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When I’m in a thin tank top, I shiver and resist the urge to cross my arms over my chest.
“I’ll warm you right up, dove,” Carter whispers into my skin. He uses the tips of his fingers to trace the inside of my thighs, deftly avoiding my center. Slowly, languidly, he circles back up and plunges one finger inside me.
I cry out, but Carter uses his free hand to pin me to the mattress. He pushes another finger in, and another powerful jolt of electricity jolts through me.
How is it that I still haven’t had enough?
After spending hours reacquainting myself with body and losing myself in him, I expected to be spent, to be all filled up on Carter.
But the lower thrumming in my stomach suggests otherwise, and when my pulse quickens as Carter lowers himself so he’s at eye level with my center, I know I’m nowhere near being satisfied. He moves his tongue back and forth, pushing me closer and closer to the edge while I bit down on my bottom lip… hard.
I want to shout his name at the top of my lungs. I want him to keep pushing and testing me.
“Nobody else is here, dove.” Carter’s expression is thick with desire as he glances up at me and licks his lips. “You can be as loud as you want.”
I throw my head back against the pillow and arch my back. “Oh, Carter.”
“Tell me,” Carter urges in a strange voice. “Tell me what you want, dove.”
“I want you.” I breathe, something warm and pleasant unfurling in my chest and in my stomach. “I want this.”
Carter digs his nails into my waist. “That’s it, dove. Everything you’re feeling is not even a fraction of what I’ve felt since we’ve been apart. The world doesn’t make any fucking sense without you. Nothing does.”
He removes his tongue abruptly, and I whimper.
As soon as I glance down at him and realize Carter is positioned at my entrance, my heart misses a beat. I link my feet over his hips as he thrusts into me in one long and practiced stroke. I rake my fingers over his back hard enough to draw blood, and Carter hisses, but he doesn’t stop me. Nor does he pin my arms up over my head.
For the first time in a long time, Carter is looking directly at me, and I get the feeling that he’s seeing right to my soul.
I’m exposed and vulnerable without my defenses, but with the way Carter is looking at me, I don’t care.
He holds my gaze as he eases in and out of me, allowing wave after wave of desire to build up within me. I cry out when the force of my orgasm rips through me, leaving me trembling. Carter lowers his head and takes one nipple between his teeth. He sucks and bites, and when he moves onto the other nipple, I only see him.
I only feel and taste him. And I know this is how it should be between us… invincible and limitless.
Another orgasm races through me, smaller than the last but just as powerful. By the time I climb back down from my release, Carter is moving differently. He gives a few more quick thrusts, and all too quickly, he empties himself into me. I bring my head to rest against his chest, over the thundering of his heart, and try to remember how to breathe. Little by little, as my body erupts into tingles, Carter eases out of me and stands up.
In a daze, I watch as he helps me put some of my clothes back on. Then he wanders over to the window and pulls it shut with a thud. Once he spins around to face me, I offer him a tired smile. His face is giving very little away as he picks up the tray and perches on the edge of the bed. I prop myself up on my elbows and lean forward to steal the piece of cheese in his hand.
“Anita said your appetite has been changing.” Carter picks up the fork, cuts into the omelet, and holds a piece up to me. “Have you been taking your vitamins?”
I chew on the rich and flavorful cheese and pepper creation. “Yes, and the doctor comes in for my checkups.”
Carter frowns. “Why haven’t you been going to the clinic? He’s better equipped there.”
I shrug and take another bite of the food. “I haven’t felt up to it. When you left, it took me a while to be able to leave this room.”
Once the words leave my mouth, I wonder if I’ve said too much. I’m not trying to make Carter feel guilty about what he did, but I don’t want to lie to him, either. And I know that Tristan and Anita were keeping him informed of my condition because he doesn’t look surprised to hear the news.
If anything, he looks frustrated.
“You can’t ever let it get to that point again, dove,” Carter says, pausing to tear up the toast into little pieces. “You need to take better care of yourself.”
I search his face. “I feel like that’s a moot point since we’re never going to be in that position again, are we?”
Carter sets the tray back down on the nightstand and stands up. “No, we won’t. I meant what I said last night, dove. I know it’s going to take time for you to trust me again and for me to prove to you that I am trying to change, but I’ll do whatever you want me to do.”
I look up at him and smile. “For now, there’s only one thing I want you to do.”
