Page 184 of In Love and Revenge

‘Wait!’ I pant.

His chest rises and falls with rough breaths as I pull his tie off and undo more of his shirt buttons until what I’m looking for comes into view.

I press my fingertips to his scar, and he shudders.

‘Now you can,’ I whisper.

‘You sure?’

I nod. ‘One hundred per cent.’

Something softens in his eyes, and he locks gazes with me, pushing inside me slowly, taking his time to fill me, inch by thick inch.

Our mouths fall open, gentle, combined gasps mixing in the small gap between us as we meld into each another, neither one of us wanting to look away.

He stops once he’s nestled deep inside me. And we just stay, unmoving, looking at one another, frozen in a moment.

‘I love you,’ he groans, the tendons in his neck tightening, like being inside me without moving is torture.

‘I love you too.’

I clench around him.

‘You can’t do that,’ he grinds out through gritted teeth.

‘Why not?’ I pant, arching my chest towards him so my hard nipples drag against him through the gold sequins.

‘Because it’ll make me come. I haven’t come since the last time I was inside you, and ... Fuck ...’ He tenses as I squeeze him again.

I bring my lips to his ear. ‘It’s okay.’

‘It’s. Not. Okay. Aurora,’ he hisses. ‘I’m not going to blow like a teenager when I’ve just got you back. You deserve better.’

I kiss his neck, leaving my lips lingering there. ‘We can do it again, straight after.’

His breathing stalls, and I kiss the hammering pulse in his neck.

‘You don’t even have to pull out. Just stay inside me all night, Rafe. I need you to. I need to be us again.Please.’

‘Are you begging me to make love to you all night, Beauty?’

‘I want you to fuck me too. Gentle, rough, slow, hard. I want everything. Ineedeverything. Please.’

I clench around him again, knowing I’m playing dirty, but I don’t care. I need him to understand that this is what I want. It’s what we both need.

‘Jesus!’

He slams his mouth back on to mine and growls as he kisses me. He pulls his hips back, and then drives forward, impaling me.

‘Yes!’ I cry out.

‘Like this?’ he growls, moving like a man possessed. ‘This what you wanted, Beauty? You wanted to be fucked like I adore you? Fucked like I can’t get enough of you? Fucked so hard and deep because you’re everything to me? You want me to lose control?’

‘God, yes! That’s what I want, Rafe. I want you!’

‘You’ve got me. You’ve always had me.’

He fucks me savagely against the wall until I’m crying his name into his mouth.