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“Perfect. Then you’re aware of how badly I want you right now. I don’t need to keep hiding it.”

Lucian felt Jordyn’s kiss press to the underside of his jaw, the heat of her soft breath washing over his cheek and neck. Every nerve in his body seemed to snap alive all at once. With a simple touch of her mouth to his skin, desire raged. But it wasn’t just desire, no. It was a hunger, thrumming deep and harsh through his bloodstream, flooding Lucian with longing and need.

“What do you want?” he asked her.

Jordyn’s lips ghosted into a smile against his cheek. “Now?”

“No games. Just tell me.”

“You. I want you.”

“Ho bisogno di te. Need, sweetheart. I need you.”

Jordyn hummed a sound that drove straight to Lucian’s cock. “Why do I like the sound of that so damned much?”

“You want me to need you.”

“I do,” she agreed softly.

“Good, because I’ve never needed someone, Jordyn. Not once. I’m going to follow your lead with whatever this is.”

“Show me, then. Show me what need is, Lucian.”

Smoothly, Lucian turned Jordyn in his arms, keeping her eyes locked on his as his lips skimmed over her jaw and cheek. He was attentive of the injuries he knew were still sore as he ran his hands down her arms, and across her stomach, before grasping tightly to her waist. When he kissed her mouth, Jordyn was reaching for his face to pull him closer still.

Jordyn’s lips were soft and smooth, while her mouth on his was hot. She melted into his chest, and the moment her lips parted, Lucian didn’t hesitate to deepen the kiss. It almost felt like instinct the way his tongue dove into the heat of her mouth, seeking hers. The taste of Jordyn bloomed along his palate, sending more blood south to his rock-hard cock.

Lucian was right. Affection and attraction were not the same. But mixing both together made one hell of a combination.

But, she was right on both accounts, Lucian thought.

They kissed slow and controlled, like the building crescendo of a wave, and then it burned faster, hotter, like a raging fire. It started in the pit of his stomach, that unknown, new feeling, and coursed to every extremity it could reach in mere seconds.

As much as he hated to do it, Lucian pulled back just long enough to ask, “Tell me you talked to Paulie and that you’re okay for this.”

“I did.”

“And?” Lucian asked, his impatience growing stronger.

“And he said he was surprised you lasted this long, but yeah, I’m good. Just be easy, careful.”

“Of course, sweetheart.”

“Kissing is for lovers, hmm?” she asked, grinning.

Lucian chuckled. “I’d say it’s best between them, yes.”

“Well, you don’t have a whole lot of experience in that area, so …”

Despite the joking nature of her words, he could see the hesitance still playing around the edges of her pretty features.

“I’ll be gentle,” Lucian promised.

“You always are.”

“And when you want more than gentle, I’ll give you that, too.”

Jordyn’s bottom lip caught between her teeth. “Good.”