Lavina was like a siren as she moved around him, tormenting him with her lustful gaze.
“Tease,” he mumbled when her hand dropped to her side.
She glanced over her shoulder before flashing him a guilty smile and wagging a finger for him to follow.
Theo didn’t need to be told twice. He darted after her just as she took off down the hallway.
He found her vexing and adorable. She was like the rain he so desperately needed but could never get enough of.
Her laughter echoed through the corridor. They didn’t care who heard them. He engulfed her in his strong arms and backed her up against the wall. He let his hands roam over her curves.
Lavina didn’t protest but pressed her body against his eagerly, her fingers tangling in the hair at the nape of his neck.
His hunger was all-consuming. He nipped her neck, savoring the little goosebumps rising over her skin. Her grip tightened on his hair, threatening to pull it out by its roots.
The sensation was thrilling and alarming. Comforting, as well as on the verge of sending him over the edge with desire. He nuzzled her ample bosom, enjoying the warmth and peace he found there.
She pulled his head back before he could settle and crushed her lips to his with a fierceness that fed the carnal need raging within him.
“Take me now. To our chambers,” Lavina breathed between kisses.
Theo reveled in her distress, but who was he to deny her anything she craved?
“As ye wish, Me Lady. But I must warn ye, I may nae be as gentle as I was last time. I dinnae think I have it in me to be so restrained,” he warned playfully, before throwing her over his shoulder.
Lavina’s squeal sent a shiver of pleasure through him.
“I’m yers to do with as ye please,” she said, her tone so trusting. “And I ken ye will never hurt me.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
What am I doing? Why can I never say nay to him?
Theo’s fingers caressed her bare calf, causing goosebumps to rise over her skin.
How was he able to make her forget the outside world so easily? It was as if he eclipsed everything else. The sky could have been crashing to the ground in bits of stardust and moonbeams, and she wouldn’t have cared.
All she could concentrate on at the moment was Theo’s tender touch on her flesh as he carried her to their chambers.
The door flew open as he charged into the room. He tossed her onto the bed like a sack of potatoes before returning to the door and locking it.
Before Lavina could even get her bearings, he was on her. The mattress sank, and she scrambled to the headboard to evade his grip. Her heart pounded in her chest as the anticipation rose.
She wasn’t as apprehensive as the first time. Now, she knew what to expect. It was the longing to do it again that both thrilled and niggled at her.
Lavina tried to silence it, but the more she tried to suppress it, the louder it grew.
“Are ye all right?” Theo asked, pulling away.
Concern flickered in his gaze as he tried to figure out the cause of her hesitation. She bobbed her head as he droned on in the background.
Lavina wanted to push her thoughts back into the recesses of her mind and trap them in secret and silence. But the more she resisted, the harder it became for her to focus on him.
“I never thought I’d have the family I do now,” Theo whispered. “Thank ye.”
But all Lavina could hear was the wordfamily. It echoed like a storm plummeting into a cavern, destined to fall for eternity.
She swallowed hard as she pressed her palm against Theo’s strong, chiseled chest. Beneath the thin fabric of his shirt, she could feel his heart drumming, wild and free.
