rove greedily over my body, as desperate for me as I am for her.

I grab the back of her thighs and hoist her up into my arms, slamming her against the wall and trapping her beneath my body. She writhes happily into me, her legs wrapping around my waist and tightening. I nearly explode on the spot when she rubs her aching pussy against my lower stomach.

There’s nothing sensual about this kiss. It’s a carnal attack steeped in desperation and cherry-flavored ecstasy, and it drives me absolutely fucking wild. Snarling groans of pleasure rip from my lips and fall into her waiting mouth. She eats everything I give her up, her tongue meeting mine stroke for stroke as her hands close around the sides of my face as she arches into me. She rocks her hips into me avidly, her moans nearly feral when I grab her ass. I dig my fingers into her flesh and use it to drag her against my hard cock. A gasp tears from her throat at the contact, and she hesitates for only a moment before she rubs against me with feverish strokes.

This thing between us is explosive, needing only a lit match to be fully combustible. Every touch of hers is a challenge, an instigation, an elevation to drive us higher, faster.

After a couple more minutes of frantic, chaotic kissing, she presses against my chest softly and pulls her mouth away. Air isn’t worth the loss of her lips on mine so I go in search of more, but she stops me. Shimmying her hips slightly, she slides down my body until she’s back on her feet.

“So?” she asks between ragged breaths. “Do I taste like cherry?”

“No,” I growl. “You taste like mine.”

Her eyes darken even as a smirk lifts the corner of her lips. “A little early to make that call, don’t you think?”

I shake my head slowly, my eyelids turning heavy. “It was too late for you the moment you let me lay eyes on you.”

“I could hardly stop you from doing so.”

“No. And you won’t be able to stop this either.”

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