Page 101 of Betrayal (Corrupt Empire 1)

Chapter Nineteen

Avery

Waking up next to him felt like heaven. A dull ache settled between my thighs from the intense pounding he’d given me. I didn’t care. It reminded me last night was real. It happened.

Aiden finally kissed me.

Finally fucked me.

And it was everything.

Neither of us had dressed before falling asleep. Aiden had thrown the covers off. His bare chest illuminated in the soft glow of the late morning winter sun streaming in through the windows. His tattoos were so beautiful. I traced my fingers over them. He shifted under my touch.

“Are you admiring them?” he grumbled.

“Yes.”

“They’re Aztec. Tlazolteotl in the right. Tezcatlipoca on the left.”

He yawned, opening his eyes and blinking at me.

“And who are they?”

He smiled at me.

“Tezcatlipoca is the god of providence, the darkness and the invisible. Tlazolteotl is the goddess of lust, carnality and sexual misdeeds.”

“Sexual mis… Oh. I get it.”

My face burnt, but I did understand. She spoke to his desires. Ones I knew he thought were twisted, but they didn’t freak me out. And the other, his darkness. It was Aiden all over. Complex. My avenging angel.

“There’s one more you haven’t seen.”

My curiosity piqued. What had he hidden from me for all this time? He rolled over so his back was to me. I stared for the longest time. Then I ran my fingers over it. This huge, beautiful phoenix rising from a fire at the base of his spine. Holy hell. It was absolutely stunning. The artwork, divine. I had to meet the man who’d tattooed this on his flesh.

“It’s you.”

“Perceptive.”

“Well, I do pay attention to what you tell me.”

He rolled back over, grabbed me and held me close. His fingers danced across my skin. I arched against him, desire immediately flooding my veins. His cock nudged my stomach.

“Do you… want me?” I asked.

His grey eyes sparkled with amusement laced with the heady cocktail of lust.

“I always fucking want you. Especially now I’ve seen you naked.”

My skin itched to feel his fingers. His mouth crashed down on mine, stealing away all my thoughts. His taste. Intoxicating. I wanted more. I knew what Aiden brought out in me. I craved it.

“Fuck me,” I whispered against his mouth.

Aiden shifted, pressing himself between my legs, pinning one to the bed. He rocked his cock against me. I grew wetter, hotter as it brushed against my clit relentlessly. I’d come quickly if he kept this up. My hand curled around his back, the other caught between us.

“I need to be in you,” he growled.

I shifted, reaching down between us and gripping his cock. He groaned, thrusting against me. His lips sealed mine again. A kiss so deep, I felt as though I drowned in him. I pressed him to my entrance.

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