Page 140 of Test the Ice
“What are you terrified of, Dimples?” His voice is so low I hardly hear him.
With shaky fingers, I do the same to Malaki’s pants and boxers, slipping my fingers beneath his waistband to shove themto the floor. He kicks them off to the side and wraps his arm around my lower back.
Our naked bodies are flush, and he stares down at me, waiting.
“I’m terrified I’ll believe you,” I finally say.
Malaki grips my thigh to haul it up around his waist. Heat builds between my legs. Malaki’s warm breath fans against my skin as his nose skims my neck. I shake in his grip, and when his mouth hovers over my ear, I’m a goner.
“You never have to be afraid when it comes to me, Reese.” He peppers faint kisses against my jawline until his mouth hovers right over mine. Butterflies fill my stomach, and my heart races so quickly I can’t breathe. “So believe every single word I’m about to say to you…because I mean them.”
Forty-Five
MALAKI
Every timeshe lets me have her like this, it’s like holding a ticking time bomb in my hands. I don’t want to come on too strong and fuck everything up. What started out as a minor infatuation fueled by attraction has turned into something so much bigger than I ever expected.
Half the time, I chalk my behavior up to playing the part of her fiancé, but the truth is, I’m not just fooling Benedict and everyone else around us. I’m fooling myself too.
“I want you,” I say, the words burning my throat as they come out. “I want your body.” The way she shivers beneath my palms as I graze her curves ignites a fire inside of me. “I want your mind, just like you have mine.” I lay her back on my bed with my legs between hers. “You’re all I think about, Reese.”
I grab both of her wrists in my hand and push them up above her head. Her back arches, her breasts on full display for me.
Fuck.
Her nipple tightens in my mouth, and she spreads her legs wider. I’m right at the center, but I don’t give in yet. I rub againsther, her whimpers fucking music to my ears. After spending enough time on one breast, I move to the other.
They’re full and perky. I could spend the rest of my life touching them and watching her eyes haze over with lust.
“Malaki.”
My fingers clamp around her wrists as I haul myself up. I hover above her, my dick inching closer to the heat between her legs. I stare down at her, and the look of need on her face tethers me right to her.
“Do you wanna know what else I want?” I ask.
Her chest rises and falls swiftly. “What?”
I grip her chin and push inside of her. A hot gasp flies from her mouth, but we stay locked on each other’s eyes, waiting for her to adjust. “I want you to want me just as badly as I want you.”
Reese arches her body, seemingly pulling me closer to her. The space separating us is gone, our bodies pressed together as I move above her. With each thrust, I fall a little deeper. I touch every inch of her body, memorizing every single dip and valley. Her fingernails dig into the back of my neck as she pushes my face toward her to deepen our kiss, her cunt tightening as I move quickly.
“Tell me you believe me,” I force between tight teeth. “Tell me you know that this thing between us isn’t just because of that pretend ring I put on your finger.”
She nods fast, her forehead moving against mine.
Thank fuck.
I kiss her again, this time so forcefully our teeth clank.
My thighs ache, pins and needles prickle all the way down to my toes, and we’re suddenly both coming. Her cry of pleasure is muffled by my mouth, and I collapse with her in my arms. My legs give out, and she lies on top of me with her forehead resting on my shoulder.
It takes us so long to catch our breath that the sweat dries on our flushed skin.
She sighs wistfully as I pull out of her.
We lie there for a while until she pops up and makes eye contact with me. She smiles shyly, her dimples rooting me in my spot, and then she climbs off me.
I prop myself up on my forearms and watch her get dressed. She tosses my clothes at me and then steals her pillow off the bed.
