Page 108 of Sacrifice (Corrupt Empire 2)

She looked up at me, her eyes narrowing.

“Who?”

“Me.”

She sat there for a moment, biting her lip. Was she trying to hide a smile? She got up and walked around the table before she slipped into my lap and wrapped her arms around my neck. We hadn’t finished eating but having her close to me was a welcome distraction.

“Are you trying to be smart?”

I caught the back of her neck and pulled her closer, trailing kisses along her jaw. She shivered.

“No.” I reached her ear, nibbling the lobe slightly. “I love you. No one else makes me happy. Only you.”

“Aiden…”

“I want to worship every inch of you. I love everything about you. You’re so fucking beautiful, smart, strong… you’re my everything, princess.”

Even if I couldn’t talk about what she’d said last night, I could still tell her how much she meant to me. I could still reassure her I was in this with her. Even with our future up in the air, I was hers for as long as she wanted me.

“Frazier can go fuck himself along with anyone else who’s bothering you,” I continued. “Just remember you come home to me every night. I take care of you. I give you what you need. And what you need right now is to forget about everything else but you and me.”

I gripped both her hips, tugging her into me until her chest was right up against mine.

“I’ll take it away for you. Do you want that?”

“Yes,” she whispered, her hand curling into the hair at the back of my neck. “Please.”

“How would you like it? Do you want to sit on my cock or do you want me to bend you over the table?”

“I want you to fuck me hard.”

I smiled. The table then.

“Finish your dinner first. I want to take my time with you.”

I let her go. She had a shy smile on her face when she got off me. I could never get enough of her and she knew it. It wasn’t just about the sex even though we had a lot of it. It never had been. She was right when she said we were soulmates last night. As fucking cheesy and cliché as it sounded.

She was mine

And I was hers.

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“Do you know what you want for your birthday?” I asked as we lay in bed together later.

“I thought you’d never ask.”

I looked down at her. She was smiling at me.

“Did you think I’d forgotten?”

I hadn’t. I knew she was turning twenty-one. It was something I’d put in my phone calendar. I’d been trying to work out what to get her but hadn’t come up with any solid ideas.

“No…”

I ruffled her hair. She batted my hand away, scowling. I knew she hated it when I did that.

“You did. I’m not completely useless at this relationship business, princess. Now, other than this birthday party you don’t want to attend, is there anything else you want to do?”

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