Page 54 of Until We Burn
“My feelings have changed.” The lie slips out easier than I expected it to. But I need him to believe me if there’s any chance I’ll get the release I need. “With everything on the line, all I want is stress relief.”
A relieved breath unhitches from his lips. Kai cracks a smile and nods. “So, we agree?”
“This is just sex.”
“Just sex,” Kai affirms.
My nerves twist with dread when I remember why I’m considering this arrangement in the first place. “But we have to keep this a secret.My father would cut you down in whatever way he could to keep you away from me. I’ve gotten in so much trouble for something I didn’t even do, and imagining what would happen if he found out about this?—”
“Hey,” Kai assures, “I get it. I don’t want anyone finding out about this either. It’d blow up into something bigger than the both of us can handle.”
Despite how understanding he is, my pulse hammers wildly under my chest.
“And lastly, um—” I scratch my furrowed brows. “You should know that I’m on birth control…but I’ve never gone all the way before.”
Surprise overtakes Kai’s face. “So, what we did at the apartment…”
“Was the first time I’ve ever done anything like that,” I confess.
I expect him to back out or revel a little too much in the fact that I’m a virgin, but Kai only looks at me with care and concern.
“Are you sure you want me to be your first?”
He’s so gentle and warm at heart; I don’t want to do it with anyone else.
“Yes, Kai. Iwantyou to be my first.”
Awe flickers in his eyes. He licks his lips and smiles a little shyly.
“Alright, then.” Kai tucks my hair behind my ear. “Tell me if it gets too much, okay?”
I smile. “Okay.”
Our lips brush together. Kai rakes his fingers through my hair and kisses me so deep and slow that my worries fade into mere whispers. My hand curls into his dress shirt while the other falls on the doorknob.
I push open the door and draw us into the dark.
CHAPTER 25
DIANA
Our kiss deepens,growing heady and primal, as Kai wraps his hand around my throat.
My pussy aches at the strong, calloused palms roaming my body, groping my ass, and tangling into my hair.
Kai pushes me against the bedroom door and whispers into my ear, “I want to see you take it.”
Cold air douses the heat between us as he pulls away.
“What are you doing?”
Kai reaches the electric fireplace and flicks a switch. Blazing fire rips up from the coals.
Brilliant red and gold light flecks over the wooden floors, glowing against the Persian carpet, and shimmers across the crystal chandelier dangling over the canopy bed.
Kai’s green eyes smolder with firelight. Even in my heels, he towers over me. I tilt my chin up. Our noses brush as he idly runs his knuckles down the side of my face. A soft gasp escapes me when his knuckles drag down my throat, grazes past my collarbones, and his hands span over the straps of my dress.
“Did you wear this for me?”
