Chapter15
Belle
Iwas splayed on top of Maverick, wondering what had changed so much that I was this comfortable with him.That I couldn't imagine being anywhere else.
When he shifted so that he could see my face, I tensed.Was this when he told me that he'd made a mistake or that he regretted getting involved with me?
It would be a long time before I was able to move past that first rejection.I expected him to change his mind.To regret his decision to be with me.It was a wound I needed to heal and move past if we were going to be together.
I carefully extricated myself from his body."Just give me a second to recover before I go."
He rolled with me, resting on his elbow, looking down at me."Why would you leave?"
I wished that he wasn't watching me.I felt like I'd been flayed open, and it was only our first time.How had he reached inside me and turned everything inside out?
I shrugged, my throat suddenly tight.
"I don't want you to go, unless you have somewhere else to be."His voice was steady, his brows creased.
I swallowed."I don't have anywhere to be."
He brushed a strand of hair out of my face."Then what is it?"
I swallowed."I assumed that you'd want to have your space—you know—afterward."
He sighed."I know this is new for us, and I don't have the best track record with you.But I like you.I want more than one night.This is so much more than that."
My heart seemed to pick up the pace at his words."You want more?"
"I thought I was clear before you came over that I like you.That you're different for me.That I've resisted you our entire lives, and I'm done with that now."
"I heard you but—" I chewed my lips.
"You don't trust me yet."He dropped to the bed, wrapping an arm around me."I don't want you to leave.I'm not done with you yet.Is that clear enough?"
I stared in disbelief at the ceiling, his breath soft on my hair and his arm a welcome weight, anchoring me in the moment."Very."
He nuzzled his nose beneath my ear."I want you in my bed."
"I don't want to leave, so that's convenient."
He kissed my temple."I have some ideas about how to keep you here."
I chuckled as I rolled onto my side, and he followed; his arm banded around my waist.My ass nestled against his dick.I could get used to this.I felt protected and cared for.And there was something amazing about seeing the other side of this man.The one that was soft and warm.
In the middle of the night, I woke to Maverick between my legs, and after an embarrassingly quick time, I cried out his name, the orgasm washing over me, more intense than the last one.Before I'd come down from that high, he'd urged me to straddle his lap.I rose up, and he positioned his dick at my entrance.
I'd never had a man wake me up in the middle of the night because he couldn't wait to have me again.It was a confidence booster.
I slowly sank over him, adjusting to his size.
His hands held my ass.
He felt so good in this position.He filled me, but I needed to move.I lifted up, his hands helping me.
I was slick so the motion was easy.I shamelessly rubbed my clit against him on every pass.
"Take what you need, beautiful."
