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| let my fingers skim lower, brushing against the inside of her wrist where her
pulse is thudding like a fucking war drum.
"Tellhe touches you and your knees go weak."
She looks away, but | see the way her lips part, the way her chest rises like she's struggling to breathe.
linch closer.
Not enough to trap her. Just enough to remind her I'm here.
"| told you to stay away from me," she says, but her voice is shaking.
"I don't think you mean that, baby." | murmur back, brushing my thumb along the edge of her jaw. "I love you.
Do you know that?"
She swallows.
"You don't know what love is."
“I think I'm starting to get the hang of it." | lean in, my lips inches from hers. “ That includes, if you tellto
move away, | will."
She opens her mouth, but no sound comes out.
| press my forehead to hers again, my breath fanning across her lips.
"That son of a bitch must have kissed you didn't he?" | whisper, trying to keep my blood from boiling. I wish |
could tell her he's not as shiny as he seems but | want to give him a chance to fix his shit. For Athena's sake.
"We need to fix that memory."
My hand slides to her waist, slow enough to give her tto stopbut she doesn't.
"I don't want to hurt you," | say. "But I'm not going to pretend like | don't want you either."
Silence falls again.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBut it's not heavy now.
It's fucking electric.
A live wire strung between us.
Her lips are so close | could taste her if | moved an inch.
And fuck, | want to.
But I don't.
Not yet.
Because she needs to decide.
"Athena." | say her nlike a vow, like a plea. "If you wantto back off, say it
now. Otherwise... I'm going to kiss you."
Her fingers curl against my chest, gripping my shirt.
| half expect her to pull away but she doesn't.
Instead, she leans in just enough.
Close enough that | feel her breath on my lips again.
My restraint shatters.
| press my mouth to hers, slow and deep, like I've waited a lifetfor this moment.
Because | have.
And when she kissesback, fierce and broken, | confirm what | already know, He can't kiss her like | can.
She kisseslike she's starved. Like she's drowning and I'm the only air she can breathe.
Her hands leave my shirt and thread into my hair, tuggingcloser, desperate and demanding.
And fuck, I lose it.
My hand curls tighter around her waist as | crush her body against mine, my mouth moving over hers with a
hunger I've barely kept caged.
Her lips are warm and parted, and when | slide my tongue against hers, she lets out a soft sound, a half whimper
and half moan that makes my cock throb.
| move without thinking, shifting her onto my lap.
She straddlesnow, her knees on either side of my thighs, heat radiating from her core like she's already
soaked through.
| grip her hips and pull her flush against me, grinding up just enough to make her gasp again.
"Fuck..." I groan into her mouth. "You're going to kill me."
She rocks forward once, tentative but her body doesn't lie. She wants this as much as | want it.
| kiss her like I own her, like I've earned this, paid for it in years of torment and jealousy and the ache of wanting
a woman | could never have.
My lips trail down to her jaw, then
her neck. She tilts her head backet
baring more of that flawless skin. | suck hard on the spot ist under her ear, and her body jolts in my lap. s
"Alex..." she moans my nand fuck it drivesinsane.
My hands slip under the hem of her shirt, my fingers brushing her bare waist.
Her skin is fire, hot, smooth and trembling. She arches into my touch, and | feel the moment her last bit of
resistance breaks.
My mouth is on hers again, rougher this time, dirtier. | nip at her bottom lip and she gasps, then pullsin
deeper. Her hips roll into mine and I nearly lose control right then. s
"Say it," | rasp, breaking the kiss, my forehead pressed against hers Say he doesn't touch you like can never kiss
you
this. Tellhe can ent
again
like this. s
She pants against my mouth, her eyes wild and her lips swollen.
"He doesn't," she whispers. "No one does."
That's it.
| crush her back toand kiss her like it's the last thing I'll ever do.
She melts into me, hot and soft and utterly fucking perfect. Her hands roam over
my chest, my arms, clutching like she wants to memorize every inch.
| move against her slowly, deliberately, letting her feel exactly what she does to
me.
Her head falls back with a moan and my lips trail down her throat again, biting softly just above her collarbone.
| want to worship her.
Ravage her.
And fucking ruin every man who thinks he can touch what's mine.
Because this woman has my heart, body, and fucking soul.
And judging by the way she's clinging to me, trembling in my lap, breathless and
dripping for more,
I'm starting to get the feeling she feels the same.
And fuck that's exhilarating
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