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Holy shit.
Mari moaned, eyes closed and hand moving faster until I couldn’t stand it. I wanted to see her. I wanted to feel her.
Her wrist was in my hand before I realized I’d moved. I pulled it away, just held her still. Mari’s eyes slitted open, and she started when she realized who grabbed her. “Greyson.”
Fuck. Had she ever said my name like that before? Breathy and full of wonder. What was it about that tone that broke down all those little barriers we’d erected over the years?
“What’s wrong, reina? Did Dominic not satisfy you?” Her arm was tense under my fingers, and I was aching to see just how tense I could make her. If I traded her hand for mine, would she let me?
She scowled. “He refused.”
“What?” Dominic denying Mari sex felt like a cosmic joke.
“He refused to touch me. Said he had to earn me.”
Her little pout was adorable and so unlike Mari, it nearly threw me. She was so refined all the time; I’d forgotten what an insolent little shit she could be when she had the chance. Maybe she did need someone to remind her to be soft occasionally.
“Poor reina. Left needy and all alone. What should we do about that?”
Her eyes widened as she watched me pull her hand out of her panties. “We?”
“We.” It was beyond time. Dominic was right, the irritating bastard. The living mattered more than the dead, and Mari mattered most of all.
I was so fucking sick of not having her. Of not being hers.
Mari’s mouth dropped open as I slipped her wet fingers into my mouth. Her flavor exploded on my tongue, and I groaned. How had I survived decades without her? I licked and sucked, desperate for more of her from the source.
“Jesus,” she whispered.
“You taste so fucking sweet.” When her hand was clean, I fisted a hand in her dress and yanked her to me. “Can I touch you?”
“Is this a good idea?” she whispered.
I kissed along her shoulder, her neck, her jaw. “I don’t know, but I’m tired of pretending I don’t want you, Mari. If you don’t want this, I’ll stop. Otherwise, I’m going to do what I’ve been dreaming of for years.”
“Which is?”
“I’m going to take what’s mine.”
She was quivering. Shaking in my arms. But it wasn’t fear, not completely. It was anticipation and need. I could practically smell how much she wanted me, and it was a head rush. I slid my hand under her skirt, lifting her dress just enough to see the faintest hint of her pussy beneath black lace panties.
Christ. She’s going to kill me. I almost hoped she did.
I circled my hand around her hips, so close to her pussy that I could feel the heat of it. A few more inches and I’d have her cupped in my palm. “Let me touch you.”
She arched into me, pushing herself closer. “For tonight.”
Absolutely not.
“No.” I pulled my hand away and gripped her chin.
“Why does everyone keep telling me no?” she snarled.
She was pissed and frustrated, but I was too. “I’m not going to be one of the men you use and lose, Mari. You’re either mine, or you aren’t.”
“I can’t promise forever. I can’t even promise monogamy.” Because of Dominic.
“I didn’t ask for either.” Though, I wanted forever. I could deal with the others if it meant I got to keep her. I wasn’t an idiot. It would be hard to see them together, to come to terms with my place in her life, but I didn’t care. I didn’t have to be her only man as long as I was hers.
