Page 133 of Beneath the Surface

She sucks in a breath, her eyes darkening. Her face is still bruised, but the swelling has gone down significantly, and she’s out of the sling they had her in. She’s still sore, but she never complains, swallowing down the pain and refusing to take heavy meds.

She scrunches her nose. “You think you deserve to be forgiven?”

I nod, bringing my mouth close enough to brush against hers. “I’ll beg if you want.”

She smiles against my lips. “I don’t want you to beg,” she says. “I just want you to be honest.”

My body pushes into hers, letting her feel the effect her closeness is having on my body, my cock growing as I press it against her belly. “I’mhonestlytired of trying not to touch you.”

She huffs. “God, but can you be serious for a second?”

My hands come down to frame her face, loving the way my palms feel sliding against her skin. “Iamhonest, little bird. I’m in love with you. Desperately.” I press a kiss to the corner of her lips.

“Madly.” A kiss to the other side.

“Deeply.” I brush my lips against hers lightly, my stomach jumping when she doesn’t push me away.

“And you don’t have any other secrets?”

My heart skips in my chest, banging against my rib cage. I shake my head. “No other secrets. Well, I never lived in Colorado. But that’s it, I swear.” I brush my lips across hers again. “Please, little bird.Loveme back,” I whisper.

Her eyes flicker, and then her hands run up my chest. “Idolove you. I never stopped. That’s the problem.”

I press my erection into her hips again, unable to stop the way my body reacts to her touch. “Say bunny.”

Our safe word. If she says it, I’ll swallow my pride, and I’ll respect her choice.

She sucks in a breath but shakes her head. And that’s all I need.

I lean in and capture her lips with mine, months of anxiety melting away at the taste of her on my tongue. She moans and sinks into me farther as I lift her legs up to wrap around my waist, pulling her farther into the room, and lying on the bed so she rests on top of me.

She twirls her tongue with mine, my heart jolting against my sternum, my cock straining to be let free. Her hair tickles my neck as she moves, sitting up straight, her hot center pressing down on me. I groan, thrusting my hips into her, and she bites her lip as she peers down. “I forgive you,” she says.

A grin spreads across my face, my chest feeling like it might explode from her words. I rise up on my elbows, bringing her in for another kiss as she starts to slowly grind on my lap.

“I don’t think this is what Lee had in mind when she said for us to talk,” Lily gasps. “She’srightdown the hall.”

My mouth leaves hers and moves to suck on her neck. “Don’t care,” I mumble against her skin.

“I don’t know if I can—”

My finger presses against her lips, already knowing what she’s going to say. That she doesn’t know if she candonormal sex. “You can, little bird. There’s no one here but you and me.”

Biting her bottom lip, her eyes darken, making a shot of arousal pool in my stomach.

“I want you on top, because I don’t want to hurt you. You’re still healing.” I lean back, my hands going behind my head. “Take control, baby.”

I move to help her take off my pants, knowing she doesn’t have full range of motion yet. Her pink summer dress flows around us, my cock springing free and resting against her damp panties. She mewls as she presses herself against me.

“Oh myGod, I missed you,” she groans.

My chest lights up like the night sky, soaking up the energy that weaves between us, binding us together. There was a time I thought that it would never happen again. That I’d already had my chance. That we’d have to wait until the next life to try again.

She slips her hand under her dress and moves her panties to the side, her palm grabbing my shaft and lining it up at her entrance. I pulse in her hand, precum bubbling at the tip and sliding down my length when her hand pumps me once. Twice.

My abs tighten and my head falls back at her touch. “Fuck.”

Slowly, she drops down on my cock, her heat enveloping me inch by glorious inch until she’s seated fully on top of me. Her eyes flutter closed, her chest heaving as she sucks in deep breaths.

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