They opened again, and when they met his, he saw the ecstasy and uncertainty in her gaze. Hedespisedthat uncertainty. Determined to make sure she had nothing but faith in him, he teased her as he listened to her sounds of pleasure and her hips matched the rhythm of his hand.
He watched her with an intensity that Callie found as unnerving as she did exciting. No one had ever studied her with such possessive, raw desire. She’d always felt a little self-conscious with her past partners, but she didn’t with him.
It was impossible to feel self-conscious when he was looking at her like she was the most beautiful woman on earth.
He edged closer and pulled his hand away. She groaned in disappointment until he gripped the waistband of her jeans and started tugging them down her hips. He held her eyes the entire time, and though she knew this was a hideously bad idea, her ass lifted off the bed so he could pull the jeans lower.
He tossed aside her pants and settled beside her again. “Tell me what’s bothering you,” he said as he ran his hand up her thigh.
Unable to tolerate not seeing her, he pulled back the blankets to drink in her long, taut thighs and the patch of trimmed, black curls between her legs. He couldn’t stop touching her as he took in her beauty, but he required answers.
“Tell me what upset you,” he commanded.
Callie gulped as his eyes devoured her and something in his gaze sent a shiver down her back. The ravenous way he stared at her both excited and unnerved her. His eyes found hers again as his hand slid between her legs once more. She arched into his touch, but he didn’t enter her again, and she knew he was waiting for an answer.
“That woman,” she whispered.
“What about her?” Lucien asked as he removed his hand from between her thighs to grip the bottom of her shirt.
Callie lifted her arms as he tugged her shirt over her head and tossed it aside. She hadn’t bothered to put a bra on after her shower. It was bad enough sleeping in jeans; she couldn’t handle her underwire digging into her boobs all night too.
His gaze latched onto her breasts, and that ravenous spark came into his eyes again. She’d give anything to forget what brought them together, and there was no better way to do that than to lose herself to this magnificent man.
“What about the woman?” Lucien prodded as he drank in her lush, curvy figure.
She was achingly lovely with her full breasts and rounded hips. As he skimmed his knuckles beneath her breasts, he realized he would never get enough of touching her. But he wanted so much more. Lucien met her eyes again as he gripped the button of his jeans, undid it, and pulled them down.
“She enjoyed what you did to her.” But then, Callie thoroughly enjoyed what he was doing to her too as he stoked the fire inside her ever higher.
Lucien didn’t move as hope flared in his chest. Desire was one thing, but jealousy might mean there were feelings involved too.
“And you didn’t like that?” he asked.
“No, I didn’t.”
He just stopped himself from grinning like an idiot. He didn’t have to be an expert in women to know she wouldnotappreciate that. Lucien kicked his jeans aside before rolling on top of her; he pushed his thigh between hers.
“Then I won’t do it again, at least not in front of you. I have to feed, but unless I have no other choice, I will feed only on men from now on. Would that make you happier?”
Callie’s eyes widened. “You would do that for me?”
I’d do anything for you.He almost blurted those words out, but he managed to hold them back. “Yes.”
Bending his head, he lowered his mouth to hers and nibbled on her enticing bottom lip. He ran his tongue along it as he enjoyed the warmth of her breath against his lips. When her mouth parted, his tongue slid inside, and he tasted her in slow thrusts that had his dick aching to match the pace he set.
However, he was determined to savor her as he kept himself propped up on one hand while the other explored her enticing curves. Cupping one of her breasts, he enjoyed the fullness of it as it spilled out of his hand a little.
He ran his thumb around her nipple before giving it a small pinch that caused her to gasp. He enjoyed her reaction as he turned his attention to her other breast and mimicked the motion. All he wanted was to be inside her, but he took it slow as he learned more about her. He ran his hand down her belly to the junction between her thighs.
He pried his mouth away from hers to watch her reaction as he stroked her clit. “Do you like this?” he inquired as he teased her entrance.
Too much. The man—no, thevampirewas like a drug. She couldn’t get enough of the way he made her come alive.
No one had ever touched her with such reverence and confidence. She was like a powder keg building toward an explosion, and he was the match. his was agiantmistake, but her brain no longer had control over her body, and she was extremely happy about that.
When his red eyes met hers, she saw the demand for an answer in them. “Yes,” she said.
“How about this?” he inquired as he shifted his hand.
