Page 72 of Between the Lies

But it wasn’t enough. She needed to be closer.

She hitched her leg around Robert’s waist, finding the heat of his member, and Robert gripped her waist and picked her up. He held her using just one hand, the other caressing her arse, leg, torso, then her breast.

Under the explorations of her own hands, his muscles rippled with strength – not just physical but the one that came from his heart. This man was precious. Not just because he wanted to do the best by people, but because he washim.

Nina slowed their kisses, sliding down to the floor. Then she reached for the soap, gathering the liquid in her hands.

With a grin, she reached down and spread the soap all over him, her touch languorous but firm. Robert threw his head back with a groan. ‘Nina.’

She leaned in and kissed his chest. ‘Yes?’

He responded with a growl, eyes shut tight.

Nina didn’t let up on her machinations; instead, she found the lines of his chest muscles and traced them with her tongue. She found her way to his torso, then lower, down, down, down, until she crouched in front of him.

‘Nina.’ This time, his eyes were wide, a warning in his voice.

She cupped his arse, giving the left cheek a little pinch.

‘Oh!’ He jerked.

A giggle slipped from her, then she lowered her head to kiss him – just on the tip of his sensitive skin. Then her hand found him again, rubbing up and down to wipe away the soap. With a final smirk, Nina opened her mouth and took him in.

‘Shit! Fuck.’

It had been a long time since she’d done this. A long time since she’d trusted a man enough, wanted a man enough for this.

Loving him now, tasting him now, hearing his pleasure, Nina felt power buzz through her. It should have scared the living daylights out of her. To feel such strong emotions for another human being.

No matter what they’d promised earlier, they weren’t guaranteed a tomorrow. She could go to prison, and he’d be forced to testify against her in court.

Robert held her arms and pulled her up. She found herself pressed against the cold wall, a shiver zinging through her, before Robert covered her with his warmth.

He tugged at her nipples, kissed in between the valley of her breasts, then trailed his lips up to her collarbone, her throat, stopping just short of her lips. ‘You drive me mad.’

Standing this close to her, his eyes whispered the secrets of his soul. Yes, they held ravenous hunger – and something else, something much more powerful.

Nina cupped his face and felt that same something zing through her. She lifted her head and found his lips. Their kiss was slow, gentle, as if each felt the other was as fragile as a butterfly’s wing. Perhaps it was because they were both as flight-prone as a butterfly. But right there, cocooned in each other, they were tethered.

Robert lifted her legs to wrap around his torso; she wrapped her arms around his neck and settled. And with their eyes still locked on each other, Robert entered her.

The sensation of him sliding in inch by inch, finding the deepest part of her, had her whimpering.

Once again he kissed her, held her tighter than he ever had before. Then they moved together, satisfied with a luxurious pace, basking in this feeling of being joined. This time it wasn’t external emotion that had driven them to make love. It was their hearts.

As the pressure built, approaching that acute climax, Robert’s muscles grew taut, and Nina whimpered, knowing she was right by his side.

She tightened her hold on him, clutching him to her body until the pressure reached its crescendo.

She came apart so hard, Nina pressed her head into the wall, buoyed by the air around her. Seeing stars – she now understood that expression.

Her breaths stuttered out in puffs, her heart hammering as if she’d run uphill.

Slowly, like a victim after an explosion, Nina fluttered her eyes and found the surreal feeling mirrored back at her in Robert’s gaze. She placed her hand on his heart and felt its frantic beat sync with her own.

Then they melted into each other, allowing the warm water to flow over them, enveloped in the safety of each other’s arms.

CHAPTERTHIRTY-FIVE

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