He follows the pace I set, then he lifts his hand to my face and cups my cheek.
There’s another powerful shift between us, and it has Georgi taking control of the kiss.
The strokes of his tongue are firm and his lips taste mine with so much passion, it steals my breath. Another shiver ripples through us, and he takes my mouth as if he’s just found something he’s been searching for his entire life.
“Christ,” he groans against my lips while he wraps his other arm around my waist, holding me tightly to his chest. “You taste incredible.” Between groans and whispered words, his mouth nips and his teeth tug until I feel warm and tingly all over.
Georgi slows the kiss down before pulling back an inch. By the time our eyes open and they meet, I’m standing on the edge of falling in love.
“I’m so fucking glad I waited for you.”
His words push me over, and I fall at the speed of light.
“Nina?” Worry flashes over his face, and when I cover my mouth with a trembling hand to smother the first sob, he sits up and frames my cheeks. “Was it too much?”
I shake my head quickly and squeeze the words out, tears escaping my eyes. “It was perfect.” I place my palm against the rough bristles covering his jaw and brush my thumb over his bottom lip. “You…I…” I swallow hard as overpowering emotions twirl and skip around in my chest, just like Simi did in the toy store. “I’m in love with you.”
The worry vanishes from his face, and surprise fills his eyes. “And how do you feel about that?”
“Good.” A smile breaks through my happy tears, and I throw my arms around his neck as I press my mouth to his again. “So good,” I whisper, then our tongues touch again, and I lose myself in one of the most profound moments of my life.
Chapter 26
Georgi
Who needs sleep when you’ve been kissed by the most beautiful woman in the world?
Lying in my bed and grinning up at the ceiling, I can’t stop replaying the intimate moment I shared with Nina.
I was shocked that she felt ready to take such a huge step, but when she said she’s in love with me, it brought me to my knees.
I underestimated Nina. She’s so much fucking stronger.
Suddenly, a scream rips through the air, and I move without thinking.
My heart hammers against my ribs as I rip doors open, and when I barge into Nina’s room, I scan everywhere for a threat.
Realizing she’s having a nightmare, I jump onto the bed and pull her into my arms. “Wake up,angelche moe.” I pepper the side of her head with kisses as I sit down while holding her tightly.
Nina’s breaths explode fast over her lips as she grips my arm. “Georgi.”
“I’m here.”
She moves, crawling completely onto my lap while clinging to me as if I’m all that stands between her and the fucked-up world.
Then she shudders, and a cry tears from her chest. “I…I…I dreamed Boris and Anton were killing you. T-the skin was p-peeling from your b-body, and when they left, I couldn’t d-do anything to fix you. Your breaths…your breaths were so shallow.” She cries her fucking heart out because she had a nightmare that I died, and when she’s able to speak again, shesputters, “Don’t go after them. Please. I’m begging you. Just stay here with Simi and me. I can’t lose you.”
“Hey,” I frame her face and force her to look at me. “Shhh… focus on me, on right now. Feel my hands?” I brush my palms tenderly over the sides of her head, then lean down and press a kiss to her quivering lips. “Feel me,angelche moe.Let go of the nightmare and just be here with me.”
In the dark, Nina’s eyes shine like polished stones as she stares at me, and slowly her breaths even out, and she calms down. Pulling away from me, she turns on the bedside lamp before lunging at me, her hands and eyes moving over my chest and arms with a desperate need to make sure I’m fine.
“Oh, thank God.” Her palms settle on my jaw, and she pushes her body up against me, her mouth taking mine in a fierce kiss that robs me of my ability to think.
The first kiss she gave me rocked my world, but this one…fuck this one, seals her fate to mine forever.
It spirals out of control, our tongues warring for dominance and our teeth clashing.
My cock hardens, answering her siren song by trying to tear right through my shorts.
