Page 43 of Vanessa’s Bravery

“It’s not just fucking.” Cole kissed her lips gently. “It’s making love.” Because what he was feeling when he was with her was more than just physical. It went deeper, despite the short time they’d known each other.

She lifted her head and met his gaze. “Yes.” Her eyelashes fluttered. “Next time you make love to me, I want both your cocks inside me.”

“You mean…?”

He didn’t have to finish his sentence, because he knew exactly what she meant. Because it was what he’d fantasized about from the moment he’d seen his second cock. He hadn’t expected her to be ready for it so soon.

“Yes,” she murmured and brushed her fingers along his jaw. “I want to know what it feels like.”

“Are you saying you’ve never had anal sex?”

“Never.”

That revelation made something akin to an electrical charge shoot through his body, igniting every single cell inside him.

“I’ll make sure you’ll enjoy it. I promise. I won’t hurt you.”

Vanessa cupped his cheek. “I know you won’t.”

The trust he saw in her eyes and heard in her voice made him feel as if his heart was expanding in his chest.

“Oh, baby,” he whispered, and kissed her tenderly, while sliding out of her sheath and setting her feet back on the ground.

As if he’d done this many times before, he reached for the soap and began to wash Vanessa’s body. She turned in his arms and leaned back against his chest. He lathered her breasts and massaged them, loving the feel of her firm flesh in his palms.

“I could do this all day and night,” he confessed.

“I wish we could,” she said, turning her head. “But I have to get going.”

His forehead furrowed. “Going where?”

“To work.”

“But it’s almost evening,” he protested.

Vanessa turned in his arms. “Yes, and that’s when I work. I have to go on patrol to make sure the sex workers are okay.”

“That’s too dangerous. Have you already forgotten that I was attacked by a vampire last night?”

She tilted her head to the side. “You seem to have forgotten that I saved you. I’ll be all right.”

“Vanessa, you can’t just go out there on your own. It’s too risky.”

She sighed. “Cole, please, I’ve been doing this job for years. I know how to handle myself.”

“That might be the case, but do you really think I’d let you go out there alone, knowing that those vile creatures are out there?”

She blinked and remained silent for a moment, as if she was contemplating something. “There’s nothing you can do about that.”

“Yes, there is.”

“And what is that?”

“I’m coming with you.”

Because he wasn’t going to risk losing her, now that he’d finally found the one woman who he was meant to be with. The only woman he’d ever fallen in love with. Because, yes, he was falling hard and fast. And if he were honest with himself, he would admit that he’d fallen in love with her the moment he’d seen her at Vera’s. And if he had to learn how to kill vampires to protect her, then he would do just that.

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